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Hydropolitics vs. Human Security: South Africa’s Appropriation of Lesotho’s Highlands Water
October 16th, 2022
Via Daedalus, an academic paper on the hydropolitics that cause the environmental threats related to South Africa’s appropriation of Lesotho’s water to be overlooked: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project, which exports water to South Africa, has enhanced the unequal structural relationship that exists between both states. Lesotho, one of the few countries in the world […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Grand Plan for Kashmir Dams
October 15th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on seven new dams India is constructing in the fragile ecology of Indian-administered Kashmir will come at a high human and environmental cost: Until a few years ago, Ghulam Hassan Magray, 36, was living comfortably in his native village, Sewerbatti, located just on the banks of the Chenab River. Magray […]
Read more »Barges Stranded As Mississippi River Water Levels Reach Critical Low
October 15th, 2022
Via The Guardian, a report that barges are stranded as Mississippi River water levels reach critical low: The water in the Mississippi River has dropped so low that barges are getting stuck, leading to expensive dredging and at least one recent traffic jam of more than 2,000 vessels backed up. The Mississippi River Basin produces nearly all […]
Read more »Russia / Ukraine Conflict: Water Wars 2022
October 12th, 2022
Via NPR, an interview on how – in a southern city in Ukraine – Russian forces destroyed the municipal water supply five months ago, and residents have been struggling to get clean water ever since: MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The war in Ukraine has caused billions of dollars in damages. Ukrainian officials complain that Russian missile strikes […]
Read more »Drought On Canadian Prairies
October 12th, 2022
Via CBC, a report on southwest Saskatchewan’s dry autumn: Farmers and other producers in southwest Saskatchewan are experiencing dry fall weather. The lack of rain in some areas is causing “moderate to severe on-site water shortages,” according to the latest provincial crop report. “It’s just setting us up again for a questionable start for next spring,” […]
Read more »Canada Dry: Drought Takes Tolls On Canada’s Normally ‘Wet Coast’
October 10th, 2022
Via Global News, a report on how drought is taking its toll on Canada’s normally “wet” coast: By this time of year, the so-called ‘wet coast’ of Canada should be blustery, wet and cold — some would even say miserable. Vancouver should be living up to its reputation as “Raincouver.” Fall colours, along with the […]
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