Hydro News

Water - Mar 4
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Shallow water ahead for Panama Canal
Booming growth raises idea of dams
Water to be the next commoditised resource
Yemen sleepwalks into water nightmare
first published March 4, 2008.

China - Jan 4
Staff, Energy Bulletin
China looks to coal bed methane
Chinese shrug off $100 oil
Mao's home province goes green
Neighbors wary of China's Three Gorges dam
first published January 4, 2008.

Climate science - Sept 5
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Ice-free Arctic could be here in 23 years
New Times Atlas displays effects of climate change
Dams 'contributing to global warming'
first published September 5, 2007.

Renewables - Sept 1
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Beyond wind and solar, a new generation of clean energy
Forbes on solar: the sunshine economy
first published September 1, 2007.

China dysfunction - May 22
Staff, EB
Birth control measures prompt riots in China
Beijing blames pollutants for rise in killer cancers
Three Gorges Dam is hurting river, study finds
first published May 22, 2007.

Drought puts pressure on electricity
SMH staff, Sydney Morning Herald & Australian Associated Press
The water shortage across eastern Australia is now so acute it has begun to affect power supplies, and the country is at risk of electricity shortages next year. "I think we are in denial, and are going to have brownouts in NSW if we don't get snow this winter," a source within the electricity market said.
first published May 21, 2007.

Renewables - March 30
Staff, EB
Energy activists snipe at rivals
Tom Whipple on wind power
Hydro's uphill battle
The hydrogen economy - energy and economic black hole
first published March 30, 2007.

Solutions & sustainability - Feb 22
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Homemade hydropower lights up Tajikistan
Incandescent bulb ban welcomed
Running the numbers: art with a message
first published February 22, 2007.

Other energy - Apr 12
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Rifkin: World on the 'cusp of a new energy regime' / A gentle disagreement on Turkmen gas / Catfight! (Big Oil vs Big Auto) / Nuclear power and climate change: is our choice glow or cook? / New oil is costly for Alaska
first published April 11, 2006.

Plugged In To Global Cooling
Dan Crawford, Dan Crawford
A failed Canadian dam project in Belize underscores our growing desperation for energy
first published November 14, 2005.

Other energy headlines - Nov 6
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Abiotic snake oil / Korea seeks endless, non-harmful energy source / Building roads won't fix transportation woes / Beijing lowers thermostats to avoid energy crunch / Sea-based windmills could blunt eyesore criticisms
first published November 5, 2005.

Green power's potential
Staff, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Summary of the major forms of renewable energy, and how they are being implemented locally in Ohio.
first published July 28, 2005.