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THIS WEEK: In a warming world, the fight for water can push nations apart — or bring them together. This is the first installment of a nine-part series with Quartz that explores the complexities of border water in search of answers for how people can work together in a hotter, drier world.
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From the magazine
100 Ways to Draw a Line
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- Nearly 80,000 people cross the border in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez metro region every day, for reasons ranging from work, education and family to migration, asylum and trafficking. This summer, at least a few of those crossings will be for the purpose of viewing art.
- “Transborder Biennial 2018,” on view through September 16, is the fifth iteration of a 10-year-old collaboration between the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ). Half the show is at the first museum, a mile north of the Rio Grande; the other half is at the latter, 3 miles into Mexico.
- “When you’re so close to another culture, it’s not two cultures becoming one,” says Victoria Ramirez, director of EPMA. “It’s one culture. That’s it.”
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From the archives
How to Disappear a River
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- While your mind is on water, check out environmental reporter Naveena Sadasivam's 2017 investigation into the San Saba River. For years, a 40-mile stretch of the river has been drying up, and some locals say illegal pumping is to blame.
- From the story: “John Quinn says the trouble started in 2011. Texas endured one of its worst droughts ever that year, with blistering temperatures and parched conditions leading to devastating wildfires and $7 billion in agricultural losses. Quinn is a third-generation cattle rancher in the small town of Brady, about two hours northwest of San Antonio, and his business took a big hit. With no rain, the grass on Quinn’s land soon turned brown and died, leaving his Angus heifers with nothing to eat. He was forced to sell off the whole herd.”
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- Want more water? We launched a Facebook group dedicated to a deep dive discussion of Texas' convoluted and outdated water policy. To join, follow this link and answer a simple screening question.
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