Video: Confronting Water Scarcity & Energy Demand in China

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Choke Point: China is an on-the-ground report that displays in text, photographs, and interactive graphics the powerful evidence of a potentially ruinous confrontation between growth, water, and fuel that is already visible across China; a confrontation that is virtually certain to grow more dire over the next decade.

The Stream, August 30: Assessing U.S. Hurricane and Drought Damage

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Hurricane Irene killed at least 28 people, caused an estimated…

The Stream, August 29: State Department Report Backs Tar Sands Pipeline

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The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Project, designed to carry…

Federal Water Tap, August 29: Tar Sands and Shale Gas

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Few Significant Impacts The State Department concluded its environmental…

Infographic: WASH and Urbanization — Providing Sanitation and Water Services by Country

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Entry in the 2011 Urban Water Design Challenge, sponsored by Visualizing.org and Circle of Blue.
World Water Week

Stockholm World Water Week 2011: Megacities, Human Rights, Sanitation, Tech Tools, Energy, and Food

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2,600 global experts. 100 sessions. Seven days. One issue: water.

The Stream, August 26: New Jersey Issues Ban on Fracking

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New Jersey has issued a one-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing,…
I and E

U.S. Defense Department Surpasses Water Conservation Goal, Misses Energy Targets

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Several laws, executive orders, and directives guide the department’s conservation plans, but wartime operations can throw a wrench in the system.

The Stream, August 25: Dams – China’s Ticking Time Bombs

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Southern Weekend, one of China’s major investigative news agencies,…

The Stream, August 24: Shale Gas In The Colorado River Basin

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About 30 million people from Wyoming to Southern California who…

The Stream, August 23: If the Yangtze River Runs Dry

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Can the Yangtze, Asia's longest river, run dry? According to…

From Coal Seam to Fracking, Unconventional Gas Industry Faces Opposition in Australia and South Africa

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As an energy boom, propelled by natural gas, continues to gather steam, mining and drilling companies square off with landowners around the globe over who has the right to resources that are located deep below ground.