Readers of Circle of Blue know well that industrial agriculture is the largest source of water pollution in the United States. Fertilizer draining from farmland and manure pouring out of factory ...

In 2024 when Donald Trump as a presidential candidate proposed piping water from British Columbia, Canada to California, his statement was largely dismissed as campaign rhetoric. Once he was elected, ...

Introducing the Blue Planet Report, a new quarterly feature unveiling the biggest water stories and trends shaping the world today. Not yet two months in office, Donald Trump has already cast a shadow ...

Under Lee Zeldin, the EPA is slashing regulations, cutting its budget by 65%, and dismantling its scientific research office, increasing pollution risks. Environmental Protections Drive Economic ...

Water is the tip of the spear for many of the world’s greatest challenges. Yet the water sector faces a “disorganizational emergency” where recent existential events are overtaking the ability to ...

In the mid-1990s, the Yellow River was so exploited by industry and agriculture that it did not have enough water to reach its opening at the sea. Conservation efforts changed that, and now it does.

For the last decade, Silus Musasizi has lived on a wetland on the shores of Lake Victoria. For most of that time, Uganda’s government has been trying to chase him away. Now, it is the water itself ...

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