Fossil Fuel Extraction Could Exacerbate Water Wars, Report Finds
Published on Tuesday, September 02, 2014 by Common Dreams byDeirdre Fulton, staff writer In...
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Tag: Water wars
Never-Released Energy Department Report Predicts Increasing Domestic Conflicts over Water, Energy
the drilling industry drew millions of gallons of water per well in Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, residents in these states struggled with severe droughts and some farmers opted to sell their water to the oil and gas industry rather than try to compete with them for limited resources.
Read More'Things Could Get Ugly': Fracking Set to Escalate US Water Wars
nearly half of the country’s fracking wells are located in water-stressed regions — in particular Texas and Colorado, where 92 percent of fracking wells are in extremely high-water-stress regions
Read MoreDecentralized energy is the logical solution to climate change and water shortage
Living in the hydro-rich Pacific Northwest it is hard to imagine rationing showers and lawn watering in order to have a few hours a day of electricity, but that is what is happening in Venezuela right now.
Oil sands and water, the big environmental crisis
Nifty little animation detailing the high price of oil sands, not the least of which is 4 barrels of water required for every barrel of oil produced.
