Water News - Droughts Across the World
News – Bolivia Drought
Bolivian cities get some of their water from glacial supplies, especially during dry months. The government knows the glaciers are receding – by over 40% since 1985 (source). See also AO Info – Climate Change.
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Source |
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Comment |
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2017-01-05 |
Pri.org |
With melting glaciers and mining, Bolivia’s water is running dangerously low |
Ricardo Martinez
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2016-11-21 |
Reuters.com |
Bolivia declares state of emergency due to drought, water shortage |
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2015-12-18 |
CBC News |
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News – Brazil Drought
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2015-03-01 |
Upriser |
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2015-01-24 |
BBC (Brazil) |
Brazil's most populous region facing worst drought in 80 years |
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2015-01-23 |
USA Today (Brazil) |
Brazil official: Rio won't meet Olympic water cleanup pledge |
- how bad can it get? - interesting that hosting the Olympics makes us clean house! |
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2014-11-29 |
Reuters (Brazil) |
Adriana Brasileiro - Cantareira system |
News – California Drought
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2019-09-22 |
CBC News |
California's chronic water overuse leads to sinking towns, arsenic pollution |
Kim Brunhuber |
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2019-02-28 |
NewFoodEconomy.org |
California must abandon 535,000 acres of prized farmland to meet water conservation goals |
Sam Bloch |
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2018-06-06 |
PJ Media |
Californians May Have to Choose Between Showers and Laundry with New 55-Gallon Water Limit |
Paula Bolyard |
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2018-04-20 |
mbgplanet |
A Look Inside The California Water Crisis That Nobody's Talking About |
Emma Loewe |
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2018-02-27 |
The Weather Network / Water Deeply |
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2017-01-22 |
Wired.com |
Peter Gleick |
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2016-11-30 |
Reuters.com |
Sharon Bernstein |
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2016-11-03 |
Timescolonist.com |
Ellen Knickmeyer |
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2016-10-27 |
EcoWatch / Environmental Working Group |
Why Are California Farmers Irrigating Crops With Oil Wastewater? |
Enviornmental Working Group |
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2016-10-03 |
EcoWatch / Climate Nexus |
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2016-09-22 |
AccuWeather.com |
Northern California towns in danger of running out of water for 3rd year in a row |
Brian Lada |
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2016-08-16 |
LAtimes.com |
Most water agencies can ease up on conservation under new standards |
Matt Stevens |
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2016-08-16 |
Los Angeles Magazine |
How Nestlé Gets Away With Pumping California’s Water for Next to Nothing |
David Dayen |
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2016-08-06 |
EcoWatch / Douglas Bevington |
Don’t Get Burned by Misinformation About Dead Trees and Wildfire |
Douglas Bevington |
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2016-07-06 |
Orange County Register |
Californians still saving water, even after restrictions are loosened |
Aaron Orlowski |
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2016-06-23 |
EcoWatch / Climate Nexus |
Drought Kills 66 Million Trees in California, Increasing Risk of Catastrophic Wildfires |
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2016-05-30 |
OCregister.com |
California's water crisis not on radar of presidential candidates |
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2015-12-11 |
CBS News |
MLB star, heavy metal singer on list of Calif. water wasters |
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2015-10-13 |
TrueActivist.com |
Fantastic News: Nestlé To Be Sued For Californian Drought Crimes! |
Sophie McAdam - permit to take water expired 27 years ago |
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2015-10-12 |
NY Times |
Matt Richtel |
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2015-10-07 |
LAtimes.com |
In Bel-Air, someone is using 1,300 gallons of water – per hour |
Steve Lopez |
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2015-06-17 |
Fox News |
Community, farmers face water cut-off after California drought decision |
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2015-06-15 |
Wired.com |
Nick Stockton |
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2015-05-22 |
NY Times |
Jennifer Medina |
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2015-05-21 |
Global News |
California celebrities targeted in drought shaming on social media |
Nicole Mortillaro |
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2015-05-17 |
Daily Mail (UK) |
Kate Pickles |
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2015-05-11 |
EcoWatch / Anastasia Pantsios |
Anastasia Pantsios |
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2015-05-11 |
The ECOReport |
Roy L. Hales, Earthjustice |
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2015-05-10 |
DailyNews.com |
Associated Press - Crystal Geyser Water Co. - 108 bottling operations in California |
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2015-05-09 |
CBS News |
Amid drought, Beverly Hills moves beyond fines for water wasters |
Carter Evans |
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2015-05-07 |
Abc 7 News |
Starbucks to find new source for bottled water outside Central Valley |
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2015-05-07 |
Globe and Mail |
Andrea Woo |
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2015-05-04 |
Salon.com |
California drought’s devastating toll: 12 million trees killed in one year |
Lindsay Abrams |
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2015-05-02 |
Youtube / RT |
In Hot Water: Nestle accused of profiting in drought stricken California |
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2015-04-30 |
Time.com |
Starbucks is Selling California Spring Water For $1.95 a Bottle Amid a Historic Drought |
David Stout
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2015-04-10 |
Huffington Post |
A Lot Of Bottled Water Comes From Drought-Stricken California |
Alissa Scheller |
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2015-04-10 |
Wired |
