World Energy Council Advances New Details on Water-Energy Nexus
New report warns of the rising risk of energy and food shortages caused by scarce supplies of water.
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Drought Pushes South Africa To Water, Energy, and Food Reckoning
Cities run dry and harvests retreat in an already reeling nation. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue South Africa’s power sector supplies 91 percent of the nation’s energy from coal-fired power plants, most of them operating in Mpumalanga province, east of Johannesburg. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue PONGOLA, South Africa — January […]
The Stream, December 4: Uruguay Boosts Renewable Energy, Reduces Vulnerability to Drought
The Global Rundown Uruguay is increasing and diversifying its renewable energy sources, making the country’s power supplies less susceptible to drought. Floods in Tamil Nadu shut down an oil refinery and forced thousands of people to evacuate. El Nino is bringing a boon of tuna to Kiribati, and while it could relieve California’s drought to […]
The Stream, December 2: Droughts Threaten Energy, Development in Africa
The Global Rundown Droughts in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe are putting pressure on hydropower production, while extreme droughts in southern Africa could put development gains at risk. Meanwhile, heavy rains have flooded Chennai, India. An airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, last week cut off water supplies to millions of people. The tailings dam disaster at an iron […]
Oakland’s Water Treatment Plant Generates Its Own Energy and Then Some
Plant is at the center of a big move to also solve city’s solid waste problem.
Oakland’s Web of Waters Shapes New Economy, Civic Energy
A nationally significant program of storm water management daylights streams, renovates a centerpiece lake, restores an estuary, and empowers a West Coast city.
Water Scarcity Could Deter Energy Developers From Crossing Border Into Northern Mexico
Proposed oil and gas development zones in Coahuila are among the driest in the Americas.
Federal Water Tap, April 27: House Committee Approves $US 35 Billion in Water and Energy Funding
The Rundown More money for the Army Corps of Engineers. Major deficiencies in environmental oversight in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Prize money for renewable-energy desalination and a potential source of funding for sewage treatment upgrades in the Great Lakes. EPA’s science board reviews drinking water contaminants and looks for new members. An EPA water infrastructure […]
India’s Water, Food, Energy Conundrum: Conclusions From a Two-Year Reporting Project [Part 1 of 2]
For two years, the Wilson Center and Circle of Blue have explored the contest for food, water, and energy in India and the troubling ways it plays out across the country. Photo © Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue The cycle of risk produced by the policy of providing free water and free electricity to operate millions […]
The Stream, March 18: Clean Energy Increases California’s Water Footprint
The Global Rundown An increase in biofuel use is driving up California’s water footprint for energy, and household leaks in the United States lose billions of cubic meters of water each year. Contaminated water and juices are spreading typhoid fever in Uganda, and residents of Vanuatu are running out of food and water. Water managers […]
Panama Canal Expansion Will Have Big Effect on Energy, Water, and Grain in U.S. and China
Deeper channels and immense new locks are due to open in 2016.
