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Water Scarcity Prompts Different Plans to Reckon With U.S. Energy Choke Point
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Southeast could learn from Southwest
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Thermal Power Stations Need Makeover
Utilities feel pressure from more users and less water.
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EPA and State Department Square Off On Tar Sands Pipeline
Water use and greenhouse gas emissions are major concerns with oil interests plays.
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Infographic: Coal and Water – A Resource Mismatch
The contest between coal-fired energy production and water demand is a mismatch.
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Tar Sands Oil Production, An Industrial Bonanza, Poses Major Water Use Challenges
Ensuring Americans enjoy a lifestyle built on choice and mobility.
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Pipeline Ties Detroit Refinery to “Dirtiest Source of Fossil Fuels”
State department says oil is needed; Congress leader joins activists in raising concerns.
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Michigan Says It’s Ready For Next Drilling Boom
“Fracking” is the injection of water and chemicals to rupture deep shale and release natural gas.
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EPA Announces Study to Re-Examine the Health Risks of Hydrofracking
States have begun implementing stricter standards for the controversial natural gas drilling process.
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Michigan’s New Natural Gas Rush: Energy and Water in Play
Unprecedented mineral leasing could be big for energy production and hydraulic fracturing.
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Interactive Map: Top Ten Global Oil Spills
Details of the ten worst oil spills in history by volume, date, location, and company damages.
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Natural Gas Found in Aral Sea’s Dry Bed
Test wells produce the first significant volumes of gas, confirming speculation about gas reserves in the region.
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Where Energy Development Puts Rivers at Risk
American Rivers’ annual tally of threatened rivers highlights effects of drilling for natural gas.