Should California Spend 4 Billion Gallons to Save a Few Fish? |
Nick Stockton |
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2015-04-10 |
Contra Costa Times News |
Denis Cuff |
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2015-04-09 |
Intellihub.com |
Amanda Froelich, True Activist |
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2015-04-09 |
KCRA.com |
Mike Luery - California drought |
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2015-04-06 |
Newsweek |
In California, Farmers Rely on Oil Wastewater to Weather Drought |
Zoë Schlanger |
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2015-04-03 |
Reuters.com |
Exclusive: California used 70 million gallons of water in fracking in 2014 |
Rory Carroll - California drought |
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2015-04-02 |
CBS Sacramento |
Artificial Grass Moving Quickly After California Announces Mandatory Drought Restrictions |
Nick Janes - astroturf |
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2015-04-02 |
EcoWatch / Cole Mellino |
Drought-Stricken California Exempts Big Oil and Big Ag from Mandatory Restrictions |
Cole Mellino - California drought |
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2015-04-01 |
Aljazeera America |
Haya El Nasser - California drought |
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2015-03-26 |
SanDiego Source Daily Transcript (USA) |
Fenit Nirappil - California drought |
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2015-03-21 |
FoxBaltimore.com |
List of Wines Cited in Lawsuit as Having High Arsenic Levels |
- a result of drought conditions in California maybe? |
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2015-03-17 |
NBC News |
Video: NASA: California Down to One Year Supply of Water (1.5 mins) |
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2015-03-16 |
The Guardian |
Drought-stricken California only has one year of water left, Nasa scientist warns |
Amanda Hospuch |
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2015-03-10 |
EcoWatch / Cole Mellino |
Epic Drought Spurs California to Build Largest Desalination Plant in Western Hemisphere |
Cole Mellino |
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2015-02-26 |
Huffington Post |
Alarming Consequences Of The California Drought You May Not Have Expected |
Lydia O’Connor |
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2014-01-01 |
MassReport.com |
Buffy Naillon |
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2014-12-27 |
NY Times (USA) |
Felicity Barringer |
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2014-12-07 |
Star Telegram (USA) |
Bill Hanna - four year long drought - increases the cost of water |
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2014-10-15 |
CBS News (USA) |
newsclip |
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2014-10-11 |
U-T San Diego (USA) |
Chris Nicols |
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2014-09-18 |
Huffington Post |
Watch California Dry Up Right Before Your Eyes In 6 Jaw-Dropping GIFs |
Lydia O’Connor and Chris McGonigal |
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2014-07-09 |
The National (CBC Player) |
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2014-07-09 |
EcoWatch / Gary Wockner |
Drought Drains Lake Mead to Lowest Level as Nevada Senator Calls for Government Audit |
Gary Wockner |
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2014-03-26 |
EcoWatch / Earth Island Journal |
California Drought Forces Fisheries to Truck Salmon Smolts to the Sea |
Zoe Loftus-Farren |
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2014-02-25 |
EcoWatch / Brandon Baker |
Hundreds of California Businesses Band Together in Face of Devastating Drought |
Brandon Baker |
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2014-02-20 |
EcoWatch / Earthjustice |
The California Drought: Who Gets Water and Who’s Hung Out to Dry? |
California |
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2014-01-31 |
KTVU.com (USA) |
California |
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2014-01-17 |
EcoWatch (USA) |
Drought Emergency Declared in California as Residents Urge Halt to Fracking |
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2013-12-27 |
EcoWatch / Center for American Progress |
Kiley Kroh |
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2013-08-16 |
EcoWatch / Ceres |
Historic Water Shortages Prompt Government Restrictions in Colorado River Basin |
Mindy Lubber |
News – Cape Town Drought
Cape Town is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. (Wikipedia)
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2018-02-26 |
Sciencemag.org |
Ecologists up in arms over Cape Town’s plans to ease water crisis by drilling into aquifer |
Linda Nording |
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2018-02-17 |
McLeans |
As a water crisis looms in Cape Town, could it happen in Canada? |
John Pomeroy |
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2018-02-11 |
BBC News |
The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water - like Cape Town |
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2018-02-06 |
Abc News |
'Day Zero' water run-out delayed as water donations pour in to drought-stricken city |
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2018-01-30 |
Global News |
Cape Town will deploy army, police to protect water source after taps run dry on ‘Day Zero’ |
Adam Frisk |
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2018-01-16 |
Global News |
Cape Town could be first major city to run out of water — in 90 days |
Katie Dangerfield |
News – Droughts - Other
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2019-10-12 |
Daily Mail (UK) |
Tom Place |
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2018-06-28 |
TheGuardian.com |
Heatwave forces UK farmers into desperate measures to save cattle |
Matthew Weaver and agencies |
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2018-02-11 |
BBC News |
The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water - like Cape Town |
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2017-10-23 |
Reuters.com |
Ari Rabinovitch |
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2017-07-24 |
Theguardian.com |
Thirsty city: after months of water rationing Nairobi may run dry |
Cathy Watson - Nairobi |
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2015-08-18 |
NationNews |
Jamaica: Kingston water sources run dry, Portmore to bear brunt |
- Jamaica |
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2015-08-04 |
CNNMoney |
Patrick Gillespie - Puerto Rico |
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2015-06-03 |
EcoWatch / World Resources Institute |
Charles Iceland - Various |
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2015-04-22 |
Icis.com |
Nurluqman Suratman - Taiwan |
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