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Great Lakes Compact: Another Step Forward
September 27th, 2008
Via Circle of Blue, news that the U.S. House of Representatives has blocked diverting any new water from the Great Lakes and forces bordering states to adhere to new conservation standards. This will prohibit any new diversions of the water to other places. As the article notes: “…As of Tuesday, grandiose visions of Lake Michigan […]
Read more »Battle at the Top of The World Threatens Indian & Pakistan Water Supply
September 24th, 2008
From Abu Dhabi’s The National, a disturbing report on the environmental havoc that India and Pakistan’s 24-year battle for the Siachen Glacier along the disputed border above Kashmir is wreaking, namely the acceleration of glacial melting which feeds the Nubra River, which drains into the Shyok River – a key tributary of the Indus River […]
Read more »Energy, Water, Food: Geopolitical Linkages & Conflicts
September 23rd, 2008
As reported by The Circle of Blue, a new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based bipartisan think-tank, report states that the U.S. needs integrated international water strategy to avert global conflicts over water which could threaten geopolitical stability. As the article notes, 40 percent of the world’s population lives in watersheds shared […]
Read more »Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan May Move Against India Over Chenab water
September 19th, 2008
From The Press Trust of India, a report that Pakistan will seek arbitration by the World Bank over India’s alleged violation of the Indus Water Treaty India if New Delhi did not concede the breach of the pact. As the article noted: “…Islamabad had claimed that, in “gross violations of the Indus Water Treaty,” India […]
Read more »Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Hydropower, and Central Asia’s Water
September 3rd, 2008
As we have discussed previously and as recently noted by WaterWired, there are a number of difficult issues faced by the countries in the Syr Darya and Amu Darya basins, the two major streams in the region. As the article notes: “…the aforementioned streams both terminate in the Aral Sea, and the diversion of these […]
Read more »The Mekong: A Flood of Worry About The Impact of China’s Dams
August 31st, 2008
Via Japan Focus, a detailed look at the impact that major floods of the Mekong have had upon Southeast Asia, not only in an environmental/economic sense, but also from a political perspective. Many countries are asking whether China is responsible for the heavy flood damage, as its cascade of dams on the Mekong have been […]
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