http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/09/safety-be-dammed/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/09/safety-be-dammed/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17376 In the still hours just before midnight on March 12, 1928, thousands of people slumbered in the handful of agricultural communities nestled along the Santa Clara River in Ventura County, California. Tony Harnischfeger and his family slept quietly in a small house at the foot of the St. Francis Dam, a 195-foot high concrete gravity [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/09/safety-be-dammed/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/29/walking-the-tightrope-of-groundwater-management/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/29/walking-the-tightrope-of-groundwater-management/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:39:19 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17144 As climate changes and supplying water becomes more challenging, one company says it has a better management strategy.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/29/walking-the-tightrope-of-groundwater-management/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/25/cooling-former-frontier/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/25/cooling-former-frontier/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:00:31 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16436 AC units have become more efficient over the years, but energy consumption during hot summer months can increase significantly, boosting both the amount of money spent on electricity and the volume of greenhouse gasses emitted in the energy production process.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/25/cooling-former-frontier/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/16/toxic-waters-in-the-gilded-state/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/16/toxic-waters-in-the-gilded-state/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:28 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15500 To those who have never been, the Golden State is known for luxurious palm tree-lined avenues, sun-drenched beaches, and picturesque mountains. But not all parts of California were created equal. The state’s San Joaquin Valley hosts a scene entirely different from the images of Malibu beaches depicted in travel brochures. It is the non-glittering core [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/16/toxic-waters-in-the-gilded-state/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/06/of-earthquakes-and-nuclear-reactors/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/06/of-earthquakes-and-nuclear-reactors/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:30:33 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13500 As Japan’s nuclear meltdown catastrophe continues in the wake of the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese power company executives and officials face an increasingly challenging situation. Tuesday morning, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) — the company operating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant — dumped more than 11,000 gallons of radioactive seawater into [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/06/of-earthquakes-and-nuclear-reactors/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/water-and-energy-an-integrated-approach/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/water-and-energy-an-integrated-approach/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 14:54:37 +0000 Jennifer Vettel http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2780 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/water-and-energy-an-integrated-approach/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/01/a-truce-in-the-california-water-wars/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/01/a-truce-in-the-california-water-wars/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:20:05 +0000 Jennifer Vettel http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1893 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/01/a-truce-in-the-california-water-wars/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/09/10/californias-other-crisis/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/09/10/californias-other-crisis/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:31:29 +0000 Tanya Heikkila http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1177 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/09/10/californias-other-crisis/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/10/water-energy-dependency-may-put-a-damper-on-water-banking-in-california/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/10/water-energy-dependency-may-put-a-damper-on-water-banking-in-california/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:14:40 +0000 Meaghan Daly http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=438 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/10/water-energy-dependency-may-put-a-damper-on-water-banking-in-california/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/03/27/californias-water-bank-a-bank-with-nothing-to-lend/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/03/27/californias-water-bank-a-bank-with-nothing-to-lend/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:18:39 +0000 Meaghan Daly http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=421 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/03/27/californias-water-bank-a-bank-with-nothing-to-lend/feed/ 1