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Projecting “Peak Water” and “Peak Grain” For The US High Plains
October 8th, 2020
Via , a report on water stress in the US midwest: “Peak oil” is a familiar phrase that refers to the point when oil production ceases its steady upward climb and begins to decline. It has its roots in a mathematical curve proposed by geologist M. King Hubbert in the 1950s, which he applied to total […]
Read more »Conflict over U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty Escalates as Farmers Take La Boquilla Dam
October 3rd, 2020
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at growing water tension between the U.S. and Mexico: Tensions between Mexico and the United States over water intensified this month as hundreds of Mexican farmers seized control of La Boquilla dam in protest over mandatory water releases. The protesters came from parched Chihuahua state, nearly 100 square […]
Read more »Water Reckoning Looms In New Mexico’s Future
October 3rd, 2020
Via The New Mexico Political Report, an article on New Mexico’s water challenges: Water experts painted a grim picture of New Mexico’s water future during a panel discussion focused on water policy and management. The panel was hosted by Retake Democracy, an advocacy group based in Santa Fe. Dave Gutzler, a professor at UNM’s Earth and […]
Read more »A View of The United States’ Water-Stressed Future
September 23rd, 2020
Via Grist.org, a look at a cross-state aquifer spat in the U.S., a view of a water-stressed future: Just ahead of the Great Recession, in 2005, Carolyn Chism Hardy got the news that the Coors brewery where she worked would close for good the next year. Following a merger with Molson, her higher-ups told her, the Memphis, Tennessee, […]
Read more »As Tensions Rise in the Southern Caucasus, Water Shortages Continue
September 19th, 2020
Via Circle of Blue, a report on water tensions in the Southern Caucasus: Tensions are rising again between Armenia and Azerbaijan after an escalation at the border killed at least 16 service members in July. The decades-long conflict has left water supply networks in disrepair and exacerbated water shortages for civilians in both countries. The […]
Read more »Israel / Jordan Water Cooperation
September 19th, 2020
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on how – despite deteriorating relations in recent years – Israel and Jordan should return to a history of cooperation on water resources: The recently announced peace deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain stop short of repairing the political damage inflicted on the region and keep the […]
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