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    Climate North America
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Tonawanda, New York, United States: The Closure of the Huntley Generating Station and Community-led Efforts for a Prosperous Future

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    River with bridge and kayaks
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Kentucky, USA: A Coal Mining Tax Supporting Economic Diversification in Appalachia

    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Coal trains
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Canada: National Task Force on Just Transition for Coal Power Workers and Communities

    • JT Sector: Electricity
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Technician wearing safety hat and carrying solar panel
    • JT Sector: Electricity
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 8, 2015

    The Clean Power Plan: What’s Water Got To Do With It?

    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • water risk
    When it comes to water and fracturing, it’s all about location and time. Photo by Simon Fraser University/Flickr.
    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    September 9, 2014

    Shale Energy Potential Depends on Water Supply

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Shale development site, Australia. Photo Credit: John Amos/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 5, 2014

    A Tale of 3 Countries: Water Risks to Global Shale Development

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Shale gas drilling site in Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Nicholas Tonelli/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 2, 2013

    Nearly Half of U.S. Fracking Sites Overlap with Water-Stressed Regions

    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk

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