Year In Review: Looking Back on 2014, Looking Ahead to 2015
Aubrey Ann Parker reflects on our work last year and updates on stories we’ve covered in years past.
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The Stream, January 5: Fukushima Rice Passes Radiation Tests
The Global Rundown Rice grown near Fukushima, Japan, has passed radiation tests despite the troubles contaminated water has posed at the damaged nuclear plant. Nicaragua broke ground on the Nicaragua Canal late last month. Warm, low water in California rivers is taking a toll on the state’s Chinook salmon, while more than half of South […]
2015 Water Preview, Part I: International – Sustainable Development Goals Push Water to Center Stage
Water fits a new global development agenda.
The Stream, December 24: Climate Change Not a Threat to White Christmas – Yet
The Global Rundown Climate change is leaving your Christmas snow alone for now – it’s coming first for your early spring flurries. It’s also coming for food and water security in the Middle East, prompting Arab cities to take green building quite seriously. A water price agreement is proving contentious for Dallas, Texas, and a […]
The Stream, November 18: Irrigation Increasing Peru’s Agricultural Exports By $1 Billion
The Global Rundown Peru is opening a large irrigation project to boost agricultural exports. Australia is spending millions on water projects in New South Wales, while Guatemala is spending millions to repay families affected by the Chixoy Dam. A transport route between the Baltic and Black Seas is being revived. Farmers in Bangladesh are growing […]
The Stream, November 6: U.S. Water Withdrawals Reach Lowest Level In 40 Years
The Global Rundown Water withdrawals in the United States are leveling off even as the economy continues to grow. Businesses say water risks are growing. California voters are spending more money to combat drought, as will the hydraulic fracturing industry in the United States. Thailand faces water shortages, late rains are exacerbating food insecurity in […]
Earth’s Major Aquifers Are in Trouble
Groundwater reserves are falling, but little is known about how much water is left.
Showing Off Circle of Blue Colleagues and Reporting in Traverse City
World-changing reporting fresh from northern Michigan. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Circle of Blue’s Choke Point: China project showed how China’s massive energy-consuming urban construction program, like this development in Xian, is producing an urgent a confrontation over water in the dry north, where much of China’s energy is produced. Click image […]
Federal Water Tap, September 22: America’s Spies Warn of Water and Climate Risks
The potential for violence, conflict, and government upheaval arising from natural resource scarcity and a warming planet continues to catch the eye of America’s top spooks. “Competition for scarce resources, such as food, water, or energy, will likely increase tensions within and between states and could lead to more localized or regional conflicts, or exacerbate […]
Circle of Blue Wins Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Reporting and Photojournalism
Coverage of “the world’s quest for water” is timely, intimate, and dramatic.
Colorado River’s Course Through A Drying Landscape Is Draining Lake Mead
Along the 1,800-mile river basin,locals wrestle with water demands.
The Stream, July 2: Concerns About Energy During California Drought
California Drought As much as 1,150 megawatts of energy production could shut down if water supplies for power plants in drought-hit California are not secured, according to the state’s grid operator, Bloomberg News reported. Several of the state’s energy agencies have warned that the drought could threaten grid reliability, though current restrictions on water use […]
