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Politics cloud water debate
2014-02-09 06:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: There are two possible policy outcomes to a severe drought like the one California is experiencing now. One is that the drought focuses the minds of political leaders and water users, prompting them to come together to craft a broad, comprehensive solution to a problem that won't be going away. The other is that the community of water users will fragment and turn on one another, with farmers lining up against environmentalists, suburbanites against farmers, and so on. Which way would you...
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Water shortages leaving world high and dry
2014-02-09 05:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: On Jan. 17, scientists downloaded fresh data from a pair of NASA satellites and distributed the findings among the small group of researchers who track the world`s water reserves. At the University of California, Irvine, hydrologist James Famiglietti looked over the data from the gravity-sensing Grace satellites with a rising sense of dread. The data, released last week, showed California on the verge of an epic drought, with its backup systems of groundwater reserves so run down that the losses...
India: AAPs free water policy may end up in lot of wastage: Pachauri
2014-02-09 03:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSN: The AAP government's policies on water and electricity are well intended but not the best way to achieve desired goals as supply of over 600 litres of free water to Delhi residents may end up in a lot of wastage, director general TERI R K Pachauri has warned. "The intentions are very good but I am not sure this is the best way of going about it. In the case of water and even electricity firstly you have got to look at the whole economics of water supply and power supply," he told PTI in an interview...
Texans Answer Call Save Water, Only to Face Higher Rates
2014-02-09 01:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The drought-stricken city of Wichita Falls could soon give its residents more bad news. Even though the 100,000 residents of this northwest Texas city have substantially cut their water use, their dry lawns may no longer continue to save them money on their water bills. Instead, they will be asked to pay more; the city lost $4.5 million in water sales last year because of the conservation efforts. "It's tough to tell the consumer that "Yeah, well, you guys did a great job out there conserving...
Why global water shortages pose threat terror & war
2014-02-09 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On 17 January, scientists downloaded fresh data from a pair of Nasa satellites and distributed the findings among the small group of researchers who track the world's water reserves. At the University of California, Irvine, hydrologist James Famiglietti looked over the data from the gravity-sensing Grace satellites with a rising sense of dread. The data, released last week, showed California on the verge of an epic drought, with its backup systems of groundwater reserves so run down that the losses...
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