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No Water, No Growth: Rising River Risks Threaten Half The Total GDP of 16 Asian Countries
October 28th, 2025
Via China Water Risk, a look at a new report that reveals that nearly 2bn people and US$10.3trn worth of GDP as well as 800GW+ of power assets across Asia’s 10 “mother” rivers are at risk from escalating climate risks and deepening water stress: A new report “No Water, No Growth 2 – Rising “mother” […]
Read more »Phoenix Subdivision Builds Move Ahead, Despite Water Concerns
October 24th, 2025
Via High Country News, an article on the first crack in the Phoenix area’s suspension on new housing that relies on groundwater: Houses under construction in the Tartesso neighborhood in Buckeye, Arizona, in September. The formerly small agricultural city’s population has rapidly grown to 125,000 and is home to many large subdivisions.Caitlin O’Hara / High […]
Read more »The Unknown Groundwater Los Angeles Pumps In The Owens Valley, and the Tribes Who Want It Back
October 18th, 2025
Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at the little-known groundwater Los Angeles pumps in the Owens Valley, and the tribes who want it back In the Owens Valley, Los Angeles not only siphons water from streams, but also pumps groundwater from wells. Leaders of Native tribes are calling for the city to take less […]
Read more »Solar-Powered Farming is Digging Pakistan into a Water Catastrophe
October 17th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on the impact that solar-powered farming is having upon Pakistan water supply: Solar-powered tube wells drive increased irrigation, expanding fields of thirsty rice crops Development coincides with rapidly depleting water tables in Pakistan’s bread basket Farmers financially benefit from cheap Chinese-made modules despite environmental concerns Officials studying impact and trying to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Will World’s Largest Dam Project be Big Enough for China’s Economy?
October 17th, 2025
Via Nikkei Asia, a detailed look at whether the planned Yarlung Tsangpo power plant can revive China’s growth momentum: Addressing ordered ranks of construction workers, government officials and cadres in traditional Tibetan dress standing at attention in a clearing ringed by misty Himalayan mountain peaks, Chinese Premier Li Qiang three months ago hailed the official […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China’s Tibetan Mega-Dam Is Veiled in Secrecy
October 11th, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, a look at the veil of secrecy surrounding China’s Tibetan mega-dam: When Wen visited the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in the spring of 2025, the independent Chinese ecologist saw numerous heavy trucks loaded with construction materials along Medog county in the southeastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Only a single, narrow […]
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