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    Insights
    December 4, 2014

    Energy-gulping Desalination Can’t Solve China’s Water Crisis Alone

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • Cities
    • water risk
    Tianjin is home to the Beijiang and Dagang desalination plants, which together are expected to account for a third of China’s 1.5-2 million-ton capacity by 2015. (Tianjin, China) Photo by Sam Gao/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • Cities
    • water risk
    Energy
    Asia North America
    Insights
    November 7, 2013

    Water Risks on the Rise for Three Global Energy Production Hot Spots

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • water risk
    A ship transports coal in China. Photo credit: foxxyz, Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2013

    Majority of China’s Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Located in Water-Stressed Regions

    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk

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