October 1st, 2022
Via The Land Desk, a detailed look at how much water is required to frack an oil well: A few weeks ago a New Mexico source emailed to let me know that a handful of oil and gas wells were being “completed,” or hydraulically fractured, along the shores of Navajo Lake, which straddles the Colorado-New Mexico […]
Read more »Rooftop Solar: Supports Water Conservation Too
September 24th, 2022
Via Solar Daily, an article on how rooftop solar cells can be a boon for water conservation too: Electricity-generating rooftop solar cells not only save on planet-warming carbon emissions, they also save a significant amount of water, say a pair of Duke University researchers who have done the math. A given household may save an […]
Read more »September 11th, 2022
Via the Wall Street Journal, a look at the impact of the global drought on hydropower: Record drought across the globe this year dried up rivers and reservoirs and sapped the world’s largest source of renewable electricity: hydropower. The dip in electricity generated by the flow of water across dams in China, Europe and the U.S. […]
Read more »Texas Study Finds ‘Massive Amount’ of Toxic Wastewater Related To Extraction
September 7th, 2022
Via Inside Climate News, a reminder of the heavy watergy impact of oil and gas extraction in Texas’ arid Permian Basin Oil and gas extraction in the Permian Basin of arid West Texas is expected to produce some 588 million gallons of wastewater per day for the next 38 years, according to findings of a state-commissioned […]
Read more »August 27th, 2022
Via NPR, a report on the impact that the U.S. southwest drought is having upon power generation in the region: Driving through the Wyoming sagebrush west of Cheyenne, the clouds of dust rising from the road give way to giant plumes of steam shooting into the warming sky. This is the Jim Bridger power plant, […]
Read more »European Drought Highlights Dangers For Electricity Supplies
August 13th, 2022
Via BBC, a report on the impact of drought on electricity generation in Europe: The ongoing drought in the UK and Europe is putting electricity generation under pressure, say experts. Electricity from hydropower – which uses water to generate power – has dropped by 20% overall. And nuclear facilities, which are cooled using river water, […]
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