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Uncovered: How Drought Insurance Can Leave Millions Without Food
December 13th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on African countries which are buying parametric coverage to help with disaster recovery. But it doesn’t always pay out — and it’s no substitute for climate compensation from the rich world. The villagers of Chilimani are hardened gamblers, praying that annual rain will bring life to scrubby fields and provide enough […]
Read more »Pipe Dreams: Colorado’s Plans To Use More Water From The Colorado River
December 13th, 2024
Via Aspen Journalism, a report on Colorado’s big dreams to use more water from the Colorado River. But will planned reservoirs ever be built? Nearly two hours east of Grand Junction on a remote dirt road on the Grand Mesa is a nondescript, shallow, sage-brush-covered valley where two creeks meet. The site, at 8,200 feet in […]
Read more »‘The Water War’: How Drought Threatens Survival of Sicily’s Towns
December 13th, 2024
Via The Guardian, a report on Sicily where – amidst the Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise: An ancient Sicilian proverb goes like this: “When water to two fountains flows, one will stay dry – that’s how it goes.” The residents of […]
Read more »‘Zero progress’: Western States at Impasse in Talks on Colorado River Water Shortages
December 10th, 2024
What happens at the Colorado River conference in Las Vegas stays at the Colorado River conference in Las Vegas — because nothing really happened. A multistate effort to lock in long-term plans for conserving vital shared water from the struggling Colorado River remains stalled as a report by the reported by the Los Angeles Times notes: […]
Read more »Utah’s Idea To Swap Colorado River Water For Desalination Plant Money
December 9th, 2024
Via Fox13, a report on a potential idea that would see Colorado River water swapped for desalination plant funding: An unusual idea floated by the president of the Utah State Senate to get more shares of Colorado River water is intriguing California water officials. In an interview with FOX 13 News in May, Senate President […]
Read more »Water Negotiators Spar As Time Runs Out To Stabilize Colorado River
December 9th, 2024
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, a report on the negotiations aiming to stabilize the Colorado River: Two bitterly divided coalitions of Colorado River states took shots at one another Thursday at a Las Vegas conference, indicating that a unified front on how to update expiring operating guidelines is not in the basin’s near future. […]
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