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Connected by Pipeline from Canada, Tar Sands Represents Bonus and Risk to Great Lakes

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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 06:00
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Thousands of BP employees support Whitingâ€™s businesses, including Happy Jack's Liquors. "That that has been a very significant benefit for the downtown economy," said Brian Lowry, a member of the Whiting Redevelopment Commission.

Transporting and processing corrosive crude raise new questions about consequences

Economics and Water Concerns Alter the Solar Landscape in the US West

Written by Brett Walton
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:23
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The falling price of photovoltaic panels and public concerns about aquifers and rivers in the western United States are boosting solar energy technologies that save water.

Visions of Solar Energyâ€™s Future Compete in Coloradoâ€™s San Luis Valley

Written by Brett Walton
Friday, 27 January 2012 10:05
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The U.S. government is in the process of designating more than 6,000 hectares of federal land in the nation’s highest agricultural region for solar energy development.

Written by Keith Schneider
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:50
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In the era of deficit and disinvestment, water-intensive fossil fuel production is overwhelming the water-sipping clean energy sector.

Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

Written by Brett Walton
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 13:25
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However, the company building the pipeline will be invited to re-apply after finding a new route through Nebraska, according to a government official.

Update: China Completes Tunnel Under Yellow River for South-North Water Transfer Project

Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 06:00
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China is on target to begin transferring water from the Yangtze River Basin to Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin by 2013.

Choke Point: China on Wilson Center’s Dialogue Program

Written by Circle of Blue
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 13:01
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Dialogue â€” the Wilson Center’s award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned public figures, scholars, journalists, and authors â€” featured “Choke Point: The World’s Looming Water Crisis.”

Written by Circle of Blue
Thursday, 17 November 2011 09:16
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Shiprock, New Mexico: The Navajo Nation â€” which spans a 70,000-square-kilometer stretch of mesa, sand, and canyons in parts of New Mexico, Utah, and northern Arizona â€” is the largest and, arguably, the driest American Indian reservation in the United States.

The largest reservation in the U.S. has one of the nation’s highest poverty rates and very little water infrastructure. Many residents pay nearly 50 times the municipal cost for water, which is delivered from a tank in the back of a truck, often resulting in water-borne intestinal illnesses.

Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 14:33
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At the forefront of a national trend, this region is already suffering from intense conflicts that will only worsen with climate change and population growth. However, the report also highlights several ways to dramatically reduce the water requirements for electricity generation.

Peter Gleick: Why Spend Public Money for Private Bottled Water?

Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 06:00
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When I go to water meetings, there are serious scientific discussions about climate impacts on water systems, international conflicts over water, water quality and contamination threats, new technologies and strategies for providing basic water and sanitation for the world’s poor, and much more. But in the hallways between meetings and sessions, the real arguments are about the conflicts between public and private control and management of water.

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