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The Global Rundown The world will need to increase its rate of infrastructure investment to meet goals set for water, sanitation, and electricity access by 2040, according to a new report. Australia is investigating nearly 100 sites that may have been contaminated with PFAS chemicals. The cholera outbreak in Yemen appears to be turning a […]
The Global Rundown Hundreds of wildfires are burning in British Columbia, exacerbated by dry weather. Poor access to water and sanitation is creating a public health risk for those displaced by fighting in the Philippines. In Yemen, a cholera outbreak has surpassed 300,000 cases. The majority of source-water violations in cities along the Yangtze River […]
A storm-swept southern Indian state displays uncommon civility, camaraderie, and great food
Nonstick chemical was found downstream of Chemours’ Fayetteville manufacturing facility. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will investigate whether the chemical company Chemours complied with a federal permit for the production and cleanup of an industrial chemical that has been detected for at least four years in the Cape Fear […]
An unending legacy of poisoning, pollution, and chemical pain.
The Global Rundown Landslides triggered by the worst rains in more than a decade have killed more than 150 people in Sri Lanka. Facing drought and rising seas, the president of Kiribati says international climate funding is not coming quickly enough for his country. Wastewater spills from a proposed coal seam gas project in New […]
The Global Rundown Officials declared a state of emergency in Sana’a, Yemen after a cholera outbreak claimed dozens of lives. WASH initiatives are reaching thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, but water access for the displaced population remains limited. War and water scarcity are endangering the livelihood of the Wayúu, […]
The Global Rundown A second year of normal monsoon rains could help boost grain production to record levels in India. The Philippines’ new environment minister insists the country can balance mining and environmental protection. A new study documents the many climate change laws enacted around the world. Farmers in the United Kingdom worry that unusually […]
The Global Rundown Because of declining groundwater levels, no new wells for six months in India’s tech hub of Hyderabad, say state authorities. Concerned about water shortages, South Africa’s electric power utility will install a small groundwater desalination plant at a nuclear power station near Cape Town while city officials consider their own desalination facility […]
World’s largest refugee camp illustrates human costs of water-scarce era. By Kayla Cragg, Circle of Blue The desert of thorns and rocks northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is so unforgiving that it takes all day and a good bit of the night to reach the Dadaab refugee camp about 300 miles away near the border with […]
The Global Rundown Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is well above average, according to the most recent survey. Thousands of people remain under evacuation orders as floods rush through Queensland and New South Wales. Government officials in Bihar state are calling for a dam on the Ganga to be decommissioned to prevent floods. The […]
