Via The New York Times, an article on the watergy nexus: The worst single-year drought in the recorded history of Texas has caused cotton crops to wither and ranchers to sell off cattle. It may also hurt power plants, which need vast amounts of water to cool their equipment. “We will be very concerned” if […]
Read more »There is a new report out from Western Resource Advocates looking at watergy linkages in Colorado. As the paper notes: “…Many local governments are developing plans to reduce their energy and water usage. Most often, these efforts are managed separately. However, energy is embedded in all stages of water use, which creates an opportunity for […]
Read more »Via The Daily Climate, an interesting report on the interconnectedness of power and water are more interconnected and the resulting serious consequences for a changing world, especially the American West. As the article notes: Truck trailers holding “fracking” fluid sit parked next to a Western natural gas well in 2008. The energy sector is the […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting report that water will become an even bigger commodity than oil in the years ahead, sparking massive geopolitical investment, audacious infrastructure schemes, and tensions along the way: In a 37-page note on Thursday, the bank’s global strategists recommend investors play the urbanisation trend by buying into water companies […]
Read more »Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting article tracking the Energy Department’s unusual unwillingness to disclose the National Energy-Water Roadmap. As the report notes: “…A lawsuit filed this week in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. accuses the U.S. Department of Energy of withholding a crucial study on how to solve the national confrontation between […]
Read more »Via EcoCentric, an interesting article on the increasing impact on water by power generation assets in the United States: The power industry has a water addiction, and worse yet, it’s in denial about it. The unmistakable fact is that power plants are responsible for 49 percent of all water withdrawals in the United States, more […]
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