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Iran’s Water Crisis: 37 Million At Risk Of Dehydration
April 3rd, 2016
Via the Daily Caller, a look at Iran’s water crisis: Iran’s government admits that the country will face a serious water crisis this summer, putting 37 million people at risk of dehydration over the summer. Iran’s vice minister of energy for water announced Wendesday that several of the country’s major cities will have a water crisis this summer and that […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Faces Its Worst Water Crisis Ever
March 29th, 2016
Via the BBC, a detailed look at India’s water crisis: On 11 March, panic struck engineers at a giant power station on the banks of the Ganges river in West Bengal state. Readings showed that the water level in the canal connecting the river to the plant was going down rapidly. Water is used to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Xinjiang Bans Glacier Tourism
March 29th, 2016
Via the Asia Society’s China File, a report on the recent decision by China’s Xinjiang government to ban glacier tourism: The Xinjiang government has banned tourists from glaciers under the 13th Five-Year Plan in order to try and save the far northwestern province’s fast-disappearing ice caps. Home to China’s largest glaciers, the Xinjiang province has seen its […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Release Of Mekong Waters Reflects An Environmental Crisis
March 24th, 2016
Via Eurasia Review, a report on growing controversy over China’s release of Mekong River waters from its dams in March: Tributaries of the Mekong River. China would like to project the release of Mekong River waters from its dams in March to “assist” drought-stricken farmers and fisheries further downstream, especially in Vietnam, as a magnanimous gesture […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Plans More Dams In Tibet
March 23rd, 2016
Via Third Pole, a look at China’s new Five Year Plan which calls for a fresh wave of hydropower and major infrastructure projects on a Tibetan plateau already hit by desertification and climate change: China’s just-released 13th Five Year Plan — which sets out the country’s economic and social blueprint — promises to be the greenest […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indian City Bans Gatherings Over Water Riot Fears
March 22nd, 2016
Via Terra Daily, a report on an Indian city’s decision to ban gatherings over water riot fears: Authorities in western India have banned groups of people from gathering near water sources in a drought-ridden city following violent skirmishes between increasingly desperate residents, officials said on Monday. Dnyaneshwar Chavan, the police chief of Latur, in Maharashtra state, […]
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