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Drought-Hit Jordan ‘Critical’ As Water Sources Dry Up
May 6th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a report on Jordan’s water crisis: Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shrivelled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in Jordan, where severe drought in what is already one of the world’s most water-deficient countries is hitting hard. “Look at how the land thirsts,” he said, walking on cracked earth stained with white salt […]
Read more »Fish or farmers? Drought Declaration Would Trigger New War over California Water
May 6th, 2021
Via The Sacramento Bee, an article on how Governor Newsom’s drought declaration would trigger a new war over California water: When a bipartisan group of state legislators held a press conference last week to demand that Gov. Gavin Newsom declare a statewide drought emergency, they assembled at a withered farm field east of Fresno, complete with piles […]
Read more »Water Created California and The West, but Will Drought Finish Them Off?
May 2nd, 2021
Via the LA Times, an article on the U.S. west’s increasing problem with water scarcity: In what may become an iconic image for drought-stricken California, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood on the parched bed of Lake Mendocino on April 21 to announce an emergency declaration for Sonoma and Mendocino counties. “I’m standing currently 40 feet underwater,” he said, […]
Read more »Thais Fear Water Conflict As New Industrial Boom Takes Off
May 2nd, 2021
Via Channel News Asia, a report on how – while a new industrial boom is bringing high-tech investments to eastern Thailand – this drought-prone landscape may not have enough water to go around: As Thailand embarks on an ambitious industrialisation drive along its eastern seaboard, local communities and conservationists fear a brewing war over water. The Eastern […]
Read more »Jordanians Warned To Expect Summer Water Shortages
April 30th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on Jordan – already one of the world’s most water-stressed countries – which can expect even worse water shortages this summer: Jordanians are being warned by the government to expect a “critical summer” for water due to a poor rainy season that reached little more than half the average annual precipitation, according […]
Read more »Drought-Hit California Orders Nestlé to Stop Pumping Millions of Gallons of Water
April 29th, 2021
Via The Guardian, a report on California’s efforts to stop Nestlé from siphoning millions of gallons of water out of California’s San Bernardino forest California water officials have moved to stop Nestlé from siphoning millions of gallons of water out of California’s San Bernardino forest, which it bottles and sells as Arrowhead brand water, as drought […]
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