Burning coal to generate electricity has serious problems related to climate change and air pollution, but it’s also too thirsty to keep up. If the average home in the US received all of its electricity from coal, about 370 eight-person hot tubs full of water would have been wasted to generate … [continued]
China’s coal-powered economy may soon be coming up against the hard reality of limited resources — coal mining/processing uses up an incredible amount of water, and water is a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce throughout much of China. As climate change continues to intensify, water scarcity is predicted to … [continued]
You may not be aware of it, but a lot of energy production is very reliant upon there being great quantities of water to help in the process. A new report suggests that increasingly scarce water supplies are a major hidden cost of a “business as usual” approach to … [continued]
A coal plant at the Savannah river site has recently been shut down. It was in a 280,000-square-foot, five-story building and used about 160,000 tons of coal each year. The plant was a 1950s era design and was one of nine powerhouses or steam plants functioning on the large … [continued]
