Federal Water Tap, March 19: Legislative Update, Water Bills Galore
Yesterday Barbara Boxer (D-California) and Senate colleague David Vitter (R-Louisiana) submitted a new Water Resources Development Act. Last session of Congress, Boxer circulated a draft version of the...
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Study: Shale Gas Fracking Taints Rivers in Pennsylvania
Though groundwater gets most of the attention, rivers are also affected by the rush of shale gas development across the United States, according to a new study that claims both wastewater and well...
View ArticleFederal Water Tap, April 8: Progress Report on the National Water Census;...
The most comprehensive study of water resources ever in the United States is proceeding slowly, according to a U.S. Geological Survey progress report. A substantial amount of new data are required for...
View ArticleThe Stream, April 17: Vietnam Farms and Dams Compete for Water Amid Drought
Water-Food-Energy A drought in Vietnam has uncovered tensions between water users in the country’s energy and agricultural sectors, Radio Free Asia reported. Despite a directive from the prime...
View ArticleThinking Big and Small About Natural Gas and Water
A U.S. Senate hearing on drought and energy provided some statements to ponder. Withered corn stalks and cracked soils are images commonly associated with drought. But long dry periods affect the...
View ArticleThe Stream, May 1: Storing Energy and Water
Water and Energy Storage In a column for Reuters, market analyst Gerard Wynn discusses the potential growth of hydropower pumping stations for storing energy and balancing electrical grids. The...
View ArticleFederal Water Tap, May 6: Federal Dollars for Hurricane Sandy Damage
The Environmental Protection Agency will allocate $US 569 million dollars to New Jersey and New York for water and sewer facilities damaged by Hurricane Sandy last October. The money, authorized by...
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Report: Half of U.S. Fracking Wells Drilled in Highly Water-stressed Regions
Energy companies should provide better data on fracking water use, and investors should push for quantifiable water targets, according to a sustainable investing advocacy group. Image courtesy of Ceres...
View ArticleFederal Water Tap, May 20: Fracking Regulations, Arctic Strategy, Infrastructure
Take Two The Bureau of Land Management’s revised regulations for hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, on federal lands pleased almost no one outside of Congress. The proposal has three prongs:...
View ArticleThe Stream, May 22: Hydropower and the Congo River
Africa Planned hydropower dam projects on the Congo River could generate as much as 40,000 megawatts of electricity, making the Grand Inga system the largest in the world, the Guardian reported....
View ArticleThe Stream, June 19: Extreme Weather Threatens World’s Poor
Adapting to Extreme Weather The world’s poorest people will be hit hardest by extreme weather caused by climate change, according to a new report from the World Bank, the Guardian reported. The...
View ArticleThe Stream, June 20: Assessing Water-Energy Relationships in Jordan
Water and Energy To improve decision-making about water and energy, researchers at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs have developed a method for analyzing links...
View ArticleFederal Water Tap, July 1: President Obama’s Climate Change Plan
Regulate, Innovate, and Adapt That is the crux of President Barack Obama’s climate change plan, unveiled in a speech last Tuesday at Georgetown University and in an accompanying 21-page document. The...
View ArticleThe Stream, July 2: Factory Accused of Water Pollution in Somaliland
Drinking Water Polluted water supplies are creating health concerns and driving away livestock trade in Somaliland, where locals accuse a Chinese-owned tanning factory of dumping industrial waste into...
View ArticleThe Stream, July 12: Studies Find Earthquake Risk From Pumping Water Underground
Energy and Water Pumping water underground to produce geothermal energy or to hydraulically fracture rocks could lead to large—magnitude 4 or 5—earthquakes, according to recent studies, the Guardian...
View ArticleThe Stream, July 17: Heat Wave Reveals Dangers of Aging U.S. Water...
Aging U.S. Infrastructure As many as 200,000 residents of a Maryland county could be without running water for days amid an intense heat wave that is baking the U.S. East Coast, CBS News reported....
View ArticleThe Stream, July 18: Water crisis averted, Prince George’s citizens displeased
Government Action Nearly 100,000 citizens in Prince George’s County expressed disbelief after the call off of a potential water crisis, The Washington Post reported. Utility workers were able to fix...
View ArticleFederal Water Tap, July 22: A Local-Federal Fire Partnership
Ounces of Prevention The consequences of severe fires last long after the flames have been snuffed out. Watersheds and reservoirs, in particular, are at risk from debris, erosion, and pipe-clogging...
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Report: U.S. EPA Has Chance to Vastly Reduce Water Pollution from Power Plants
EPA proposes tougher federal wastewater guidelines, while electricity generation turns from coal to gas. Photo courtesy of Brent Moore via Flickr Creative Commons A 2008 coal-ash pond failure at the...
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Choke Point: U.S. — Water, Energy and the Ohio River Valley’s New Course
This report, a product of the China Environment Forum – Circle of Blue joint Global Choke Point project, is published in support of the China Water-Energy Team exchange in Beijing in August 2013....
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