Water - Deceleration (Page 3)

In Climate Vulnerable New Mexico, Acequia Networks that Have Sustained Families for Generations Are Under Threat

Traditional irrigation canals have long held communal—even ‘spiritual’—power while helping balance the water supply during droughts. But this communal system is increasingly threatened by commodication of water, growers say.

By Undark

/ 18 Oct 2024

In Climate Vulnerable New Mexico, Acequia Networks that Have Sustained Families for Generations Are Under Threat

North Carolina to Kathmandu, Floodwaters Bringing Death & Destruction

“It is hard to open social media without seeing cellphone videos from the cars-washing-down-steep-streets genre; everywhere the flows are muddy-brown, and swirling with power,” Bill McKibben said. Edward Carver | Common

By Common Dreams

/ 1 Oct 2024

North Carolina to Kathmandu, Floodwaters Bringing Death & Destruction

VIDEO: ‘Moana’s Grandmother’ on Relying on Ancestors, Power of Youth, and Banning Deep Sea Mining

‘The elders are still there. Don’t think that they are gone. They’re still there around you. And you have this message that you have to carry in your heart, in your mind, in your blood, in nature, in every living species.’ — Hinano Murphy

By Ceiba Ili

/ 13 Sep 2024

VIDEO: ‘Moana’s Grandmother’ on Relying on Ancestors, Power of Youth, and Banning Deep Sea Mining

New EPA Rules Could Force Dirty San Miguel Coal Plant To Close

South Texas landowners and communities have long decried the land and water pollution from the coal plant and adjacent lignite mining operations, one of the most contaminated locations in the state.

By James Courtney

/ 19 Jun 2024

New EPA Rules Could Force Dirty San Miguel Coal Plant To Close

Mexico City Water System Could Fail by June

Staring down ‘Day Zero,’ residents are encouraged to ‘prioritize essential actions for survival’ even as infrastructure leak rates surpass 40 percent.

By Grist

/ 25 May 2024

Mexico City Water System Could Fail by June

Across Texas, High Fluoride Levels Are a Rising Concern

From the High Plains to Central Texas, public water supplies and unregulated wells serving several thousands of residents contain levels of fluoride some experts say could be harmful to fetal brain development.

By Undark

/ 18 May 2024

Across Texas, High Fluoride Levels Are a Rising Concern

Oil Companies Seek Permits to Dump 18M Gallons per Day Into the Pecos River Watershed

Texas regulators are issuing permits to discharge treated produced water. But questions remain about toxic pollutants in the wastewater.

By Dylan Baddour

/ 9 May 2024

Oil Companies Seek Permits to Dump 18M Gallons per Day Into the Pecos River Watershed

Even Deep Texas Coast Reefs Aren’t Safe from Coral Bleaching as World’s Oceans Cook

Some of the healthiest coral reefs on the planet exist off the coast of Texas and Louisiana. But researchers say the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is no longer beyond the reach of fossil fuels and the extreme ocean heatwaves they are causing.

By Melissa Gaskill

/ 8 May 2024

Even Deep Texas Coast Reefs Aren’t Safe from Coral Bleaching as World’s Oceans Cook

Corpus Christi Officials Warn Water-Intensive ‘Green’ Fuels Plant May Threaten Supply, Rates

‘They spent millions of dollars pushing desalination and all the money went to lawyers, permitting and public relations. The idiots sold water they didn’t have,’ said a local retired chemical engineer.

By Dylan Baddour

/ 12 Apr 2024

Corpus Christi Officials Warn Water-Intensive ‘Green’ Fuels Plant May Threaten Supply, Rates

VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s

With area springs going dry and reservoirs falling seriously low at Canyon Lake and elsewhere, the forecast is for extreme summer and expanding drought across Central and West Texas.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Mar 2024

VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s

Scorching 2024 May Push South Texas Water Supplies to the Brink

‘Pretty scary times,’ says president of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority with reservoirs already in decline.

By Dylan Baddour

/ 23 Jan 2024

Scorching 2024 May Push South Texas Water Supplies to the Brink

Mexican Water Debt Pits Treaty Obligations Against Needs of Farmers In Extreme Drought

In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2023

Mexican Water Debt Pits Treaty Obligations Against Needs of Farmers In Extreme Drought