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  Bogota, Colombia (AFP) April 11, 2025 Residents in Colombia's biggest city Bogota won a much-desired reprieve from year-long water rationing Friday, with authorities announcing tough climate-induced cuts will end. For 12 months, the capital's eight million residents have faced 24-hour water cuts every nine days, as the city tries to raise critically low reservoir levels. Andes-nestled Bogota receives more annual rainfall than London. But increasingly extreme cycles of El Nino drought and Amazon deforestation have taken their toll on ... read more |
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Trump signs order to 'make America's showers great again'Washington (AFP) April 10, 2025 US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would "make America's showers great again". ... more 
Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs over water disputeWashington (AFP) April 11, 2025 US President Donald Trump threatened Mexico on Thursday with "escalating consequences" on trade unless it provides more water to Texas under a contentious decades-old treaty. ... more
Canadians in Great Lakes city bristle at Trump water threatsSarnia, Canada (AFP) April 9, 2025 Like many Canadian border cities, Sarnia has seen a surge of patriotism in response to President Donald Trump's aggressive behavior, but residents of the community on Lake Huron have focused on one threat in particular: local waters. ... more
Once-dying Mexican river delta slowly nursed back to lifeLaguna Grande (AFP) April 9, 2025 In a drought-hit Mexican border region at the center of growing competition with the United States for water, conservationists are working to bring a once-dying river delta back to life. ... more |
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Morocco 'water highway' averts crisis in big cities but doubts over sustainabilityKenitra, Morocco (AFP) Mar 30, 2025 Morocco is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tapping northern rivers to supply water to parched cities farther south but experts question the sustainability of the project in the face of climate change. ... more |
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EU unveils plans to help wine sector; France says China grants delay over cognac dutiesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 Facing challenges including climate warming and changing consumer habits, the EU on Friday unveiled a raft of measures to support Europe's troubled wine sector. ... more  
South Korea's 'heartbreaking' wildfires expose super-aged societyAndong, South Korea (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by South Korea's worst wildfires. ... more 
Hundreds of fungi species threatened with extinction: IUCNParis (AFP) Mar 27, 2025 Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday. ... more 
Why has Mexico's water debt opened new battle line with US?Mexico City (AFP) Mar 27, 2025 Mexico's water debt to the United States under a decades-old supply treaty has opened a new battlefront between the two countries, in addition to US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. ... more |
3D nanotech blankets offer new path to clean drinking waterColumbus OH (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants. Created through a combination of soft chemistry gels and electrosp ... more  |
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Technology developed by MIT engineers makes pesticides stick to plant leavesBoston MA (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Reducing the amount of agricultural sprays used by farmers - including fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides - could cut down the amount of polluting runoff that ends up in the environment while at ... more 
Back in the pink: Senegal salt lake gets its colour backLake Retba, Senegal (AFP) Mar 25, 2025 The waters of Senegal's Lake Retba are back to their famous pink hues three years after floods washed away their rosy tinge - and businessfolk and tourists are thrilled. ... more 
Brought to eel: France busts elver-smuggling ringRennes, France (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 Police broke up an operation smuggling critically endangered eels in western France, arresting seven people suspected of causing nearly half a million euros' worth of ecological damage, authorities said Friday. ... more 
Canada files WTO trade action against Chinese agriculture, fishery dutiesGeneva (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 Canada has launched a dispute against China at the World Trade Organization over additional duties on agricultural and fishery products, the international body said Monday. ... more |
Parisians back 'garden roads' scheme in record low turnoutParis (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 Residents of Paris have backed a scheme to pedestrianise and create green spaces on hundreds of roads in the French capital in a consultative vote marked by a record low turnout, according to results published on Monday. ... more 
Venezuela cuts public sector work week due to droughtCaracas (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 Venezuela will cut the public sector work week to three half-days, the government said Sunday, after low water levels began to threaten hydroelectric power generation. ... more  
Unlikely wolf pair sparks row in rural FranceTulle, France (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 A rare discovery in France of a pair of wolves, each from a distinct genetic background, has excited animal lovers demanding their protection and objections from farmers eager to protect livestock. ... more 
Canada canola farmers squeezed by trade wars on two frontsMontreal (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 To sow or not to sow? Canola farmers in Canada's vast western Prairies region have found themselves in the crossfire of trade wars with both the United States and China. ... more |
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Water-rich Brazil becoming ever drier, report warnsRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 Brazil is home to 12 percent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday. ... more
US refuses water request for Mexico in new battlelineWashington (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 The United States said Thursday it refused a request from Mexico for water due to shortfalls in sharing by its southern neighbor, as President Donald Trump ramps up a battle on another front. ... more 
Chinese tariffs on Canadian agricultural products kick inBeijing (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 Chinese tariffs on Canadian products including rapeseed oil and pork come into effect Thursday, with an industry lobby warning the new levies will have a "devastating impact" on farmers. ... more 
In poor areas of Peru's capital, running water is a dreamLima (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 In the bone-dry hills overlooking Lima, the luxury of running water is just a dream for thousands of Peruvians who get theirs delivered by tanker truck. ... more |
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Peruvian farmer demands 'climate justice' from German energy giantHamm, Germany (AFP) Mar 17, 2025 A Peruvian farmer taking a German energy giant to court said Monday he is battling for "climate justice" and wants the company to pay for the consequences of rising temperatures. ... more |
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Enhancing agrivoltaic synergies through optimized tracking strategiesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 Agrivoltaic systems, which merge agricultural cultivation with solar power generation, represent a strategic solution to the dual challenge of meeting increasing global energy demands and ensuring f ... more 
EU countries back looser rules for gene-edited cropsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 EU countries agreed to push forward with plans to ease current restrictions on some gene-edited crops - a move backed by farmer groups but opposed by environmentalists. ... more 
Dramatic increase in research funding needed to counter productivity slowdown in farmingIthica NY (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 Climate change and flagging investment in research and development has U.S. agriculture facing its first productivity slowdown in decades. A new study estimates the public sector investment needed t ... more 
Planetary Water Limits Pose Challenge to Geological Resource ProductionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 The extraction and processing of geological resources, including critical metals and minerals essential for renewable energy and energy storage technologies, require substantial amounts of energy an ... more |
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