August 12th, 2013
Via The Guardian, an interesting article on how the fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty: Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime […]
Read more »Energy And Water Are Running Out In Texas, But It’s Not Too Late
August 11th, 2013
Via EDF’s Energy Exchange blog, a look at Texas’ efforts to manage the watergy nexus: As we’ve highlighted in previous posts, water and energy regulators often make decisions in silos, despite the inherent connection between these two sectors. Texas is no exception. Two very important and intertwined events are happening in Texas right now. First, […]
Read more »August 11th, 2013
Via MyWestTexas.com, an article on the water energy paradox, and the possibility that the oil and gas industry will switch en mass to tapping brackish aquifers for hydraulic fracturing within five years: Water and energy are hopelessly entangled — you can’t have one without the other. But figuring out how to get either cleanly and […]
Read more »With Tar Sands Development, Growing Concern Over Water Use
August 11th, 2013
Via Yale’s environment360, a look at the transition of environmental questions about Canada’s massive tar sands development – which have long centered on greenhouse gas emissions – to mounting concerns about the huge volumes of water used by the oil industry and the impact on the vast Mackenzie River Basin: Opposition to the mining of […]
Read more »July 28th, 2013
Via Climate Progress, an interesting article on the impact of water scarcity on European power prices: Many European countries could see a decrease in electricity generating capacity and an increase in electricity prices thanks to climate change. That’s the overall finding from a new studyout of the Austria-based International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, which […]
Read more »Energy And Water: Fundamentally Intertwined, But Policies Don’t Reflect That
July 26th, 2013
Via EDF, a report on the linkages between energy and water: When I tell people that the best way to conserve energy is to conserve water, I am often faced with a confused response. I’m not surprised really. Energy and water policies are rarely discussed in the same forum. For a long time, we’ve overlooked […]
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