Stockholm World Water Week 2011: Megacities, Human Rights, Sanitation, Tech Tools, Energy, and Food
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U.S. Defense Department Surpasses Water Conservation Goal, Misses Energy Targets
Several laws, executive orders, and directives guide the department’s conservation plans, but wartime operations can throw a wrench in the system.
The Stream, August 19: Meeting U.S. Energy Demand
Is there common ground in analyzing financial systems and ecosystems, and are there similarities between the current economic and ecological crises? This Yale Environment 360 opinion piece argues that the Ponzi scheme of hyper-consumerism is approaching the equivalent of the Lehman collapse in 2008. Norwegian oil producer Statoil pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges related […]
Supreme Court Ruling Tests Boundaries of Water Supply and Energy Production Along Montana-Wyoming Border
Montana and Wyoming have taken their transboundary water dispute to the Supreme Court. Wyoming won the first round. But others await in a case that will help decide how much water is really available to generate energy and to produce food in one of the nation’s driest regions, as well as who has access to that water.
China to Cap Energy Use by 2015 in National Low-Carbon Plan
The energy target will be the highlight of a document to come later this year, as well as a cornerstone of China’s efforts to curb soaring greenhouse gas emissions, which currently stand at a quarter of the global total. Cutting coal consumption will inevitably also cut water use, as coal is China’s largest industrial user of water.
The Stream, July 28: U.S. Shale Gas and Russia’s Energy Influence
The shale gas boom in the United States has weakened Russia’s role in the European energy market and could contain Iran’s influence for years to come, according to a new study by the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Read more about the shale gas development in Europe on Circle of Blue. Asia […]
The Stream, July 15: Central Asia’s Climate-Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Peabody Energy Corp. will pursue a giant coal-mine project in China’s resource-rich but dry Xinjiang region in partnership with the local provincial government, The Wall Street Journal reported. A new study by the United States Forest Service found that a patch of national forest in West Virginia suffered quick and serious loss of vegetation after […]
FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Release of U.S. Department of Energy’s ‘Water-Energy Roadmap’
The report, one of two ordered by Congress on water and energy, has been delayed for years.
Energy vs. Water in China and the U.S.
Business Ramifications Discussion: Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 Thanks for joining on our call. If you missed it, or wish to review the transcript you may do so at the bottom of the page. Click here to jump to the Energy vs. Water in China and the US transcript. Photo; Aaron Jaffe / Circle of Blue […]
Double Choke Point: Demand for Energy Tests Water Supply and Economic Stability in China and the U.S.
The cords of energy demand and water supply are tightening around the world’s two largest economies.
Energy Economy Brings Change to Shepherd Life: Modernization Comes to the Dry Grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Along the vast frozen grasslands, 23-year-old Wu Yun and her father, Bao Zhu, tend their flock of sheep and cattle. Just over the ridge, the northern city of Xilinhot is booming as the coal industry continues to expand. But it will take a lot of water to feed both the city and the mining.
The Stream, June 7: U.S. Energy Policy
The U.S. Department of State will hold public meetings in five states before it decides whether to grant permission for the Keystone XL pipeline, which will transport Canadian oil sands petroleum to refiners in Texas, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, The New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert argues that “just about every decision that [the Obama] Administration has made […]
