Via Bloomberg, a report on fracking’s significant watergy impact in the United States’ Permian Basin: As much as $9 billion will be needed over the next decade just to throw away dirty water in the world’s busiest shale field, according to Raymond James & Associates Inc. The scale of the challenge is mind-boggling: drillers typically […]
Read more »Via Mongabay, a report on the controversial 2,880-megawatt Dibang hydropower project in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, believed to be the largest hydroelectric project and highest dam to be constructed in India: India’s hydropower sector has come back into focus with the government clearing the path for the controversial, large-scale Dibang hydropower project in […]
Read more »Courtesy of China Water Risk, an interesting look at three cases of how the watergy and food nexus in Central Asia, South Asia & the Mekong Region, all facing significant water issues, can be analyzed: Scarcity in one factor in the Water-Energy-Food security (WEF) nexus directly affects the other factors; the WEF nexus approach can alleviate […]
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