Water & Energy Archives

February 22, 2011

Clean alternatives help, but not nearly enough, to loosen energy-water choke point

February 15, 2011

An escalating confrontation over resources; a confrontation with global implications.

February 14, 2011

Preliminary report describes an infant cellulosic biofuels industry with a mandate to grow up fast.

February 10, 2011

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft plan…

February 8, 2011

Crop shortages are just another ingredient in an explosive mix…

January 17, 2011

Testing new methods to remove residual coal tar from riverbeds in New York.

January 4, 2011

A negotiated agreement ends a three-year conflict between North Carolina and South Carolina over the Catawba and Yadkin rivers.

December 29, 2010

For years, the state took as much water as it could from Lake Mead; now it plans to leave some in the reservoir.

December 6, 2010

Production of ethanol, the most commonly used biofuel, has prompted concerns about water use and food supply.

December 1, 2010

House committee holds hearing on climate change as climate negotiators meet in Cancun.

November 30, 2010

A new era of dam building brings uncertainty to the 50-year-old water truce between India and Pakistan.

November 20, 2010

After denying EPA disclosure request, Halliburton promises safer fracking fluid and more disclosure.