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The Rhine: A Perfect Symbol of Our Climate Folly
November 18th, 2022
Via New Republic, an article on the Rhine, German river once subjected to a massive nineteenth-century engineering project to facilitate coal transport, which now needs engineers to intervene again due to global warming partially caused by global warming related to coal transported on the mighty river: Germany is trying to save the Rhine. “Save,” in this […]
Read more »California: Desalination From Disaster To Solution
November 15th, 2022
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, a report on California’s renewed interest in desalination: For decades, environmentalists have decried ocean desalination as an ecological disaster, while cost-savvy water managers have thumbed their noses at desal’s lofty price tag. But as the American Southwest barrels into a new era of extreme heat, drought and aridification, officials and […]
Read more »How A Utah Utility Is Helping An Estonian Company Hoard Colorado River Water
November 9th, 2022
Via Grist, an article on how a Utah utility is helping a foreign oil company hoard Colorado River water: Millions of years before dinosaurs went extinct, what is now Utah was submerged by a broad, shallow sea. Over millennia, as the water receded and tectonic plates shifted, rich organic marine material accumulated, forming thick layers […]
Read more »Drought Looms Over U.S. Midterm Elections In Arid West
November 8th, 2022
Via Grist, an article on how drought looms over U.S. midterm elections in the arid West: Mark Kelly, the incumbent Democratic senator from Arizona, is facing a strong reelection challenge from far-right Republican nominee Blake Masters, in a race that could be key for control of the Senate. Last month, during a televised debate between […]
Read more »Crisis On The Nile
November 8th, 2022
Via The Frontier Post, an article on the challenges facing the Nile: Running from Uganda to Egypt, the Nile is essential to the survival of millions of people living in Africa. But a combination of climate change and human overuse is drying up the river, and worsening conditions for farmers who fear low harvests and […]
Read more »Poor Water Management Costs Pakistan $12 Billion Per Year
November 7th, 2022
Via ProPakistani, a report on the significant impact that poor water management has upon Pakistan: Poor water resource management is estimated to cost Pakistan $12 billion per annum (4 percent of GDP), with the degradation of the Indus Delta costing another $2 billion. The Ministry of Climate Change in its report “Living Indus: Investing in […]
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