The Stream, February 7: Extreme Weather
by Nadya Ivanova
7 Feb 2012 at 12:45pm
Weather Extremes Thousands of Australians have been forced from their homes because of floods that have risen to record levels in some areas of Queensland and New South Wales, Reuters reported. While the coal industry is largely unaffected, agriculture and properties are likely to sustain significant damage. Bad weather has gripped much of Europe as [...]
Connected by Pipeline from Canada, Tar Sands Represents Bonus and Risk to Gre…
by Circle of Blue
7 Feb 2012 at 11:00am
Transporting and processing corrosive crude raise new questions about consequences
The Stream, February 6: U.S. to Require Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals
by Nadya Ivanova
6 Feb 2012 at 12:14pm
The U.S. government will require natural gas companies to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing on public lands, according to draft rules crafted by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Reuters reported. The eastern line of China’s South-North Water Diversion Project, which will transfer water from the Yangtze River Basin to the drought-prone [...]
Federal Water Tap, February 6: Water and National Security
by Brett Walton
6 Feb 2012 at 11:00am
Threat Assessment The director of national intelligence said that during the next decade water issues abroad will affect America?s national security, according to an on-the-record report to a special Senate committee on intelligence. In his annual threat assessment, James Clapper told the committee that ?water shortages and pollution will probably negatively affect the economic performance [...]
The Stream, February 3: Fixing U.S. Water Infrastructure
by Codi Yeager
3 Feb 2012 at 7:00pm
It will take $US 1 trillion over the next 25 years to fix the water infrastructure in the United States, according to an estimate by the American Water Works Association, Bloomberg News reported. Energy PetroChina purchased a 20 percent stake in a Canadian shale gas project, strengthening China’s presence in North America’s energy markets, according [...]
Study Outlines Plans to Stop Asian Carp at Chicago
by Codi Yeager
2 Feb 2012 at 10:03pm
Three proposals for separating the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed could block the flow of aquatic invasive species while re-envisioning water management in Chicago, a new study says. Image courtesy Great Lakes Commission The three separation alternatives include a down-river single barrier, a mid-system alternative of four barriers on CAWS branches between Lockport [...]
The Stream, February 2: Argentina?s Drought
by Nadya Ivanova
2 Feb 2012 at 12:45pm
Shallow canals and low water levels in Argentina have grounded two bulk carriers, causing significant delays in the country’s major grains terminal, MercoPress reported. Concerns about water levels have prompted Argentina and Uruguay to agree to dredge the Martin Garcia canal deeper as the inevitable expansion of the Panama Canal will give rise to a [...]
The Stream, February 1: Reversing the Chicago River to Stop Asian Carp
by Codi Yeager
1 Feb 2012 at 1:00pm
United States Separating the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River basin in order to stop aquatic invasive species like Asian carp will require reversing the flow of the Chicago River, according to a new study sponsored by the Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Reuters reported. Whether or not [...]
Economics and Water Concerns Alter the Solar Landscape in the US West
by Brett Walton
31 Jan 2012 at 9:23pm
The falling price of photovoltaic panels and public concerns about aquifers and rivers in the western United States are boosting solar energy technologies that save water. In December, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) approved a 300-megawatt (MW) solar energy project on public land in southwestern Arizona on condition that the developer changes the [...]
The Stream, January 31: Mining and Food Production
by Nadya Ivanova
31 Jan 2012 at 12:28pm
Australia’s first law intended to protect prime agricultural land from mining has come into effect in Queensland, ABC reported. Though the law covers about 4 percent of the state’s land, critics say it will only apply to open-pit mining and not cover underground mining, exploration work or coal seam gas (coal-bed methane) production. Australia is [...]
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