Water

-Familiar echoes in shale gas boom
-'Fracking' risks found to have been diminished (Report)
-Medical Records Could Yield Answers On Fracking
-Water safe in town made famous by fracking-EPA
-Shale causes rise in waste gas pollution
-Obama Warms to Energy Industry by Supporting Natural Gas

In the late 1800s northwestern Ohio was at the center of an oil boom as the state became the nation's largest crude producer. Today Ohio is at the center of another fossil fuel boom, where a new drilling method — hydraulic fracturing (fracking) combined with modern horizontal drilling — is releasing natural gas from deep underground shale, leading to a rush of new leases. Is drilling safe or are contamination concerns unfounded?

One of the wonders of the Earth is the pristine waters that give life to an astonishing diversity of ecosystems and human societies. Climate change has made it painfully clear that although ecological regions are distinct, natural systems and human societies are intimately intertwined. Deforestation for agricultural expansion in one eco-zone can alter monsoon events in another. We all have a stake – and ought to have a voice – in making decisions about transformations of nature, even if they occur a continent away.

In its quest to find new sources of energy, China is increasingly looking to its western provinces. But the nation’s push to develop fossil fuel and alternative sources has so far ignored a basic fact — western China simply lacks the water resources needed to support major new energy development.

As I explored the ruins of the Hohokam on a recent trip to central Arizona, one question kept popping into my mind: will modern Phoenix thrive as long as the Hohokam did in these desert environs?

-Spread Reckoning: U.S. Suburbs Face Twin Perils of Climate Change and Peak Oil
-Sprawling cities pressure environment, planning
-Climate Change Threatens the Poor in Cities
-Rampant water "pillage" is sucking Yemen dry
-Air pollution 'will become bigger global killer than dirty water'

-What Modern Society Can Learn From a 2,800 Year Old Earthen Water Well
-Prehistoric fisheries offer clues to sustainable catch
-Ox Carts and No Coffee: Building a Monastery the Medieval Way

-U.S. intelligence sees global water conflict risks rising
-Reflections on a Thirsty Planet for World Water Day
-Las Vegas plans to pump water across 300 miles of desert approved
-China plans to curb capital's water usage
-The Colorado River delta blues

-Are We Running Out of Water?
-From Texas to India to the Horn of Africa, Concern about Weather, Water, and Crops
-China irrigation system responsible for rising emissions, research shows
-Climate, food pressures require rethink on water: U.N

Driving down any rural highway in northern New Mexico, you are sure to come across a valley with acequias—irrigation ditches that in some cases have existed for several centuries.

-Rolling Stone Responds to Chesapeake Energy on 'The Fracking Bubble'
-Why Not Frack? - Book & Film review
-Fracking: The New Global Water Crisis - Report
-Kept in Dark by BC's Oil and Gas Commission
-A Fresh Scientific Defense of the Merits of Moving from Coal to Shale Gas

You’re probably doing your part to conserve water, especially if you live in a drought-stricken area. But water is in short supply across the globe because of people’s increasing demands for it—a huge problem for cities, agriculture and industry that will only get worse with climate change.

-Humanity’s Growing Impact on the World’s Freshwater
-Uncharted waters: Probing aquifers to head off war
-Drought summit: Why not pipe the water from north to south?
-Jordan's Green Fairytale- 'Once Upon a Water' Campaign
-Thailand's economy shrinks 9% after flood disruptions
-Food security v energy security: land use conflict and the law

- Defending good science: Michael Mann speaks out
- A Second Front in the Climate War (methane, soot and hydrofluorocarbons)
- Scientist denies he is mouthpiece of US climate-sceptic think tank
- Canadian government is 'muzzling its scientists'
- Where the Colorado Runs Dry

-Is Agriculture Sucking Fresh Water Dry?
-The water footprint of humanity [report]
-UAE bans export of groundwater
-Permission granted for Britain's first amphibious house on banks of Thames