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Drought Pushes South Africa To Water, Energy, And Food Reckoning
January 19th, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at South Africa’s crisis as cities run dry and harvests retreat in an already reeling nation: January 7, 2016 could hardly have been worse in this thunderously beautiful, water-parched, and economically reeling nation of 55 million residents at the bottom of Africa. The South African rand slid in […]
Read more »Thailand: Scrambling To Drill Wells Amid Drought
January 19th, 2016
Via Eco Business, a report on Thailand’s water crisis: Thai authorities are rushing to drill thousands of wells across the country to ensure enough water for drinking and washing, as farmers grapple with a drought and a months-long water shortage. Authorities examined the water supply and demand nationwide – taking into account needs for agriculture, […]
Read more »The Case For Canada Selling Its Water
January 15th, 2016
Via Corporate Knights, commentary on the potential for Canada to sell its water: If you want to see water start a fire, suggest to a Canadian that their country should consider selling any of its very large water reserves – a fifth of all the Earth’s standing surface freshwater, and seven per cent of the […]
Read more »Boiling Over: Water And Security Hot Spots 2016
January 13th, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at 10 places where water issues could undermine civic stability: After five years of civil war, the humanitarian crisis in Syria has reached massive proportions: More than 4.6 million people have fled the country as refugees, and at least 7.6 million more are internally displaced within Syria, […]
Read more »Ganges Dam Project Stumbles On Indian-Bangladeshi Dispute
January 13th, 2016
Via Trust.org, a report on tensions arising from Bangladesh’s plan to build a dam on the Ganges River: Bangladesh’s plan to build a dam on the Ganges River to ease water shortages in its southwest coastal region hangs in the balance as neighbouring India has yet to accept the plan. Bangladesh started work on the […]
Read more »Farmers Try Political Force To Twist Open California’s Taps
January 1st, 2016
Via The New York Times, a detailed look at how farmers are using political force to obtain more water for their fields: The message that Maria L. Gutierrez gave legislators on Capitol Hill was anguished and blunt: California’s historic drought had not merely left farmland idle. It had destroyed Latino farm workers’ jobs, shuttered Latino […]
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