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An Opportunity To Revisit The Indus Waters Treaty
February 8th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on an opportunity to revisit the Indus Waters Treaty: Two days before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was about to proceed with the hearing of “objected” hydro-power projects on tributaries, India issued a notice to Pakistan seeking amendments to the decades old and only pact that compels historic rivals […]
Read more »The Colorado River Agreement Proposal Includes A Significant Change
February 7th, 2023
Via the Washington Post, commentary on the proposed draft framework which includes a very significant change: The Feb. 1 front-page article “In West, no deal to save water” highlighted the lack of full agreement among the seven states that rely on the Colorado River. Indeed, California’s absence from the new multistate proposal is telling, highlighting […]
Read more »The Colorado River Crisis: Can It Be fixed?
February 5th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, commentary on the Colorado River drought crisis and whether it can be fixed: The Colorado River is in crisis. The problem has been building for decades but has come to a head in recent years because the major manufactured reservoirs on the river have fallen to dangerously low levels, prompting […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Escalates Water Conflict With Pakistan
February 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how India’s notice for the Indus Water Treaty’s modification comes in the wake of a series of hydroelectric projects planned on the Indus valley rivers in India: On January 25, two days before a Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague started its hearing on the dispute over the Indus Water […]
Read more »Confronting California’s Water Crisis
February 3rd, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, commentary on how California state officials should protect water as a public resource and rein in corporate water abusers to deal with its increasingly uncertain water future: Californians are still grappling with the aftermath of powerful storms that triggered dangerous flooding and mudslides across the state, even as the West’s unprecedented […]
Read more »California Submits River Colorado River Water Plan
February 2nd, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report that California has submitted a rival Colorado River water plan: California has submitted a rival plan for use of the Colorado River, after six other states accused it of refusing to cooperate in the battle over usage of a dwindling major US watercourse.Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming […]
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