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Stories by Robert Glennon

New Solar Power Plants May Threaten Scarce Desert Water Resources

The rush to embrace solar power is having some unintended consequences when it comes to water.
Posted on Jun 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Why Does California Keep Looking to More Techno-Fixes for Drought?

If the money needed for these hugely expensive proposals were used to fund conservation and reuse projects, the water shortage problem would be fixed.
Posted on May 18, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What We Can Do About It

Our water crisis should occasion grave concern but not panic. We have solutions available; now we need a national commitment to pursue them.
Posted on Mar 21, 2009, Source: Island Press

Water: Ethanol's Achilles Heel

While many of ethanol's problems (energy inputs, land use, food prices) have been discussed, we have overlooked its true Achilles heel: water.
Posted on Dec 23, 2008, Source: Huffington Post