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Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead Water Levels Continue To Crash
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead Water Levels Continue To Crash The last time we looked at Las Vegas water supply, the comments from professionals were “Vegas is screwed,” and unless water levels in Lake Mead rise by 7%, “it’s as bad as you can imagine.” The bad news… Water levels in Lake Mead have never been lower for […]
How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use?
How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use? Water and energy have a symbiotic relationship. Energy is needed to move water to people and businesses. Water, in turn, is necessary to produce energy. Of course, different types of energy require varying levels of water use. Take electricity generation as an example. For the United States, electricity […]
California’s Record-Breaking Heat & Drought “Is Only The Beginning”
California’s Record-Breaking Heat & Drought “Is Only The Beginning” The California heat of the past 12 months is like nothing ever seen in records going back to 1895, notes Bloomberg’s Tom Randall, and with the already record-low snowpack starting its melt early, “we aren’t nearing the end of California’s climate troubles. We’re nearing the beginning.”What’s happening in California right […]
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors Price of lettuce has gone up 40 cents, but some of that is due to low Canadian dollar Drought may have gripped California’s agricultural heartland for a fourth consecutive year, but it’s not the only factor putting pressure on imported produce prices at the […]
The Silver Lining in the California Drought
The Silver Lining in the California Drought Denial, it’s been said, is not just a river in Egypt. It runs, of course, through each of us. But Californians have displayed quite a dose of it as a record-breaking drought rolls through its fourth year. It was just last week, propelled by the lowest snowpack in the Sierra […]
Who Will Control The World’s Water: Governments Or Corporations?
Who Will Control The World’s Water: Governments Or Corporations? Water is perhaps the world’s most important resource, and one of the most common resources. For decades water was regarded as a common good, and it was plentiful enough that in most parts of the world there was little money to be made off of it. […]
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers As California’s record drought continues, Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the state’s history. One group not facing restrictions under the new rules is big agriculture, […]
Californians Outraged As Oil Producers & Frackers Excluded From Emergency Water Restrictions
Californians Outraged As Oil Producers & Frackers Excluded From Emergency Water Restrictions California’s oil and gas industry is estimated (with official data due to be released in coming days) to use more than 2 million gallons of fresh water per day; so it is hardly surprising that, as Reuters reports, Californians are outraged after discovering that these firms […]
How Many People Will Have To Migrate Out Of California When All The Water Disappears?
How Many People Will Have To Migrate Out Of California When All The Water Disappears? The drought in California is getting a lot worse. As you read this, snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada mountains are the lowest that have ever been recorded. That means that there won’t be much water for California farmers and California […]
For First Time In History, California Governor Orders Mandatory Water Cuts Amid “Unprecedented, Dangerous Situation”
For First Time In History, California Governor Orders Mandatory Water Cuts Amid “Unprecedented, Dangerous Situation” Amid the “cruelest winter ever,” with the lowest snowpack on record, and with 98.11% of the state currently in drouight conditions, California Governor Jerry Brown orders mandatory water cuts in California for the first time in history… Lowest snowpack on record… […]
Water Is Life; We Can’t Afford To Waste It
Water Is Life; We Can’t Afford To Waste It How long can you go without water? You could probably survive a few weeks without water for cooking. If you stopped washing, the threat to your life might only come from people who can’t stand the smell. But most people won’t live for more than three […]
New age of water wars portends ‘bleak future’
New age of water wars portends ‘bleak future’ Behind the escalating violence in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as the epidemic of civil unrest across the wider region, is a growing shortage of water. New peer-reviewed research published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) shows that water scarcity linked to climate change is […]
Calls For Immediate Shutdown Of Illegal California Injection Wells As Regulators Host ‘Aquifer Exemption Workshop’
Calls For Immediate Shutdown Of Illegal California Injection Wells As Regulators Host ‘Aquifer Exemption Workshop’ While California legislators are calling for immediate closure of the thousands of injection wells illegally dumping oil industry wastewater and enhanced oil recovery fluids into protected groundwater aquifers, regulators with the state’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) were holding an “Aquifer […]
It’s The End Of March And 99.85% Of California Is Abnormally Dry Already
It’s The End Of March And 99.85% Of California Is Abnormally Dry Already With NASA scientists warning about California only having one year of water left, it appears The Kardashians and March Madness continue to distract Americans from the ugly looming reality of water shortages. With summer around the corner, the US Drought Minitoring service reports […]
As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, Two Towns Face the Fallout
As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, Two Towns Face the Fallout Recently, Buddhists at a nunnery in Zanskar Valley, a 30-mile-long alley of gray stone high in the Himalayas of northwest India, took the unprecedented step of planting an apricot tree. The valley is known as a “cold desert,” because just half an inch of rain falls a […]
