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America's Water Woes

America's Water Woes

Water is seeping into a lot of the news these days. We should pay attention. Much like with the climate crisis, the American water crisis is a story of decades of greed and inaction. An approach that works well until it doesn't. First up, an issue that will

A Dirty Water War in the Texas Desert

A Dirty Water War in the Texas Desert

History is likely to show that the idea of permanently polluting huge amounts of water and then trying to bury that water deep underground under high pressure likely was a really bad idea.

Yet Another Benefit of Renewable Energy: It Uses Practically No Water Compared to Fossil Fuels

Yet Another Benefit of Renewable Energy: It Uses Practically No Water Compared to Fossil Fuels

This post originally appeared on DeSmog The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently highlighted a little-discussed benefit of using renewableslike wind and solar to produce electricity: Unlike most power sources, they require “almost no water.” This is remarkable because thermoelectric power generation is the leading use of water in America. (That