BLOG
California’s Delta Conveyance Project: $20 Billion Effort To Avert Drought
September 12th, 2024
Via Construction Briefing, a report on California’s US$20bn water utility construction aiming to help the state avoid a climate change catastrophe: The Delta Conveyance Project is an immense US$20 billion water utility construction project working through development and permitting in the US State of California. Seeking to reroute the region’s scarce water supply to better […]
Read more »‘Enormous’ Profits From Avocado Exports Drive Water Shortages In Mexico
September 12th, 2024
Via PBS, an interview examining the impact that Mexico’s avocado exports are having upon the nation’s water supply: Demand in the United States for one popular food is driving deforestation in Mexico. Daniel Wilkinson, senior policy adviser at Climate Rights International, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss the environmental and human costs of skyrocketing avocado sales […]
Read more »Hedge Fund’s $100M Arizona Farmland Buy Stirs Fears Of Water Grab
September 12th, 2024
Via Tucson.com, a report on a hedge fund’s $100M Arizona farmland buy which has stirred up fears of a water grab: A New York City-based hedge fund spent $100 million to buy farmland and water rights in Western Arizona, stirring concerns about a future “water grab” from that rural area and of corporate control over […]
Read more »Is Amazon’s ‘Water Conservation’ Plan A Drain On California Farmland?
September 12th, 2024
Via AgDaily, a look at Amazon’s ‘water conservation’ plan’s impact on California farmland: In the Central Valley of California, Amazon warehouses have been popping up, seemingly overnight. California even tops the charts with the most warehouses of any state. However, this is highly strategic in such a populous state, as the online retail giant’s expansion […]
Read more »Customers Sue an Arizona Water District Amid Drought and Surging Demand
September 7th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, an article on how – in Strawberry, Arizona – a lack of community outreach and confusion over how drought was impacting the water district sparked a messy battle over drilling a new deep well: Nearly two years ago, officials with the Pine-Strawberry Water Improvement District seemed on the verge of finding […]
Read more »U.S. Midwest and Great Plains: Gearing Up For Water Fights Fueled By Climate Change
September 6th, 2024
Via KCUR, a report on the U.S. where the Midwest and Great Plains are gearing up for water fights fueled by climate change: Water scarcity could threaten the Midwest as climate change puts pressure on water systems. With that scarcity, legal fights over water could become more common. Where the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers meet […]
Read more »