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‘Water Grabbing’ On The Mekong
June 5th, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, a look at what some refer to as ‘water grabbing’ on the Mekong: As dam-building projects continue to proliferate along Southeast Asia’s vital Mekong River, experts in a recent online discussion panel agreed that the area is fast becoming overloaded with them, dredging up far-reaching issues ranging from international friction and industry […]
Read more »Drought Spreads In US Northwest
June 5th, 2021
Via NPR, an article on growing impact of drought in the US northwest: Nicole Berg’s stunted wheat field is so short and sparse she doesn’t think the combine can even reach the wheat without, as she puts it, eating rocks. “Combines don’t like dirt and rocks,” Berg says, standing amid the damaged rows. “They get […]
Read more »Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts
June 5th, 2021
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an article on how – this year and next – Arizona and California intend to draw on water they banked in the big reservoir, even as water levels drop: Key Takeaways: Shared by seven states and Mexico, the Colorado Basin provides about 40 million Americans with a portion of their […]
Read more »Ethiopian PM’s Claim About Building 100 New Dams Provokes Egyptian Ire
June 2nd, 2021
Via All Africa, an article on the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s recent claims about building 100 new dams: Egyptian media broadcast an angry statement by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez criticizing Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed’s declaration about building “100 new small and medium-sized dams” on waterways across his country during the next year. Hafez indicated the […]
Read more »U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees ‘Virtual Water’ Drain Abroad
June 2nd, 2021
Via Undark, an article on how, as the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis: Driving into southern California’s Palo Verde Valley from the Arizona border, fields of vibrant green appear out of the desert like a mirage. Near the town of Blythe, water from the Colorado […]
Read more »Amid Historic Drought, a New Water War in the West
June 2nd, 2021
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on the drought crisis which has erupted in the Klamath Basin along the California-Oregon border, with fish dying en masse and farmers infuriated that they have been cut off from their main water source: Through the marshlands along the Oregon-California border, the federal government a century ago […]
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