Posts

The Stream, February 8: U.S. Encourages Shale Gas in Bulgaria

0 Comments
/
Bulgaria should pursue shale gas in order to achieve energy independence,…

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

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

The Stream, January 6: U.S. Toxic Releases Increased, Says EPA Report

0 Comments
/
United States The release of toxic chemicals into the environment…
2441-590x250

China Responds to Explosive Growth, Pollution, and Water Scarcity in Latest Five-Year Plan

5 Comments
/
Will momentum for runaway development be too powerful to restrain?
China Water Energy Sustainable Growth

Focusing on Sustainable Growth — China Releases Draft of 12th Five-Year Plan

2 Comments
/
Clearly wary about the consequences of its rapid economic development on the environment, China has set a path over the next five years to reduce consumption of the two most important resources that power its economy— coal and water. The country plans to rein in water use and introduces new energy intensity reduction targets in pursuit of more sustainable economic growth, according to the draft proposal of the 12th Five-Year Plan, the master economic blueprint that will chart China’s development through 2015.

Choke Point: China – Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Largest Country

29 Comments
/
An escalating confrontation over resources; a confrontation with global implications.