Constant, Compounding Disasters Are Exhausting Emergency Response

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Fires, droughts, floods, power outages. The interval between disasters is shortening, or in some cases disappearing altogether.

What’s Up With Water – June 28, 2021

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Listen to the June 28, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water - The need-to-know news on the world’s water.

HotSpots H2O: Anishinaabe Activists and Allies Resist Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline, a Project that Threatens Wetlands and Ignores Treaty Territory

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In northern Minnesota, the new Line 3 corridor, proposed by the Canadian oil company Enbridge, cuts directly through wetlands and waterways that are already struggling in unusually dry conditions.

Drought, The Everything Disaster

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When water stops flowing, painful days are at hand.

HotSpots H2O: Longstanding Drought in Iran Begets Farmer Protests, Power Outages, and Widespread Water Rationing

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Lack of water is one of Iran’s biggest environmental and social risks.

As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing

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Government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for difficult months ahead.

HotSpots H2O: Farmer-Herder Violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Persists, a Consequence of Drought and Climate Change

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Conflict in Nigeria's central state is a consequence of extreme heat and worsening droughts, byproducts of climate change.

Feds Release First Slice of Water Bill Assistance Funds

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The Department of Health and Human Services released $166.6 million in federal funds for the new, Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP).

Michigan’s Climate-Ready Future: Wetland Parks, Less Cement, Roomy Shores

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As climate change alters our world, Michigan’s bounty of fresh water could be the foundation of a thriving state economy and superior quality of life.