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Choke Point: U.S. — Water, Energy, and the Ohio River Valley’s New Course
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Few places in the United States better understand the economically essential and ecologically risky accord between energy and water than this southeast Ohio town.
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U.S. Foreign Aid Agency’s New Water Strategy Targets Health and Food
The U.S. Agency for International Development last week unveiled…
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Bad Report Card: Low Marks — Again — For U.S. Water Infrastructure
The American Society of Civil Engineers says that more money…
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Voices from the Past: Nixon, Congress Debate the Clean Water Act
Four decades ago, national leaders talked about our duty and…
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Book Review of “A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy”
A new book from the Pacific Institute argues that it is time to reassess the federal government’s roles and responsibilities for water management.
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Study: 80 Percent of U.S. Electricity from Renewables Is Technically Feasible, But Faces Significant Barriers
A massive U.S. government study shows what an electrical grid powered largely by renewable sources looks like, but not the path to get there.
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Water Rights: Arizona Senators John Kyl and John McCain Meet With Navajo Nation Leaders
Decades in the making, a Navajo-Hopi water rights settlement…
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America’s Water Infrastructure Shows Its Age — The National Debate About How to Pay for Repairs
Hundreds of billions of dollars are needed for renovation and…
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Resurrecting an Old Desalination Technology to Test Desert Agriculture
At a U.S. desalination research facility this month, a 2,500-year-old…
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Plumbing WikiLeaks: Water’s Role in U.S. Foreign Aid
Diplomatic cables show that the U.S. State Department aims to…
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Plumbing WikiLeaks: Saudi Arabia Fears Iranian Nuclear Meltdown and Potential Terrorism to Desalination
Classified cables show that Saudi and U.S. officials believe water supplies along the Persian Gulf are at high-risk for terrorist attacks and possible contamination from nearby nuclear plants. This is the first of a new series that will analyze the water-related U.S. embassy cables published by WikiLeaks.
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Water, Energy, and Transportation: President Obama Backs Infrastructure Bank in Jobs Speech
Included in the U.S. president's proposed American Jobs Act is the BUILD Act, allocating $US 10 billion to create a National Infrastructure Bank, governed by an independent board, which would help attract private capital and lower the borrowing costs for public works projects of regional significance.