"A far-reaching federal program of research and analysis, funded by Congress and designed to help the nation anticipate and temper the mounting conflict between rising energy demand and diminishing supplies of fresh water, has been brought to a standstill by the Department of Energy, according to government researchers involved in the project.
The research program, known as the National Energy-Water Roadmap and ordered up by Congress as part of the 2005 Energy Security Act, was meant to provide lawmakers and the executive branch two studies of the impending collision between energy and water, and what to do about it."
Keith Schneider reports for Circle of Blue Waternews September 7, 2010.
DOE Blocks Disclosure of Key National Energy-Water Roadmap Study
Source: Circle of Blue, 09/10/2010