Nexus News

Our infrastructure for water, energy, transportation, and food is all interconnected.  Changes to one have consequences in the others.  Below are links to several articles that explore these interconnections.

Agriculture, Food & Energy

As Drought Intensifies, 2 States Dig In Over Water War (Gerlock, G., NPR, Feb. 6, 2013)

Four Grand Challenges To Energy, Food, And Water (Bapna, M., WRI Insight, Jan. 31, 2013)

Missouri plant joins list of ethanol facilities idled by high corn prices (Swanson, A. F., Harvest Public Media, Jan. 31, 2013)

Agriculture, Food & Water

Four Grand Challenges To Energy, Food, And Water (Bapna, M., WRI Insight, Jan. 31, 2013)

Water agencies call for alternative to the $14B Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta tunnels (Wozniack, G., Bakersfield Now [Associated Press], Jan. 28, 2013)

Energy & Water

Drought puts drain on water supplies for power plants (Pickrell, E., Fuel Fix, Feb. 6, 2013)

Four Grand Challenges To Energy, Food, And Water (Bapna, M., WRI Insight, Jan. 31, 2013)

How are energy and water interconnected? (Purt, J., Guardian, Jan. 25, 2013)

The Perils of Ignoring the Water-Energy Nexus (Postel, S., National Geographic Water Currents, Jan. 31, 2013)

Water, energy and the economy (Zetland, D., Growing Blue, Jan. 8, 2013)

Transportation & Water

Crying out for dollars (Economist, Feb. 2, 2013)

Other

Infrastructure Nexus (Infrastructure Watch, Feb. 1, 2013)