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Choke Point: U.S. | MultiMedia
The contest between coal-fired energy production and water demand is a mismatch. Mining and burning coal accounts for half of all water withdrawals in the United States, which is the same amount of water that pours over Niagara Falls in five months. Burning coal in power plants also is the source of more climate-changing carbon emissions than any other industrial sector. Here's a look at the economically essential and ecologically damaging accord between coal and water.
Choke Point: U.S.
Think you know all there is to know about the intersection between water and energy? Take the Choke Point: US quiz to find out.
Production of ethanol, the most commonly used biofuel, has prompted concerns about water use and food supply.
At eight pounds per gallon, water is a heavy substance; especially when utilities move billions of gallons per day.
Completed in 1935, Hoover Dam supplies electricity to 29 million people in Arizona, California and Nevada.
Producing electricity region to region.
A look at 16 states with statutes that acknowledge the tightening chokepoint between declining water resources and rising energy demand.
A survey of key water facts behind traditional and alternative energy sources.
North Dakota has become the number four oil producing state—but at what cost to its water supply?
Residents face the environmental and health consequences of a Marathon refinery expansion.
A look at the places and faces affected by coal production in the United States.
Natural Gas & Fracking
Who owns the land that could feed the United States’ natural gas needs?
The documentary “Gasland” has shown at film festivals and on HBO.
In Michigan, $178 million for nearly 120,000 acres of state-owned minerals in 20 counties.
Several layers of steel casing typically enclose a well bore and the empty spaces between can be sealed with cement.
Hydraulic fracturing is a process used in nine out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States.
Oil
North Dakota has become the number four oil producing state—but at what cost to its water supply?
Details of the ten worst oil spills in history by volume, date, location, and company damages.
Featuring Live Earth, Vanity Fair cover, and a CNN Hero Award.
Coal
A look at the places and faces affected by coal production in the United States.
The contest between coal-fired energy production and water demand is a mismatch.
A small Indiana town is slated for cleanup as an EPA Alternative Superfund Site.
“China is a very energy hungry country, so it’s not surprising that they are damming the rivers.”
Tar Sands
185 gallons of water + two tons of soil + 700-1200 cubic feet of natural gas
= one barrel of crude oil.
Residents face the environmental and health consequences of a Marathon refinery expansion.
The industry is spending billions of dollars to develop more U.S. pipelines.
