China and Netherlands to Research Novel Form of Large-scale Tidal Power

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The long-term goal: a project with a power capacity greater than the world's second-largest hydropower dam.
Keith

Contest Between Water and Energy Becoming Big Story

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Back from China, Circle of Blue's senior editor notices a trend creeping from our headlines to those of other news organizations around the world.

China’s Marine Aquaculture Shellfish Industry: Really Big and Apparently Safe

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Circle of Blue's director and senior editor are on assignment in China. Here is a preview of their reporting to come next month.

Water Talk: Wastewater Recycling

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Usually I ask the questions, but yesterday the tables--or microphones…

Beijing Under Water

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Having recently returned from China, reporter Nadya Ivanova just missed flooding in the nation's capital that killed 37 people and closed airports.

Tang He & Dai Xiaoyan

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While young people around the world are saving up to buy the…

Along the Eastern Line of China’s South-North Water Transfer Project

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Circle of Blue reporter Nadya Ivanova recounts her recent trip to China and updates our coverage of the nation's massive water transfer project.
Droughts Hit World’s Agricultural Regions: Without Water, U.S. Corn Crop Faces Setbacks

Droughts Hit World’s Agricultural Regions: Without Water, U.S. Corn Crop Faces Setbacks

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Droughts have struck food-producing regions in the United States,…

Yang Xin

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In 1986, Yang Xin and nine friends explored the Yangtze River,…
Land Grabs, Agriculture, Agriculture as an Investment, Farmland Investment

U.S., U.K, and China Lead Foreign Land Investments In Agriculture and Finance

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GRAIN’s online database is the foundation for much of what…

Global Coal Consumption Up 48 Percent 2001-2010, and Four Other Prominent Numbers from the BP Energy Review

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Renewable energy consumption increases, but King Coal is tenacious. Last…

Lessons in Rice, Water, and Farming

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Circle of Blue's senior editor reports from the field, literally, as he ends his second week in the rice paddies of rural China.