April 14th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a report on a high-tech chemical company that has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export: A New Jersey-based chemical company, Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc., has purchased the last available water supply from the Nueces River of South Texas, raising concerns of regional […]
Read more »Heat and Drought Sucking U.S. Hydropower Dry
March 27th, 2024
Via The Verge, a report that hydropower in the wester US last year was the lowest it’s been in decades, and 2024 isn’t looking much better: The amount of hydropower generated in the Western US last year was the lowest it’s been in more than two decades. Hydropower generation in the region fell by 11 […]
Read more »March 10th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a report on industrial plants search for water in the southern U.S.: Texas regulators last month approved water rights for a new, 2,500-acre reservoir to meet the growing needs of chemical plants, refineries and other industries on the Gulf Coast. A draft permit issued Feb. 23 by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality […]
Read more »In $100M Colorado River Deal, Water and Power Collide
February 12th, 2024
Via Aspen Public Radio, a look at how – in a proposed $100 million Colorado River deal – water and power collide: Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon is as busy as it is majestic. At the base of its snowy, near-vertical walls, the narrow chasm hums with life. On one side, the Colorado River tumbles through whitewater rapids. […]
Read more »February 8th, 2024
Via Yale e360, a look at how fenerative artificial intelligence uses massive amounts of energy for computation and data storage and billions of gallons of water to cool the equipment at data centers. Now, legislators and regulators — in the U.S. and the EU — are starting to demand accountability: Two months after its release […]
Read more »Project Octopus: International Partnership Linking Desalination and Carbon Capture
February 8th, 2024
Via Aquatech Trade, a report on a new innovative desalination and carbon capture project: A new partnership will co-develop the first fully integrated water management and carbon dioxide removal system at a desalination plant in South Korea. Uniting climate and water for “world first” pilot A new pilot project in South Korea will use atmospheric […]
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