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

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently highlighted a little-discussed benefit of using renewables like wind and solar to produce electricity:…

7 years ago

It’s Official: Injection of Fracking Wastewater Caused Kansas’ Biggest Earthquake

The largest earthquake ever recorded in Kansas—a 4.9 magnitude temblor that struck northeast of Milan on Nov. 12, 2014—has been…

8 years ago

Water use in the USA, 2015

Although thermoelectric and irrigation are the dominant categories nationally, the county breakdown reveals regional variation. In the map below, you…

8 years ago

U.S. rivers are getting saltier, potentially compromising drinking water

photo: Allison Cekala The bomb cyclone that hit the northeastern United States last week left roadways and vehicles caked in…

8 years ago

U.S.A. Household Water Use Continues to Decline

A neighborhood in Weld County, Colorado, one of the few states where household water use is increasing. Photo © J.…

8 years ago