Compare and contrast: Valencians struggling to recover from devastating floods
BBC News The floodwater left a six-feet-high (1.8m) mark on the wall, and although the water has now gone, mud still clings to the machines. But as well as claiming […]
Halalt First Nation Sues Forest Firm, Governments for Flooding
The Tyee Halalt First Nation in the Cowichan Valley has launched a class-action lawsuit against private forest giant Mosaic Forest Management and three levels of government for damages related to […]
Compare and contrast: Study finds US hydropower generation may increase despite climate variability
Water Power Magazine A national study has found that overall hydropower production in the United States could increase over the next 15 years despite climate change causing regional and seasonal […]
Federal government partners with Port Coquitlam to strengthen flood protection efforts
Water Canada “Climate change is an escalating threat to communities across Canada, affecting all of us. Investments in disaster mitigation infrastructure aren’t just about reducing risks they’re about safeguarding our […]
Compare and contrast: Farmers Are Using Wool To Save Water in the Drought-Ridden West
TIME Wilde was less interested in compost and more intrigued by waste wool’s potential to be a water-saving, plant-feeding, synthetic-fertilizer-replacing gamechanger for a drought-ravaged West. Click here to read […]
Compare and contrast: ‘No way, not possible’: California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?
The Press Democrat Growers and cities support the Newsom administration proposal, saying it strikes a balance for uses of Delta water. But environmentalists say the “healthy rivers” rules would actually […]
Compare and contrast: Plumbing poverty: More people living without running water in US cities since global financial crisis
Phys.org More American cities even those seen as affluent are home to people living without running water as people are being “squeezed” by unaffordable housing and the cost-of-living crisis, new […]
Claims of improved water use efficiency by Alberta oil sands companies under scrutiny
CityNews Calgary The AER says oil sands companies used 222 billion litres of freshwater to produce 669 million barrels of oil in 2023 the equivalent of 332 litres of freshwater […]
Compare and contrast: Release of 300,000 litres of water in Saltair ‘criminal act of vandalism’
Times Colonist The loss of that much water from the hydrants near Chemainus and Olsen roads will have a serious impact on firefighting capacity, the district said, adding similar incidents […]
Compare and contrast: Kenya’s devastating drought is the worst in 40 years
Al Jazeera According to the United Nations, in this historical phase the Kenyan people are experiencing the worst water crisis in the last 40 years and millions of people do […]
