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Global Energy Thirst Threatens to Worsen Water Scarcity, UN Says

2014-03-21 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Energy production will increasingly strain water resources in the coming decades even as more than 1 billion of the planets 7 billion people already lack access to both, according to a United Nations report. There is an increasing potential for serious conflict between power generation, other water users and environmental considerations, said the UN World Water Development Report published today that focused on water and energy. Ninety percent of power generation is water-intensive, it said....

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