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What Will It Take For Bangladesh and India To Sign Transboundary River Agreements
May 8th, 2024
Via Global Dialogue, a look at the need for Bangladesh and India to talk about sharing water on two major rivers, the Teesta and Ganges. But experts on both sides say much depends on political consensus and the right atmosphere for negotiations Bangladesh’s ruling party, the Awami League, started its fourth consecutive term in government this year […]
Read more »How Colorado Towns Are Trying To Get Some Water Certainty
May 7th, 2024
Via NPR, a podcast on how Colorado towns are trying to get some water certainty: In Western Colorado, towns and farms are banding together to pay a hundred million dollars for water they don’t intend to use. Today on the show, how scarcity, climate change and a first-dibs system of water management is forcing towns, […]
Read more »Historic Agreement Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land
May 3rd, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a report on a historic deal that will help the tribe raise money for infrastructure and services for its members while the water could ease the drought in the Southwest: Against a backdrop of the Colorado River, members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes watched Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Kashmir Now Faces Water Scarcity as Himalayan Glaciers Melt
May 3rd, 2024
Via Fair Observer, an article on the impact that climate change is having upon water supplies in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The winter of 2023–2024 was the driest on record, with major cities in the region such as the summer capital of Srinagar recording their hottest winter in 18 years. With the world projected to […]
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 »Sault Tribe Challenges Michigan Fishing Deal, Chides ‘Preposterous’ Rules
April 17th, 2024
Via Circle of Blue, a report on a First Nation’s legal appeal on fishing in the Great Lakes: Four Michigan tribes and the state and federal government renegotiated fishing rights in the Great Lakes last year, without the Sault tribe’s consent Now, the tribe is suing, arguing it can’t be held to an agreement it […]
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