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Trump Forces Mexico to Share More Water Along the Rio Grande
May 29th, 2025
Via Circle of Blue, a report on how President’s stern hydro diplomacy is criticized as temporary and damaging: Mexico’s announcement late last month that it would send water to the United States to meet its treaty requirement to meet the needs of residents in the Rio Grande Valley was seen by President Claudia Sheinbaum as a step […]
Read more »Tribal Interests in the Future of the Colorado River
May 22nd, 2025
Via Native American Rights Fund, an article on Tribal interests in the future of the Colorado River: The Colorado River Basin is home to thirty federally recognized Tribal Nations,[i] each with unique histories, cultures, and relationships to the Colorado River and its tributaries. These Tribal Nations rely on the River for various purposes, including cultural and […]
Read more »Are Data Centers a Threat to the Great Lakes?
May 22nd, 2025
Via Circle of Blue, a report on one of the poorest cities in Michigan which has a proposed $3 billion data center as a potential lifeline — but environmentalists and locals warn of high costs to water, climate and community: Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan’s southeast coast is known to visitors for its vacation feel […]
Read more »The Data Center Boom In The Desert
May 20th, 2025
Via MIT Technology Review, a look at how the AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world’s largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state: In the high desert east of Reno, Nevada, construction crews are flattening the golden foothills of the Virginia Range, laying the foundations […]
Read more »California’s Water: Agriculture Holds Key To Water Efficiency
May 20th, 2025
Via Latinometrics, a graphical look at California’s water: As the top US agricultural state, California produces more food and crops than whole countries like Australia and Pakistan. Over 400 different crops are planted across the state, generating nearly $60B in revenue – and employing over 850K people – each year. California has a dominance you couldn’t imagine in some crops, like 100% of all the almonds grown in North […]
Read more »A Crucial River Treaty Is Tangled in Trump’s Feud With Canada
May 18th, 2025
Via the New York Times, a look at how negotiations of a 60-year-old treaty between Canada and United States regarding water rights in the Columbia River basin have stalled and could have large implications on flood control and hydroelectricity throughout the Pacific Northwest: Caught up in the tariff spat between the United States and Canada […]
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