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Europe’s Produce At Stake In Spain’s Water War
May 2nd, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on the impact of Spain’s water war on European food security: Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda’s salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.The tap that turned the arid semi-desert of southeastern Spain into Europe’s market garden may be about […]
Read more »In Arizona, Fresh Scrutiny of Saudi-Owned Farm’s Water Use
May 2nd, 2023
Via CityNews, a report on Arizona’s recent decision to rescind drilling permits for Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Almarai Co., to pump up to 3,000 gallons of water per minute to irrigate its forage crops: In rural Arizona’s La Paz County, on the state’s rugged border with California, the decision by a Saudi-owned […]
Read more »Is It a Lake, or a Battery? A New Kind of Hydropower Is Spreading Fast.
May 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at pumped storage: For a century, hydroelectric power has been synonymous with gigantic dams — feats of engineering that provide renewable energy but displace communities and destroy ecosystems. New research released Tuesday by Global Energy Monitor reveals a transformation underway in hydroelectric projects — using the same […]
Read more »Afghan Farmers: Helmand Province Should Receive Water Before Iran
April 30th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, an article on the growing tension between Afghanistan and Iran over water in the Helmand River: Some farmers and residents of the province of Helmand urged the current government to avoid bringing up the topic of water rights with Iran at this time. According to them, the whole country, especially Helmand, […]
Read more »Drought In East Africa Was Caused by Climate Change
April 30th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, an article on recent studies that show that East Africa’s current drought was caused by climate change: A group of scientists have concluded that a devastating drought in the Horn of Africa, where tens of millions of people and animals have been pushed into starvation, would not have happened without the influence of […]
Read more »Finland and Norway Can Help Solve Mongolia’s Clean Water Issues
April 30th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on how two Scandinavian countries could help Mongolia address its chronic water security issues, but the impetus will need to come from Ulaanbaatar: In Mongolia, clean water is emerging as a vital sector that requires modernization. In the past decade, coupled with climate change and mass mining activities, Mongolia’s chronic […]
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