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In Drying Colorado River Basin, Indian Tribes Are Water Dealmakers
March 4th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, a look at how native Americans – who hold 20 percent of the basin’s water rights – will shape the future of the Southwest: Mired in drought and torched by one of the hottest years ever measured, the seven states of the Colorado River Basin are acutely aware of how a […]
Read more »Future Upper Colorado River Basin Water Use Estimates Confound Planning
March 3rd, 2021
Via The Colorado Sun, an article on the complexity and politics involved in Colorado River water use estimates: Some water experts fear that a long-held aspiration to develop more water in the Upper Colorado River Basin is creating another chance to let politics and not science lead the way on river management. “Alternative Management Paradigms […]
Read more »Egypt-Ethiopia: Difficult Negotiations
February 20th, 2021
Via Near Eastern Outlook, analysis on the latest round of GERD negotiations: The latest round of Egyptian-Ethiopian negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), brokered by former African Union (AU) president Cyril Ramaphosa, ended without agreement, adding another episode to the chain of failed negotiations. Egypt accused Ethiopia of derailing the GERD negotiations and […]
Read more »The Dam That Broke Open an Ethiopia-Egypt Dispute
February 13th, 2021
Via the Carnegie Middle East Center, an article on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: In a phone conversation that took place in October 2020, then U.S. president Donald Trump warned Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok that Egypt might end up “blowing up” the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the construction of which is progressing apace despite the […]
Read more »The Colorado River Crisis Is a National Crisis
February 8th, 2021
Via The New Republic, an article on how Colorado River drought and water supply issues could soon affect 12 percent of Americans: The Colorado River supports over 40 million people spread across seven southwestern states, 29 tribal nations, and Mexico. It’s responsible for the irrigation of roughly 5.5 million acres of land marked for agricultural […]
Read more »Sudan Warns Further Filling of Ethiopian Nile Dam Threatens National Security
February 8th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a report on Sudan’s recent warnings over Ethiopia’s planned filling of its mega dam on the Blue Nile: Sudan warned Ethiopia Saturday against going ahead with the second phase of filling its mega dam on the Blue Nile, saying it would pose a “direct threat to Sudanese national security”. “If Ethiopia goes […]
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