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2005

The Stream, July 7: High And Low-Tech Solutions To Address Drought

July 7, 2016/in The Stream/by Nick Beadleston

The Global Rundown The agricultural sectors in both Canada and Namibia are suffering as a result of ongoing drought. Computers in California and genetically selected beans in Central America are being employed to improve water efficiency. Mexico City should soon be the recipient of numerous simple, but effective rainwater systems. Meanwhile, a Maine teenager is building biodegradable stream cleaning buoys in her parents’ basement. In Bangladesh, previously […]

2006

The Stream, June 30: Indonesia’s Abandoned Mines Leave Big Pollution Problem

June 30, 2016/in The Stream/by Codi Kozacek

The Global Rundown Pollution from mines abandoned during the recent collapse of coal markets is contaminating rivers and rice paddies in Indonesia. Water flows are declining and shifting in the Indus Basin, researchers found. Scarce water supplies in some drought-hit regions of India are sparking violence. Michigan’s new budget includes a big funding boost to […]

2007

Congress Strengthens Great Lakes Oil Pipeline Oversight

June 22, 2016/in Great Lakes, Water & Energy, Water News/by Brett Walton

Pipeline safety bill includes three provisions directed at Line 5, an aging oil conduit across the Straits of Mackinac. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Out of sight and out of mind until recently, two aging oil pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac, in northern Michigan, have soared from a regional concern to an authentic […]

2008

The Stream, June 14: Singapore Insulated From Drought

June 14, 2016/in The Stream/by Codi Kozacek

The Global Rundown Singapore is now able meet its own water needs without relying on outside supplies from Malaysia, where a drought this year caused shortages. Recovering water levels at hydropower dams in Venezuela have prompted the government to scale back electricity rationing. Australia’s prime minister announced plans for a fund to reduce nutrient runoff […]

2009

The Stream, June 10: Monsoon Begins in Parched India

June 10, 2016/in The Stream/by Brett Walton

The Global Rundown Seasonal rains are advancing in India, beginning in the south. The annual summer dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be roughly the size of Connecticut. A geothermal plant in Iceland turned carbon dioxide into rock — but the process used a lot of water. Zambia is using solar-powered wells to […]

2010

The Stream, June 8: Chile Sues Bolivia in International Court Over River Dispute

June 8, 2016/in The Stream/by Brett Walton

The Global Rundown Chile and Bolivia face off in international court over water. Canada’s First Nations lack sufficient clean water protections, a human rights group finds. Namibia is considering a new desalination plant. The fish at the heart of California’s water battles might go extinct. Government contract data shows that U.S. water utilities are doing […]

2011

Innovative Sludge-to-Energy Plant Makes a Breakthrough in China

June 1, 2016/in Water News/by Circle Blue

2012

The Stream, May 27: Illegal Gold Mining Pollutes Peru Rivers, Triggers State of Emergency

May 27, 2016/in The Stream/by Codi Kozacek

The Global Rundown Thousands of people in Peru may be affected by mercury contamination caused by illegal gold mining, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency. Demonstrators in Ecuador’s largest city are protesting slow progress on cleaning up water pollution and improving water access. The severe drought in India could encourage the growth […]

2013

Lake Huron’s 9 Aquaculture Farms Drawn Into Michigan Legislative Furor

April 29, 2016/in Great Lakes, Water & Food/by Codi Kozacek

Ontario and Michigan express caution about expansions.

2014

The Stream, April 21: Drought Affects Quarter of India’s Population

April 21, 2016/in The Stream/by Codi Kozacek

The Global Rundown Consecutive years of drought have placed pressure on hundreds of millions of people in India, and major cities are beginning to run out of water. The daughter of a murdered environmental activist is asking European companies to drop support for the controversial hydropower project she opposed in Honduras. Michigan filed criminal charges […]

2015