In Minnesota, Families Blame Farm Nutrient Contamination On Heavy Cancer Toll

September 20, 2023

Four families, 12 cancer cases, 7 deaths.

Water Migrants: Reaching European Shores

Chicago Suburbs, Running Out of Water, Will Tap Lake Michigan

September 6, 2023

America’s groundwater is now running dry where water is abundant.

Offering Up Advice For Farmers, Universities Add To US Water Pollution

August 30, 2023

Water Migrants: Crisis in the Mediterranean Episode 2

August 23, 2023

Award-winning nonprofit journalism from the frontlines of water, food, and energy in the changing climate.

Latest Stories

In Minnesota, Families Blame Farm Nutrient Contamination On Heavy Cancer Toll

September 20, 2023

Four families, 12 cancer cases, 7 deaths.

Water Migrants: Reaching European Shores

September 12, 2023

Chicago Suburbs, Running Out of Water, Will Tap Lake Michigan

September 6, 2023

America’s groundwater is now running dry where water is abundant.

Offering Up Advice For Farmers, Universities Add To US Water Pollution

August 30, 2023

Water Migrants: Crisis in the Mediterranean Episode 2

August 23, 2023

‘Water Is Us’: New Book Offers Blueprint for Sustainable Water Future

August 23, 2023

The Three Ages of Water looks back at history to write a prescription for tomorrow.

The Water Transition: A Conversation with Author Peter Gleick

August 22, 2023

Discussing the past and future of water.

Benton Harbor: Safe Water Is Still a Luxury

/

August 22, 2023

Lead pipes replaced but residents struggle with high water bills By…

Illinois is Losing Water

/

August 18, 2023

Leaky pipes must be replaced. But where to get the money? By…

The European frog-bit looks like a little lily pad and lives in shallow waters. Image: Shelby Bauer, Huron Pines

Control for Frog-bit and Water Soldiers

/

August 8, 2023

New strategy for limiting the spread of exotic water plants…

Streams of Migration – Special Frontline Report

/

August 7, 2023

As droughts wither crops and water insecurity disrupts political…

Minnesota Tribe Sets Enforceable Rules To Safeguard Wild Rice and Water Supply

August 2, 2023

Ineffective voluntary pollution prevention practices are set aside for mandatory regulation.

Weekly Summary of Global Water News

Your Global Rundown:

An underground “water battery,” soon to receive $500 million in development funding, will help Scotlandin its bid for net-zero energy targets.
Data centers in London may face water restrictions during peak demand, says the UK’s largest water company.
An open-pit gold mine in Brazil’sPara region would displace 800 Indigenous families and cause irreparable harm to riparian habitat, if approved.
Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, an Anishinaabe community, is suing Winnipeg and the Canadian government over the lasting impacts of a century-old water diversion.
A group of 22 U.S. states and territories is moving to block 3M’s $10.3 billion PFAS water pollution settlement, saying the punishment doesn’t hold the company accountable.

To have new, international water news delivered to your inbox, sign up for Circle of Blue’s The Stream.

Weekly Digest of U.S. Water Policy and Trends

The Rundown:

EPA investigates alleged discrimination by California’s top water regulator.
The EPA has until August 15 to respond to a lawsuit to strengthen water pollution standards for large-scale animal feedlots.
The White House designates more than 917,000 acres near the Grand Canyon as a national monument.
DOE to develop a “gold star” rating program for carbon capture projects.
The EPA rejects Alabama’s plan to manage coal waste.
The USGS assesses a noise-making system to deter upstream movement of invasive carp in the Mississippi River basin.
Lastly, NOAA calculates higher odds for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season.

Biweekly Breakdown of Great Lakes Region News

This Week’s Watersheds

The new Michigan state budget, recently signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, includes more than $1 billion for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
The Ontario government has announced $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects aimed at protecting and conserving the Great Lakes.
Coinciding with the summer’s extreme heat and citywide water pressure decreases, citizen and government scientists continue to map heat islands in Chicago.
Wisconsin’s annual drinking water report shows 99 percent of public systems meet contaminant standards.
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has become the most recent group to file suit against 3M, and other companies, over PFAS pollution.

For this and more of the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region, read Fresh.

Toxic Terrain

Fertilizer and manure in the U.S. Corn Belt contaminate water and ruin the quality of life.

Read The Series Here

Circle of Blue is a partner of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets covering climate

Delhi is thirsty, even parched. As the 3rd largest population center in the world, its 25 million people need water, and lots of it, to survive. It’s clear that how India responds in the next months and years will have effects for generations. How will it manage the intensifying competition between water, food and energy in a changing climate?

It’s clear that getting enough water day-by-day is foremost on people’s minds. When the challenge is so great and children so thirsty, people often take their water sources into their own hands. Some entrepreneurs bring water by tank pulled by a tractor, and sell at an inflated rate. Others drill their own unsanctioned wells, some even in the middle of the street.

ChokePoint:

The conflicting demand for water, food, and energy is the defining challenge of our century. Global Choke Point, a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center, explores the peril and promise with frontline reporting, data, and policy expertise.

No one is better positioned to deliver groundbreaking knowledge on the critical resource of global water than Circle of Blue.

Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group

Changing the face of journalism.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The combining of journalism, science, data, design and convening power is an innovative model that works.

Hon. Jane Harmon, President, Wilson Center

To respond to the world’s greatest, most urgent challenges, we need trusted information, clear context, and solutions-focused dialogue. Circle of Blue cuts through the complexities of global development. Through knowledge and informed action, we can make a better future.

Henrik Skovby, Executive Chairman, Dalberg Group

I am happy that this meeting is taking place, for it represents yet another stage in the joint commitment of various institutions to raising consciousness about the need to protect water as a treasure belonging to everyone, mindful too of its cultural and religious significance.

Pope Francis