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The U.S. government is in the process of designating more than 6,000 hectacres of federal land for solar energy development. As companies line up to submit projects, some valley residents are questioning the centralized model of energy generation and are, instead, trying to shape an independent energy future.

The Stream, January 27: Water Pollution Strikes Chinese River

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January 27, 2012

Levels of cadmium, a carcinogen, measured 20 percent higher than…

The Stream, January 26: The Shale Boom and the Economy

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January 26, 2012

The International Energy Agency will make shale gas recommendations…

State of the Union: New Economics of Energy Production Tilts Obama’s “All-of-the-Above” Strategy One Way

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January 25, 2012

In the era of deficit and disinvestment, water-intensive fossil fuel production is overwhelming the water-sipping clean energy sector.

Peter Gleick: Mining California Groundwater – The Cadiz Project

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January 25, 2012

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.