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In parched states, fracking's thirst grows
2014-02-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In this parched farming region, where the land flattens out and every drop of water is precious, another player has lined up at the spigot. On a recent sunny afternoon, a huge cylindrical tanker truck rolled up to a red city fire hydrant and driver Jose Ofornio hopped out. With well-practiced efficiency he hooked hose to hydrant and began to fill. And fill. "It's really bad in the mornings," Ofornio said, noting that trucks often have to wait in line for their turn. This was his third trip...
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Fracking's Thirst for Water: Investors Warned of the Hidden Financial Risks
2014-02-06 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Some of the nation's driest, drought-plagued places have quickly become its busiest hot spots of drilling for shale gas and oil, especially in Texas, Colorado and California. It's a dust-bowl-sized problem likely to become worse, according to a study released Wednesday by the nonprofit sustainability advocacy group firm Ceres. Fracking, the controversial drilling technique, is consuming billions of gallons of water each year in states where water is increasingly scarce. The report warns that investors...
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How education is driving China's unquenchable thirst for wine
2014-01-17 14:37:01| Beverages - Topix.net
New research shows that China will drive global wine consumption in the coming years as it becomes the fastest-growing market in the world.
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Orangutans fight survival as thirst for palm oil devastates rainforest
2013-12-15 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Even in the first light of dawn in the Tripa swamp forest of Sumatra it is clear that something is terribly wrong. Where there should be lush foliage stretching away towards the horizon, there are only the skeletons of trees. Smoke drifts across a scene of devastation. Tripa is part of the Leuser Ecosystem, one of the world's most ecologically important rainforests and once home to its densest population of Sumatran orangutans. As recently as 1990, there were 60,000 hectares of swamp forest...
Carlsberg grabs Heinz veteran to cash in on Asian thirst
2013-11-12 17:45:58| Food - Topix.net
Danish brewer Carlsberg has appointed former Heinz executive Christopher Warmoth as head of its Asia business to aim for a bigger share of the high-growth market to offset weak beer sales in recession-hit western Europe.
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