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Water Scarcity Issues Expected To Escalate Rapidly Across Scotland
June 2nd, 2023
Via BBC, a look at how drought is going to impact Scotland: Water scarcity across Scotland is expected to escalate quickly, the nation’s environment agency has warned. With little rain forecast in the next few weeks, most of the country has been put on early warning. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said the issue […]
Read more »Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles
June 1st, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a glimpse of the future as climate change batters the West, with Arizona limiting construction around Phoenix as its water supply dwindles: Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and will stop […]
Read more »California Bill Would Halt Groundwater Investment
May 31st, 2023
Via Pensions & Investments, a report on a California bill that would halt groundwater investment: A California bill that would stop the “speculation or profiteering” of investment funds, including public and private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds, from water rights on agricultural lands has passed the state Assembly. The bill, which passed […]
Read more »Colorado River Basin: Hay, Cheeseburgers, and Feed-Driven Water Inefficiency
May 30th, 2023
Courtesy of The Land Desk, an insightful look at the water/food nexus as it revolves around alfalfa: Alfalfa fields in La Paz County, Arizona. Many of the fields pictured are owned by Fondomonte Farms, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabian food and beverage giant Almarai, which touts itself as the world’s largest vertically integrated […]
Read more »Will Colorado River Cuts Create A New Dust Bowl?
May 30th, 2023
Courtesy of The Land Desk, commentary on the impact that the recently agreed upon Colorado River cuts may have: What effect will fallowing thousands of acres of fields have? Will it lead to another Dust Bowl? Is the electricity from the dams used to deliver water (e.g. to power the pumps for the Central Arizona […]
Read more »Iran Exchanges Heavy Gunfire With Taliban, Escalating Tensions Over Water Fights
May 30th, 2023
Via CNBC, a report on growing tensions between Iran and Afghanistan over water: The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country’s […]
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