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In the era of deficit and disinvestment, water-intensive fossil fuel production is overwhelming the water-sipping clean energy sector.

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Canadian and American advocates join to promote big oversight idea of the “commons.”

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A new community on the Yangtze River has, so far, been more successful at attracting ducks than people. But city officials have their sights set high for Lingang Port City, which they say could be home to nearly a million people by 2050. Cleaner water will be a big help.

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An energy company has plans to withdraw water from the Ohio River, the potential site for a coal-to-liquid-fuels conversion plant, which would be the first of its kind in the United States and the sixth in the world. Though it will bring jobs to the region, the proposal is facing strong opposition from environmental groups.

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Water & Energy Chokepoint

The cords of energy demand and water supply are tightening around the world’s two largest economies.

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The Yellow River Basin is the center of a contest over water, energy, and agriculture.

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Though coal-to-liquids has been suspended due to water scarcity, the process uses 50 percent less water per unit of end product compared with coal-to-chemicals processes which have been given the go-ahead in hopes of slowing petroleum imports.

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Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum present at 17 events in 4 cities over 16 days.

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Disputed project seen as a must for modernization.

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Is momentum for runaway development too powerful to restrain?

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