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The Global Rundown A drought in East Africa, as well as conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, could put 20 million people at risk of starvation in the next six months. Oil and agricultural development in Brazil’s Amapá state threaten the region’s forests and waterways. Residents of Mosul, Iraq are digging their own wells […]
The Global Rundown Damage to the spillways at California’s Oroville Dam prompted officials to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people downstream. Aid groups warned of an impending famine in drought-hit Somalia. India’s Supreme Court ordered the state government of Madhya Pradesh to pay families displaced by a major dam project. Untreated sewage is a […]
Water crises and climate change worry business and political elite.
The Global Rundown Deliberately damaged infrastructure cut water supplies to a large area of Damascus, Syria over the past several weeks, the United Nations said. Illegal water vendors have set up shop in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to cater to residents pressured by drought and aging infrastructure. Burundi’s environment and water minister was shot to death over […]
The Global Rundown Runoff polluted with sediment and fertilizer continues to stymie efforts to improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Military leaders around the world are calling for action on climate change in order to avoid security threats. The future is uncertain for Canada’s proposed Energy East oil pipeline, which has […]
Oil pipeline could be stranded asset in the making. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue Heavy snow and winter cold settled this month on thousands of Native Americans and their supporters encamped on the banks of the Cannonball River, some 30 miles south of Bismarck, North Dakota. Nearby, the Missouri River slipped past. The river’s […]
Conflict over water supplies and land makes investors nervous This story was updated on November 18, to reflect DNB bank leaders announcement that they sold a $US 3 million stake in the pipeline’s builder. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue Executives of Energy Transfer Partners, builders of the Dakota Access Pipeline, expressed a sigh of […]
At frontlines, fossil fuel transport and production infrastructure opposed worldwide.
The Rundown A federal judge said pipeline construction could proceed, but Obama administration decides to pause Dakota Access pending further review. The CDC surveys the Toledo community’s response to the 2014 toxic algal bloom that shut down the city’s drinking water system. EPA and state regulators close wastewater injection wells in Oklahoma because of earthquakes. […]
