Impacts How wildfire crew camps are dealing with COVID-19 Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires burning across the West. Are their plans to control COVID-19 working?
Causes www.circleofblue.org In Northeastern Syria, pollution and conflict prevent clean water Where the oil runs deep, the water turns foul.
Newsletter www.circleofblue.org No running water for days following Isaias power outages Tropical Storm Isaias cut power to more than 2 million customers in the Northeast when it passed through the region on Tuesday.
Impacts undark.org In a fight over a Colombian coal mine, COVID-19 raises the stakes The Indigenous Wayuu people have long battled the Cerrejón coal mine. Amid Covid-19, they're now appealing to the U.N.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Pandemic plunges Puerto Rico into yet another dire emergency The island has had to weather a hurricane, a political crisis and earthquakes, but those crises did not lead to the widespread unemployment caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Impacts Will COVID-19 inspire the world to provide poor people with clean water? Handwashing can prevent many diseases, if you have easy access to soap and water. Some three billion people don’t.
Impacts India confronts COVID-19 with scarce running water Only a fifth of all households in this nation of 1.3 billion have piped running water. That makes frequent handwashing a challenge.
