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Compare and contrast: ‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers

Inside Climate News


Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day of groundwater 80 miles away to other boomtowns in Central Texas.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Irrigation.

Compare and contrast: What are atmospheric rivers and why do they cause flooding?

Reuters


Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Flood.

Compare and contrast: Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

The Guardian


Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, the non-profit investigatory organisation SourceMaterial and the Guardian have found.   Click here to read the story.

Compare and contrast: Why the Trump administration wants to end water fluoridation

Fast Company


U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Governance.

Compare and contrast: The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy

The Conversation – United Kingdom


The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily on rainfall. Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal’s locks can’t raise and lower ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Droughts mean fewer ships per day, and that can quickly affect Panama’s finances and economies around the world.   Click here to read the story.