
Antelope Valley, California, USA
Antelope Valley in southern California is the western part of the Mojave Desert. The San Gabriel Mountains and the Tehachapi Mountains give the valley...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) holds about 6% of the world’s total oil reserves. The oil cannot last forever, so Dubai is thinking of the future. The ...

Gibe III Dam, Ethiopia
The great thing about hydropower is that it’s a renewable nonpolluting source of power. Once it’s up and running, operation costs are relatively low, ...

Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA
Every day, 100 empty trains enter Wyoming. They leave fully loaded with coal. The United States has the largest coal reserves in the world, and much o...

Salar de Atacama, Chile
If you like being connected to the world everywhere you go with a smartphone or other device, then you have a desolate salt flat in northern Chile to ...

Three Gorges Dam, China
The Three Gorges Dam in the Hubei province of China is a huge but highly criticized project. It’s difficult to deny the value of hydropower as an alte...