October 29th, 2013
Via Water Online, a report on the likely water impact of China’s new energy plan: China’s plans for reducing air pollution may inadvertently take a toll on the water supply. China has crafted a sweeping plan to reduce coal use. The goal is to cut coal’s role in energy output from 67 percent in 2012 […]
Read more »In Hot, Thirsty Energy Business, Water Is Prized
October 9th, 2013
Via The New York Times, an article on the watergy challenge: Drought has caused shortages of water for cooling at Martin Lake, a coal-fired plant in East Texas, according to the Department of Energy. WITH so much focus on carbon emitted from the nation’s power plants, another environmental challenge related to electricity generation is sometimes […]
Read more »October 6th, 2013
Via the Union of Concerned Scientists, a look at watergy issues: While a lot of folks are rightly focused on the House-Senate budget collision in D.C. right now, I’ve been thinking (as is my wont) about collisions of a different sort: between power plants and the rivers and lakes they depend on. In both types […]
Read more »Frackers Guzzle Water as Texas Goes Thirsty
September 29th, 2013
Via Time, a report on fracking and the tension between water demands: In summer, the bison on Thunderheart Ranch opt for the feathery shade of a mesquite tree as temperatures reach 100. This land, just a handful of miles from the Mexican border, was once known as The Wild Horse Desert, lawless, rough brush country […]
Read more »September 22nd, 2013
Via Standard Energy Supply Company, an article on an unreleased Energy Department report focused on watergy: Fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty Last summer, the United States experienced the worst drought since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. At the same time, the country was […]
Read more »Not Just Hydropower: Energy Needs Water And Water Needs Energy, Report Finds
September 22nd, 2013
Via ClimateProgress, an article on the watergy nexus: Everybody knows that water and electricity don’t mix in the bathtub. But it turns out that in most other realms of modern life — driving, watching television, preparing dinner — they are inextricably linked. It takes water to generate energy, and energy to move water. The extent […]
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