Energy Risk: Fracking Increasing Competition for Water

A new investigation by AP has found that the vast majority of counties where fracking is occurring in seven states are also suffering from drought. and that fracking is presenting new strains on water supplies.

http://theenergycollective.com/amymall/239596/new-investigation-fracki

Update on Small Modular Reactor Development

The US Department of Energy has a $452 million program to share development and licensing costs for selected small modular reactor designs. The DOE's goal is to have an operating SMR by 2022.
http://theenergycollective.com/ansorg/201641/update-and-perspective-sm

Bloomberg to Natural Gas Industry: Embrace Sensible Regulations, Renewables

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg used the 2013 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit near Washington, DC to prod the oil and gas industry to stop resisting efforts to forge "sensible" regulations.
http://theenergycollective.com/jimpierobon/192421/bloomberg-natural-ga

Will Climate Change Hawk Kerry Kill Keystone XL?

The Senate confirmed John Kerry as a Secretary of State by a vote of 94 to 3. I believe this is a turning point in the fight to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Once again, I do not think that a man who had dedicated his Senate career to fighting catastrophic climate change would start his term as Secretary approving the expansion of one of the dirtiest sources of fossil fuels in the world.
http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/178816/kerry-keystone-xl-pip