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US Lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna Seek to Ban Trade In Water Rights
April 22nd, 2024
Via The Guardian, a report on a proposed bill that would stop private investors, including hedge funds, farmers and municipalities, from profiting off water scarcity: With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna are pursuing a bill to prohibit the trading of water as a […]
Read more »‘Complete and Absolute Despair’ for Texas Farmers Over Reductions In Shared Water Supply with Mexico
April 20th, 2024
Via Fast Company, a report on how Mexico has only met 30% of its expected water delivery to Texas, due to its own drought conditions: Texas farm groups warn of a disastrous season ahead for citrus and sugar as Mexican and U.S. officials try to resolve a dispute over a decades-old water treaty that supplies U.S. farmers with […]
Read more »California Farming Area Placed on Probation over Declining Groundwater and Sinking Land
April 19th, 2024
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report on California’s efforts to crack down on farmers’ excessive groundwater pumping: For the first time, California water regulators are cracking down on one of the state’s major farming regions for failing to take steps to curb growers’ excessive groundwater pumping, which has sent water levels into rapid decline […]
Read more »Texas Is Headed for a Water Problem
April 19th, 2024
Via Newsweek, a report on Texas’ water challenge: National Weather Service (NWS) Climate Prediction Center meteorologists have issued a months-long drought outlook that reveals concerning news for western Texas. Texas suffered from severe drought throughout last summer, with the water levels in many lakes, reservoirs and rivers dropping as a result. Conditions improved during the fall […]
Read more »California Poised To Crack Down On Overpumping of Groundwater In The Agricultural Heartland
April 18th, 2024
Via CalMatters, a report on California’s crackdown on farmers who deplete groundwater: IN SUMMARY Kings County agencies and growers may face probation and millions of dollars in fines — which could be the first step toward the state wresting control of groundwater. For the first time in California history, state officials are poised to crack […]
Read more »Hawaii: “On Verge of a Greater Catastrophe” As Water Crisis Continues
April 17th, 2024
Via CBS News, a report on the growing water scarcity issue on Oahu: In Hawaii, one of the most important sayings is ola i ka wai, “water is life” — a phrase that not only sums up what it means to exist on an island, but what it means to live, period. But now, one of […]
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