Australia will provide an extra $2 million (US$1.4 million) in aid assistance for Kiribati as the pacific country’s drought continues to worsen. The assistance comes following the country’s state of disaster declaration on June 13, after the pacific nation experienced below-average rainfall over the past 6 months, which has led to high levels of salinity in…

Australia will provide an extra $2 million (US$1.4 million) in aid assistance for Kiribati as the pacific country’s drought continues to worsen. The assistance comes following the country’s state of disaster declaration on June 13, after the pacific nation experienced below-average rainfall over the past 6 months, which has led to high levels of salinity in…

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Supporters of a desalination plant in Huntington Beach Monday warned that a Coastal Commission rejection of the decades-long planned project would sound a “death knell” for any other plant of its kind. Coastal Commission staff rejected the plant for approval when it is scheduled for consideration for final approval next month. The proposal…

In response to the extreme drought conditions in California, the Metropolitan Water District—one of the largest in the state—in recent days called a Water Supply Alert, asking people to voluntarily reduce the amount of water they are using. For the first time in California’s state history, a water shortage was declared on the Colorado River,…