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Satellite data reveal the depths of the megacity’s thirst. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Beijing, one of the world’s most water-scarce large cities, has long drawn on groundwater reserves to supply more than 20 million people. The unrelenting pressure for water, though, is causing the land to shift and sink and buckle, which puts […]
Subsidence strikes the foundations of an Asian megacity. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Jakarta — home to more than 10 million people and the capital of Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia — is sinking at an increasing rate. The head of Jakarta’s environment agency told Tempo, a news site, that the city’s […]
Climate risk and energy development, groundwater and conflict — the political awareness of water grew in 2015. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue California’s continuing drought emergency was one of the big water stories of 2015. Click image to enlarge. By Peter Gleick Pacific Institute Brett Walton Circle of Blue Water was […]
Lawsuit requires EPA to address one of the largest water pollution sources in the country.
As the state recovers from a three-year drought and copes with a deteriorating water infrastructure, the nation’s food supply just got a boost.
It takes brute force and millions of gallons of chemical-laden watery sand to wrestle natural gas from the earth.
By Abrahm Lustgarten, Joaquin Sapien, and Sabrina Shankman ProPublica A long-anticipated draft environmental review laying out proposed laws for natural gas drilling in New York’s Marcellus Shale has been released by the state after 18 months of study and several delays. State officials say the guidelines, which are 809 pages long and extremely detailed, address […]
