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Fracking Creates Water Scarcity Issues in Michigan
2013-06-05 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Concerns about the impact to local groundwater by massive water use--on a scale never before seen in Michigan fracking operations--are coming to a head, as the plan for Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. to use 8.4 million gallons of water to fracture a single well has been stymied by a lack of water on site. Instead, the company is trucking water--nearly 1 million gallons of it in just one week--from the City of Kalkaskas water system to meet its needs. This one fracking operation today is using more...
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Looming Threat of Water Scarcity
2013-03-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Last Friday - 22 March - was World Water Day. It is held each year as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources, writes Chris Harris.
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Nigeria: African Countries Tackle Water Scarcity to Combat Climate Change
2013-03-08 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Trust: African countries are creating more reliable and accurate climate information, and building more durable, climate-resilient infrastructure across the sectors as part of strategies to cushion the impact of climate change. A statement issued by the United Nations backed Climate Investment Fund (CIF) said that the African strategy was supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the CIF with the intention of responding to complex problems that climate change was creating on their combined sectors...
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New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilisations
2013-02-07 20:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is the new oil. Land is the new gold. This new era is one of rising food prices and spreading hunger. On the demand side of the food equation, population growth, rising affluence, and the conversion of food into fuel for cars...
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Resource Scarcity Drives Singapore to Sustainability Leadership
2013-01-22 12:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: With more than half of the worlds population now urban, cities are natural venues for business, government and community efforts to identify key economic drivers of the early 21st century. Cities have the scale to effect real environmental change and -- in many cases unlike their national governments -- the political will to do so. Singapore has become an internationally recognized leader among global cities, for its forward-looking policy goals and strong execution. The southeast Asian city-state...
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