Transporting and processing corrosive crude raise new questions about consequences
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North America | Water News
Written by Codi Yeager
Thursday, 02 February 2012 17:03
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 17:03
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Three proposals for separating the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed could block the flow of aquatic invasive species while re-envisioning water management in Chicago, a new study says.
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Written by Brett Walton
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:23
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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.
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Written by Codi Yeager
Monday, 30 January 2012 17:34
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Monday, 30 January 2012 17:34
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Urban waste and falling water levels signaled a rough start to 2012 for some of the world’s largest and most iconic freshwater lakes.
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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 Keith Schneider
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:09
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:09
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Written by Brett Walton
Thursday, 12 January 2012 13:19
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 13:19
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Decades of groundwater pumping have left one of the San Luis Valley aquifers in a perilous state. To restore its health — and the foundation of the local economy — valley leaders are developing a plan to pay farmers to fallow up to 16,000 hectares. But with commodity prices soaring, will anyone go for it, or will the state have to step in?
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 13:37
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A private company, Cadiz Inc. (Cadiz), has revived plans to mine groundwater underlying land in the delicate Eastern Mojave Desert. This project revives fundamental questions about how we manage our precious water resources, and in particular, whether in the 21st century it is appropriate, or even necessary, to use renewable water resources in a nonrenewable and unsustainable way, for short-term profit.
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