Push to Turn Farm Manure into Renewable Energy Draws Concerns
Billions in Taxpayer-funded incentives for new, loosely regulated U.S. energy sector.
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U.S. Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy
But more heavily fertilized corn and more manure for methane raises worries about water pollution.
The Stream, June 27: Britain Abandons $1.7bn Tidal Lagoon Renewable Energy Plan
The Global Rundown The British government rejects plans for a £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) tidal lagoon, saying that the renewable energy scheme is too costly. Advisors urge the Serbian government to invest in fixing “devastating” environmental problems, including a lack of sewage treatment facilities. Monsoon rains bring flooding and landslides to Vietnam, killing at least […]
Big Banks Finance Water-Damaging, Climate-Warming Energy Projects
Despite commitment to reduce national emissions, development banks spend $US billions on coal-fired power plants.
Karoo Uranium, Fossil Energy Development Defies Water Scarcity and Reason
Renewable energy flourishes while South Africa leadership pursues risky, costly conventional fuels path.
India’s Water, Food, Energy Conundrum: Conclusions From a Two-Year Reporting Project [Part 1 of 2]
For two years, the Wilson Center and Circle of Blue have explored the contest for food, water, and energy in India and the troubling ways it plays out across the country. Photo © Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue The cycle of risk produced by the policy of providing free water and free electricity to operate millions […]
Deep Sea Gas: China Follows Japan in Pursuit of New Energy Source
Though methane hydrate, a newly discovered unconventional natural gas reserve, is seen as an alternative to coal-fueled power, the technology for tapping deepwater supplies is not yet viable.
Choke Point: U.S. — Water, Energy, and the Ohio River Valley’s New Course
Few places in the United States better understand the economically essential and ecologically risky accord between energy and water than this southeast Ohio town.
Map: India’s Energy Reserves, Capacity, and Potential Renewable Energy (2008-2012)
Click through the interactive infographic to see how India, the world’s fastest-growing nation with the second-highest population, races to meet rising demand for energy.
Washington Water Main, March 1: Different Futures in World Energy Systems; Change at Top of U.S. Interior Department
Shell Oil Co. released a study projecting alternative futures for global energy supply, and Sally Jewell faces political opposition to her nomination as Secretary of the Interior.
