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Circle Of Blue
Founded in 2000 by leading journalists and scientists, Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
With an intense focus on water and its relationships to food, energy, and health, Circle of Blue has created a breakthrough model of front-line reporting, data collection, design, and convening that has evolved with the world’s need to spur new methodology in science, collaboration, innovation, and response. To document emerging and recognized crises, Circle of Blue collaborates with leading scientists and data experts. Through its partnerships, Circle of Blue then dispatches top journalists to map and define the region where the change is occurring. Making connections from localized occurrences to global trends, Circle of Blue publishes these reports online — free of charge — to inform academics, governments, and the general public, catalyzing participation across disciplines, regions, and cultures.
With an intense focus on water and its relationships to food, energy, and health, Circle of Blue has created a breakthrough model of front-line reporting, data collection, design, and convening that has evolved with the world’s need to spur new methodology in science, collaboration, innovation, and response. To document emerging and recognized crises, Circle of Blue collaborates with leading scientists and data experts. Through its partnerships, Circle of Blue then dispatches top journalists to map and define the region where the change is occurring. Making connections from localized occurrences to global trends, Circle of Blue publishes these reports online — free of charge — to inform academics, governments, and the general public, catalyzing participation across disciplines, regions, and cultures.
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Mar 8, 2021 • 5min
What Happens with the Colorado River Water When the Coal Power Plant Closes?
Navajo Generating Station shut down in 2019 and is now being dismantled. The Colorado River water that cooled the plant is part of a broader legal impasse.
Mar 8, 2021 • 9min
What's Up With Water - March 8, 2020
Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: a water crisis in Jackson, MS, a CDP report on water risk for businesses, and legal personhood status for a Quebec river. Plus an exclusive CoB feature on the closing of the largest coal-fired power plant in the American West - Navajo Generating Station.
Mar 1, 2021 • 14min
What's Up With Water - March 1, 2021
Your "need to know news" from Circle of Blue. This week: Taiwan drought affects computer chip industry, the World Wildlife Fund's report on freshwater fish, and a CoB exclusive feature on why Michigan and the Great Lakes region could be a climate migration magnet.
Feb 22, 2021 • 8min
North Carolina Report On Water Utilities & Customers
This is an excerpt of the February 22, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water.
The story of the pandemic has been its inequality. By almost every measurement — job losses, vaccine distribution, death rates — the public health emergency has resulted in unequal outcomes. The people hit the hardest are those already on the margins.
So it is for water utilities and their customers. Some utilities have financial aid programs and partnerships with community organizations to help customers in need. Charlotte is North Carolina’s largest city. There, residents who call a helpline will be connected to three local nonprofits offering financial assistance during the health emergency. In other places, such as Jamestown, there is no customer aid program, so struggling residents rely on the kindness of strangers.
Feb 22, 2021 • 12min
What's Up With Water - February 22, 2021
Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: The Mekong River drops to worrying levels, U.S. dam removals in 2020, and Nestle sells bottled water brands. Plus a CoB exclusive on the pandemic's unequal impact on North Carolina water providers and their customers.
Feb 18, 2021 • 16min
Speaking Of Water - Water Infrastructure & Environmental Justice
Speaking Of Water - Water Infrastructure & Environmental Justice by Circle Of Blue
Feb 15, 2021 • 4min
Michigan Water Infrastructure
A new grant program in Michigan is aimed at removing contaminants from drinking water systems, and it’s so popular, demand for the funds is far outpacing the supply. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy announced that 32 grant applicants, many of them small towns, requested more than $80 million in state funds. The problem? Only $25 million is available to give out.
Feb 14, 2021 • 9min
What's Up With Water - February 15, 2021
Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: research on the health impacts of nitrate in drinking water, Florida water system hacking, and the fourth-largest city in Illinois picks a new water provider to transition away from a declining aquifer. Plus an exclusive CoB feature on a Michigan water infrastructure grant program.
Feb 8, 2021 • 9min
What's Up With Water - February 8, 2021
Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: Regulator in Australia rejects coal mine expansion beneath catchments that provide drinking water to Sydney, India's government proposes an ambitious urban water supply initiative, and activists in northern Minnesota oppose Line 3 oil pipeline replacement. Plus an exclusive CoB feature on Massachusetts water affordability.
Feb 1, 2021 • 6min
What's Up With Water Excerpt - Aging Dams
This is an excerpt of the February 1, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water.
This week Circle of Blue reports on the risks of aging water infrastructure.
From the early to mid 20th century, dams were all the rage. But the dam-building binge is coming to a turning point.
