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War And Climate Push Iran’s Water To The Brink

March 16, 2026

By Fanack Water Editorial Team, Fanack Water March 16, 2026 Iran’s water system is edging toward collapse as war damage, decades of mismanagement and a record drought converge. What was once a slow‑moving crisis is now accelerating, especially around Tehran and other major cities. Without deep reforms and investment in adaptation, millions of people will… >> Read More

110 Million Pounds Of Plastics Collected From World’s Oceans

March 12, 2026

By Owen James Burke, Surfer.com March 12, 2026 In 2013, when 18-year-old Dutch aerospace engineering student Boyan Slat dreamt up a solution to ocean plastics—and presented it in a TEDx Talk—could he have envisioned that, within hardly a decade’s time, his imaginations would come to fruition at such a scale? Probably. And despite much early… >> Read More

Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems

March 10, 2026

By Michael Phillis and M.K. Wildman, Associated Press March 10, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage into the Potomac River that officials tracked a spike of gut-wrenching bacteria drifting slowly past Washington for weeks, prompting an emergency declaration and federal assistance. It was a… >> Read More

Water restrictions hit home in California

March 9, 2026

By Dan Charles, NPR March 9, 2026 JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: In California’s Central Valley, the state’s greatest farming region, some farmers are being ordered to pump less water from their wells. Those limits have been in the works for years, but they’re still coming as a shock for many. Dan Charles has this report from… >> Read More

After a decade of missteps, Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe

March 8, 2026

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News March 8, 2026 CORPUS CHRISTI — The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports, triggering potential shockwaves through energy markets in Texas and beyond…. >> Read More

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