Tag: Water shortages
Study says El Nino, not climate change, was key driver of low rainfall that snarled Panama Canal
WASHINGTON -- The climate phenomenon known as El Nino — and not climate change — was a key driver in low rainfall that...
Rewind. Fast forward. African farmers are looking everywhere to navigate climate change
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are...
Georgia lawmakers approve private water utility bypassing county to serve homes near Hyundai plant
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Georgia lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a change in state law that would allow a private utility to provide...
Drought pinched Louisiana's crawfish harvest, but mudbug fans are weathering the shortage
BATON ROUGE, La. -- In Jeff Pohlmann's 39 years of selling crawfish in Louisiana he has never seen the industry face such an...
A Moroccan town protests water management plans
RABAT, Morocco -- Regional and local leaders in eastern Morocco met this week with residents and civil society groups after months of protests...
Taps have run dry across South Africa's largest city in an unprecedented water crisis
JOHANNESBURG -- For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country's largest city,...