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Double Choke Point: Demand for Energy Tests Water Supply and Economic Stability in China and the U.S.
The cords of energy demand and water supply are tightening around the world’s two largest economies.
The Stream, May 25: Go-ahead for UK Shale Gas
China is bracing for what might be the worst summer power crunch in recent years, according to Reuters. Electricity supplies to industrial users will be curbed in the summer, as power deficits are expected to reach 30 gigawatts even if coal supplies are steady, water levels are normal and there are no persisting high temperatures. […]
The Stream, May 24: Water Business
IPS interviews Chilean environmentalist Sara Larraín about Patagonia’s controversial HidroAysén hydropower project, Chile’s environmental institutionality and the role of citizen participation. Who wins when pristine rivers clash with hydropower prospects? Read Circle of Blue’s coverage of Patagonia. Business Chinadialogue looks at the China Green Companies Top 100 for 2011. Which are China’s most environmentally friendly […]
The Stream, May 23: Water and the Middle East
President Barack Obama’s speech on the Middle East last week focused on the issues of borders and security, but made no mention of other core issues such as settlements, water and refugees, Egypt’s ambassador to the United Nations told Bloomberg. Revisit Circle of Blue’s coverage of the drought in the West Bank. Over the weekend, […]
Circle of Blue & Ball State University – Infographic Partnership
Immersive program puts advanced students in the center of “one of the decade’s biggest news, policy, and technology issues.” Video by Ball State University. MUNCIE, IN, (February 1, 2011) — A select team of Ball State University journalism students and the online global news organization Circle of Blue today announced the start of a comprehensive […]
The Stream, February 23: The Strategic Power of Water
Some 50 million environmental refugees will flood the global north by 2020, as they escape from food shortages and other climate-induced disasters, according to experts at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Southern Europe might see a strong wave of migrants from Africa and the Middle East, where food […]
EPA Releases Draft Assessment of Environmental Effects of Biofuels
Preliminary report describes an infant cellulosic biofuels industry with a mandate to grow up fast.
Circle of Blue and Ball State University Form Global Multimedia Reporting Project
Collaboration to focus on water, energy, and climate in China and Great Lakes. Immersive program puts advanced students in the center of “one of the decade’s biggest news, policy, and technology issues.”
Foot-and-Mouth Disease—Are Mass Animal Burials Causing Water Contamination in South Korea?
As animal bodies pile up, public fears water sources will become contaminated.
Saudi Water Use ‘Growing Exponentially,’ Higher Prices Needed, Report Says
Agriculture is draining non-renewable groundwater reserves in the water-scarce country.
Foreign Investors Becoming Players in Australia’s Water Market
Well-defined water rights, increasing demand, and scarcity projections are attracting investment funds from abroad.
