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Pakistan’s Dispute Over New Canal Threatens Political Coalition

Via Nikkei Asia, a report on a disputed $750m canal in Pakistan: Growing concerns over a potential water crisis from the building of a new canal have sparked opposition across Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, with the local assembly passing a resolution against it in mid-March. This has raised fear that the Pakistan People’s Party […]

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Billions Will Suffer If Rapid Glacial Melt Continues: Report

Via Dawn, an article on a new UN report has warning that rapidly-meltin glaciers and snow have imperilled the global ecosystem and billions of people who rely on freshwater from these sources: A new UN report has warned that rapidly melting glaciers and snow have imperilled the global ecosystem and billions of people who rely on freshwater […]

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Could Trump Break the West’s Most Important River?

Via Politico, a report on how the new Administration could impact the Colorado River’s future: A Native American tribe with a powerful water claim had an ultimatum for the Trump administration: Release money to protect the Colorado River — or fight over the future of the most important river in the West. Uncharacteristically, the Trump […]

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Trump Threatens Great Lakes Agreements Between U.S. and Canada

Via Circle of Blue, a look at how Great Lakes water and related agreements between the U.S. and Canada are clearly on President Trump’s radar: In 2024 when Donald Trump as a presidential candidate proposed piping water from British Columbia, Canada to California, his statement was largely dismissed as campaign rhetoric. Once he was elected, Canadians started […]

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Arizona Pushes Largest For Largest Tribal Water Rights Settlement In U.S. History

Via the Arizona Mirror, an article on Arizona’s elected officials’ efforts to achieve the largest tribal water rights settlement in US history: A settlement that will provide reliable and safe water for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe has been introduced in Congress, where it must be approved […]

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Forget Tariffs, Trump May Target the Great Lakes and Canada’s Freshwater Next

Via The Financial Post, a report on how – with parts of the U.S. facing chronic drought – the U.S. president has reportedly threatened to tear up joint agreements regulating the natural wonders: Thomas Kierans was stopped by a reporter in St. John’s, Nfld., on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Regarded around town as […]

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