DOE Awards $21M in Grants to Cut Costs of Solar Thermal Desalination

The Energy Department sees massive potential to use the sun’s heat to purify seawater and industrial wastewater—but it needs [...]

House of Representatives passes bill to choke off Energy Department financing

Republicans in the House of Representatives quietly passed 13 provisions last week that would choke off Energy Department financing [...]

California bills streamline solar project permitting

California’s legislature has sent a trio of bills, S.B. 267, S.B. 16 and A.B. X1 13, to Gov. Jerry [...]

New report suggests legal and technological solutions to pharmaceutical pollutants in water supply

In recent decades, concern has grown over the presence of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) in water. This [...]

Hyrdofracking comes at a cost

The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles [...]