There Will Be Water

Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Water, 100 Million, Blue Gold, climate change, Control, Decades, Drought, Economic Cooperation, Gathering Speed, Groundwater, Half Of The World, New Oil, Rush, Scarce Resource, T Boone Pickens, Urban Areas, Water Resources, Water Stress, World Population, World S Population

T. Boone Pickens thinks water is the new oil—and he’s betting $100 million that he’s right.
In the coming decades, as growing numbers of people live in urban areas and climate change makes some regions much more prone to drought, water—or what many are calling “blue gold”—will become an increasingly scarce resource. By 2030 nearly half [...]

China: Don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air

Posted by Matt in January 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Water, pollution, bureaucracy, Bureaucrats, Carbon Emissions, China Crisis, Clout, Communist Party, Drink The Water, Economic Growth, Edicts, Environmental Watchdog, Epic, Lament, pollution, Pollution Crisis, Promises, Public Protest, Related Articles, Soil, Water Resources

And don’t expect the government’s environmental watchdog to do much about it.
These days China’s environmental bureaucrats know how to talk the talk. They readily admit that pollution is poisoning the country’s water resources, air and soil. They acknowledge that carbon emissions are soaring. If only, they lament, the government would give them the means to [...]

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, Water, pollution, Chinese Public, Current Rate, Economic Expansion, Economic Juggernaut, Economic Power, Environmental Degradation, Groundwater, Hydrologist, International Repercussions, North China, Political Challenge, Pollution Problem, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes, Richard Evans, Ruling Communist Party, Three Decades, Water Crisis, Water Pollution, Water Resources, Water Scarcity

For three decades, water has been indispensable in sustaining the rollicking economic expansion that has made China a world power. Now, Chinaâ€™s galloping, often wasteful style of economic growth is pushing the country toward a water crisis. Water pollution is rampant nationwide, while water scarcity has worsened severely in north China â€” even as demand [...]

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There Will Be Water

China: Don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

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