Via Future Directions International, a report on the tension between India’s demand for energy and its limited water supply, particularly in light of its shale gas potential: Energy scarcity is among the many challenges confronting India and there is the prospect of it getting worse in the future. The phenomenon of shale energy could put […]
Read more »Via the Environmental Leader, a look at how fracking water wars may be avoided: In some drier locations, the shale gas boom causes conflict among the energy industry, agricultural interests and residents over already-scarce water resources, according to researchers writing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to Regional Variation in Water-Related Impacts of Shale Gas […]
Read more »Via the Asian Development Bank, a look at the water, energy, food nexus: Striking rates of economic growth notwithstanding, 550 million people remain hungry in Asia and the Pacific, 65% of the population has no safe piped water, and more than 600 million people live without electricity. Overcoming these problems requires a combined approach in […]
Read more »Via The New York Times, an article on the watergy implications of California’s fracking: Lake Oroville, shown in April, is a popular fishing location in Butte County and the second-largest reservoir in California. It now holds only two-thirds of the water it should at this time of year. Enemies of fracking have a new argument: […]
Read more »Via Energy Points, a reference to a new energy-water nexus bill in the U.S. Senate: A new Senate bill, the Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability (NEWS) Act of 2014 (S. 1971) will create a committee within the National Science and Technology Committee (NSTC) to streamline federal activities related to the management of interconnected […]
Read more »Via the Seattle Times, a report on China’s watergy crisis as plants turning coal into gas, chemicals and electricity are sucking up vast amounts of water in a nation already struggling with serious shortages: Steaming water, discharged from a coal-to-gas plant in Inner Mongolia, spreads out over the landscape. On a bitter cold day in […]
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