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Trump Forces Mexico to Share More Water Along the Rio Grande
May 29th, 2025
Via Circle of Blue, a report on how President’s stern hydro diplomacy is criticized as temporary and damaging: Mexico’s announcement late last month that it would send water to the United States to meet its treaty requirement to meet the needs of residents in the Rio Grande Valley was seen by President Claudia Sheinbaum as a step […]
Read more »Tribal Interests in the Future of the Colorado River
May 22nd, 2025
Via Native American Rights Fund, an article on Tribal interests in the future of the Colorado River: The Colorado River Basin is home to thirty federally recognized Tribal Nations,[i] each with unique histories, cultures, and relationships to the Colorado River and its tributaries. These Tribal Nations rely on the River for various purposes, including cultural and […]
Read more »Are Data Centers a Threat to the Great Lakes?
May 22nd, 2025
Via Circle of Blue, a report on one of the poorest cities in Michigan which has a proposed $3 billion data center as a potential lifeline — but environmentalists and locals warn of high costs to water, climate and community: Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan’s southeast coast is known to visitors for its vacation feel […]
Read more »Drought-Hit Syrian Farmers Could Get Help As Sanctions Lifted
May 22nd, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on how drought-hit Syrian farmers could get help as sanctions lifted: UN body reports 75% of Syrian wheat crops projected to fail Syria relied on Russian wheat imports – now disrupted Sanctions relief could revive Syria’s agriculture sector Severe drought in Syria this year could lead to the failure of an […]
Read more »Securing Uzbekistan’s Water Future
May 22nd, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how – by placing water security at the heart of its development agenda – Uzbekistan can build a resilient, equitable future that aligns economic ambition with environmental responsibility: Uzbekistan aims to become a middle-income economy by 2030. To achieve this, the authoritarian state has launched a series of ambitious economic […]
Read more »The Data Center Boom In The Desert
May 20th, 2025
Via MIT Technology Review, a look at how the AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world’s largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state: In the high desert east of Reno, Nevada, construction crews are flattening the golden foothills of the Virginia Range, laying the foundations […]
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