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Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: flooding in Canada, drought in Africa, water cooperation in the Middle East and PFAS regulations in Pennsylvania, U.S. This podcast has been updated to reflect corrections.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: drought and hunger crisis in Afghanistan, swift lead pipe removal in Newark, and a CoB feature on federal water bill assistance.

Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the United States by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Columbia pledges aggressive timeline to protect land; an Oregon city sues to keep Google's water-use data a secret; and a CoB feature on how climate change is gripping trout streams in the U.S.

In the United States, it’s election week, and Circle of Blue reports on state and local ballot measures related to water. In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. The state of Maine also has a ballot measure linked to water. This hotly conte...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: A COP26 preview, dam negotiations in the Nile basin and a CoB feature on U.S. ballot measures relating to water.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: India floods, removing invasive trees in Cape Town's watershed, and salmon and tribes in California.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water, from Circle of Blue. This week: river pollution in South Africa, floods in China, a flood risk study in the US, and an Israel-Jordan water agreement.

Ottawa, Illinois learned how to keep its residents out of harms way. But on the river’s edge, safety has often required sacrifice.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: UN Human Rights Office report on water access in Israel and Palestine, and drinking water contamination problems in two Great Lakes communities. Plus a CoB feature on an Illinois town's actions to reduce flood risk.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week on effects of wildfire on water supplies in the American West, U.S. flood insurance premiums are going up, and UN researchers develop a global flood risk map. Plus a CoB feature on Michigan irrigation.

A new narrative about water and irrigation is becoming more significant in Michigan as the century progresses, and water scarcity worsens across much of the rest of the nation. As abundant fresh water and temperate climate become more attractive to out-of-state farm companies, Michigan is experiencing its own early confrontations over water supply and scarcity.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: the effects of wildfire on water supplies in the American West, U.S. flood insurance premiums are going up, and UN researchers develop a global flood risk map. Plus a CoB feature on Michigan irrigation.

Circle of Blue reports on key water questions ahead of a crucial UN climate conference.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week's stories: arsenic from groundwater contaminating the food supply in an Indian state, state data shows little residential water conservation in California, and thousands are sickened after a toxic wastewater spill from an Angolan diamond mine. Plus a CoB feature on water's role in reducing carbon emissions.

This is an excerpt of the September 20, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water. When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. They will confront a world much altered since their last convention. As Covid-19 continues to rampage globally, it has underscored the the contrast be...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: a First Nations reserve in Canada gets clean drinking water, environmental activist murders set a new high in 2020, and an NPR investigation finds a federal agency that provides low-income housing is disproportionately selling homes in flood-prone areas. Plus, a CoB feature on on how water fits into the upcoming UN Clima...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: supply chain problems for water treatment chemicals, more of India's poorest households are getting piped water, and editors of medical journals issue a warning about climate change's threat to public health. Plus: a CoB feature on policing water use in California.

This is an excerpt of the August 30, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water. After a year of extreme weather, people in the drylands of northern California and the hurricane-drenched bayous of southern Louisiana are brooding on the same question: should they leave? New global research suggests that one of these two “water shock” scenarios is more likely to result in migration. World Bank researchers...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week on Egypt's desalination ambitions, research into the cause of devastating floods in Germany last month, and a potential nuclear waste site near Lake Huron. Plus a CoB feature on the World Bank's migration report.

This is an excerpt of the August 23, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water. The implications of the drying American Southwest and the limits to the region’s water supply are increasingly apparent. The federal government marked the changing conditions recently, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. The shortage declaration will force Arizona and Nevada, as well as Mexico to...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week on Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the unusual way the pandemic is affecting water availability in Orlando, and water pollution from the fashion industry in Africa. This week's CoB feature is on cuts to Colorado River water.

This is an excerpt of the August 16, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, has released its sixth assessment report. The 1,300-page paper is the most comprehensive, up-to-date survey of the physical science of climate change. It synthesizes the findings of thousands of recent publications. The report...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water, from Circle of Blue. Stories this week on a broadband-water pipe collaboration in the UK, dry wells in the US, and a massive ice melt in Greenland. Plus a CoB feature on the IPCC report.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week on people moving into flood zones, the Canadian government's settlement with First Nations over clean water funding, and drought update in California. Plus a CoB exclusive on waste-to-energy technology.