Headaches, organ failure, and even death are befalling a number of pregnant women in coastal Bangladesh, where drinking water is becoming contaminated with salt.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
The Biden administration announced a $35 million commitment for four projects supported by the EPA’s new Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
The World Water Development Report, an annual UN publication, shows that women and girls are the first to suffer when poor, rural areas experience drought.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
Drought and growing populations have pushed water supplies in Bengaluru, India, whose metro area totals 14 million people, to the brink.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and a local lakes association are suing a cranberry trust for illegally releasing phosphorus-polluted water in northern Wisconsin.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
Climate change in western Uganda has turned the Nyamwamba River into a flooding force, destroying thousands of homes and killing dozens of people in recent years.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
March 5, 2024 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Sign up for Fresh: A Great Lakes Policy Briefing, straight to your inbox, every other Tuesday. — Christian Thorsberg, Interim Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds After […]
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
Taps could soon run dry in Mexico City and its metro area of 22 million people, as officials warn a “Day Zero” scenario is just months away.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
A Montana judge has ruled against the construction of a new housing subdivision near Helena, where groundwater shortages caused local outcry.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
A proposal to create a federally funded program to protect the Mississippi River is back in front of Congress, after a similar bill from 2021 failed.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
Small towns in Mississippi were left with faulty water infrastructure and bloated bills after large companies promised modern meters and increased savings, an investigation finds.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
With reservoirs at all-time lows amidst a three-year drought, Spain will invest half a billion dollars to build two desalination plants in Catalonia.
Christian Thorsberg is an environmental writer from Chicago. He is passionate about climate and cultural phenomena that often appear slow or invisible, and he examines these themes in his journalism, poetry, and fiction.
