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Why A Mega River-Linking Project Has Sparked Massive Protests In India
February 27th, 2025
Via BBC, a report on why a mega river-linking plan has sparked massive protests in India Thousands of villagers in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are protesting against a multi-million-dollar river-linking project which, they say, will rob them of their homes and livelihoods. The Ken-Betwa project, with a budget of 440bn rupees ($5.06bn; […]
Read more »What Happens If Istanbul’s Water Supplies Run Dry?
February 25th, 2025
Via BBC, a report on Istanbul – one of the world’s biggest cities – whose rapid expansion is putting enormous stress on its water supplies: Jodie Harburt often talks about the buzzard. In the wetlands of ?ile, the town she lives in – absorbed many years ago into greater Istanbul – Harburt used to see […]
Read more »Taiwan Water Supply: Facing Rising Pressure From Tech Boom, Climate Chnage
February 22nd, 2025
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Taiwan’s water crisis: Taiwan’s water supply, the lifeblood of its critical technology industry, faces growing pressures from industrial expansion and climate change, a new report warns. Advanced semiconductor production in Taiwan consumes daily water volumes comparable to those of a medium-sized city, with demand expected to grow even more […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Sindh Province: ‘Our Water Has Been Taken hostage’
February 18th, 2025
Via Dialogue.Earth, a look at a new generation’s fight for water, power and resistance in Pakistan, and why Sindh’s survival depends on resisting mega-projects: On a crisp Karachi morning I meet Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr; he is calm, approachable, and dressed in an equally crisp white shalwar kameez (a traditional South and Central Asian outfit). In his […]
Read more »Will J.D. Vance save the Great Lakes from Trump?
February 14th, 2025
Courtesy of Grist, commentary on the new U.S. Administration’s policy towards the Great Lakes: Last year, Vice President J.D. Vance, then an Ohio senator, was part of a bipartisan coalition calling to increase funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, or GLRI — among the country’s largest investments aimed at protecting and restoring the Great Lakes. “The Great […]
Read more »What’s Driving China’s Controversial Mega-Dam in Tibet?
February 14th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how – while the proposed hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River has sparked concerns in India – from China’s perspective it is mostly motivated by domestic factors: On December 25, 2024, Chinese state media Xinhua reported that the country had officially approved the construction of what will be the […]
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