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U.S. Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems
January 7th, 2025
Via Inside Climate News, a report on the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes on the U.S.-Mexico border: From one end of the U.S.-Mexico border to the other, water and wastewater infrastructure are perennial problems. In the Rio Grande Valley, farmers are running out […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Chinese Dam on Transboundary River Raises Concern in Delhi
January 6th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, commentary on the impact of Beijing’s recent announcement of plans to construct of a dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra weeks after a reported thaw in frosty China-India bilateral relations. The last week of 2024 brought news that the Chinese government had approved the construction of a hydropower dam on the lower reaches of the […]
Read more »Iran Urges Afghanistan’s Compliance with International Rules on Border Rivers
January 5th, 2025
Via Tasnim News, a report that Iran has urged Afghanistan to comply with international rules on border rivers: The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the Taliban to cooperate in maintaining the natural flow of water in shared border rivers and comply with international standards and environmental regulations regarding those rivers. In a […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Farm Subsidies Are Draining India’s Groundwater Reserves
January 5th, 2025
Via Carbon Copy, a look at how farm subsidies are draining India’s groundwater reserves: Due to the over production of water intensive crops, groundwater levels have plunged by more than 8 meters on average since the 1980s, according to a study India’s underground reserves of water took a hit due to intensive farming practices influenced […]
Read more »Asia’s Appetite For Sand Is Consuming Its Rivers and Seas
January 5th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, a report on the environmental consequences of sand mining particularly across Asia where rivers are shrinking, coastlines eroding and ecosystems unravelling: Asia’s construction boom is driving a global scramble for sand, a critical resource. Last month, the Philippine coastguard discovered 13 undocumented Chinese workers aboard a dredger ship in Mariveles off the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Dam! China Approves World’s Most Expensive Infrastructure Project
January 3rd, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on China’s planned Tsangpo dam, the world’s most expensive infrastructure project which has China’s neighbours on edge: IT IS SOMETIMES called the “Everest of rivers” owing to its extreme topography. One section of the Yarlung Tsangpo falls 2,000 metres over a stretch of 50km (31 miles). But what interests Chinese officials […]
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