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.
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Energy | Water News
Written by Brett Walton
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:23
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:23
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Written by Brett Walton
Friday, 27 January 2012 10:05
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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.
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Written by Keith Schneider
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:50
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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.
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Written by Brett Walton
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 13:25
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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.
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Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 06:00
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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.
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Written by Nadya Ivanova
Thursday, 05 January 2012 11:45
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 11:45
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Closing in on nearly two decades in court, this “David and Goliath” fight seems far from over. Plaintiffs contend that no amount of money can repair the damage to the environment and to the lives of the 30,000 who claim to have been affected, while the U.S. oil company has denounced the Ecuadorean court system as corrupt.
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Written by Brett Walton
Thursday, 05 January 2012 06:00
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 06:00
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News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events — BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, or Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophes in 2011 — but some events come with advance warning. Here is a preview of the water news to look for in 2012.
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Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 06:00
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 06:00
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Water-energy choke points in Texas serve as examples of a larger issue for the United States, as pointed out in a new report for the Energy and Water in a Warming World Initiative, spearheaded by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 14:33
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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.
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Written by Nadya Ivanova
Thursday, 03 November 2011 06:00
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Thursday, 03 November 2011 06:00
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Shale gas test drilling likely triggered two minor earthquakes in northwestern England earlier this year, according to a a new report commissioned by Cuadrilla Resources, a private United Kingdom-based energy company.
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