All posts tagged "drought"

Contrary to the claims of a few media outlets that there is “a serious problem” with low...

Hannah Hunt contributed to the analysis included in this report. Wind energy saved 2.5 billion gallons of...

One of wind energy’s most overlooked benefits is that it requires virtually no water to produce electricity,...

Responsibly meeting our nation’s immense current, and future, energy demands requires a careful cost-benefit analysis. Extended droughts...

The following op-ed originally appeared in the Lincoln (Nebr.) Journal-Star and is reprinted here with permission of the author, Gary Aksamit. Local View: Can wind save our water? A recent Lincoln Journal Star editorial “Plan for next drought” (LJS, Aug. 21) appropriately stated that Nebraska “should spur adoption of better water conservation...

The numbers on the drought gripping the South Central U.S. are grim–68 percent of Oklahoma "exceptional" (worst) or "extreme," 79 percent of New Mexico, 83 percent of Louisiana, and a stunning 92 percent of Texas–but the effects are even more so. A sampling from a drought report in AgriLife Today, a publication...