By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360 December 18, 2025 More than international sanctions, more than its stifling theocracy, more than recent bombardment by Israel and the U.S. — Iran’s greatest current existential crisis is what hydrologists are calling its rapidly approaching “water bankruptcy.” It is a crisis that has a sad origin, they say: the… >> Read More
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, APnews.com November 29, 2025 HONOLULU (AP) — High up on the slopes of the west Maui mountains, the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort provides golfers with expansive ocean views. The course is so renowned that The Sentry, a $20 million signature event for the PGA Tour, had been held there nearly every… >> Read More
By John Ferak, Patch Staff, Patch.com November 17, 2025 JOLIET, IL — One of Joliet’s highest paid employees continues to be Terry Juricic, a maintenance foreman in the water department of the city’s public utilities division, a Joliet Patch public salary analysis shows. Last year, Juricic made $202,484 and his overtime compensation for 2024 was more than… >> Read More
By Amin Khodadadi, Evan Bush and Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBCNews.com November 16, 2025 TEHRAN, Iran — A drastic new message adorns the walls of the Iranian capital, usually reserved for war heroes and weapons. “There is a water shortage!” reads the government poster’s slogan, inside a water container that is nearly empty. “It’s fall and there… >> Read More
By Parham Ghobadi, BBC Persian November 9, 2025 Iran – especially its capital, Tehran – is facing an unprecedented drought this autumn, with rainfall at record lows and reservoirs nearly empty. Officials are pleading with citizens to conserve water as the crisis deepens. President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that if there is not enough rainfall… >> Read More