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Parched US Shale Patch Crushes Oilfield Services Sector
2020-08-04 15:25:00| OGI
Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes shift focus overseas and away from U.S. shale as domestic revenues dry up.
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In a parched corner of Xinjiang, ancient water tunnels are running dry
2016-09-22 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: It is an improbable journey that begins on the highest peaks of the Tianshan Mountains, where glacial snowmelt descends across one of the worlds most arid landscapes to reach the lush oasis communities of this ancient Silk Road outpost. Powered by gravity, the water pure and cold makes the entire voyage underground, traveling through scores of subterranean channels, some of them 15 miles long and 100 feet deep, that were built 2,000 years ago by the pastoralists who settled this inhospitable...
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Murders, violence on rise as parched central India battles for water
2016-06-29 09:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Imrat Namdev and her younger sister Pushpa Namdev were neighbors in Chhatarpur district, in the drought-hit Indian region of Bundelkhand. Both relied on the same well for water and, according to police, frequently quarreled over how much the other was using. In May, during one fight over water, Pushpa, 42, beat Imrat, 48, with a stick, police say. The injured sister was rushed to a hospital, but died there, and Pushpa was charged with murder. "Our village faces a severe shortage of potable...
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Southern California wildfire spreads as blazes hit parched states
2016-06-18 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildfire fed by parched land and high winds spread in Southern California on Saturday, prompting hundreds of people to evacuate their homes as the blaze formed destructive columns of flames known as fire tornadoes. The so-called Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara County, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Los Angeles, had burned through about 7,650 acres (3,100 hectares) by midday Saturday, officials said. Firefighters increased containment after early evening "sundowner winds" that can whip through...
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Once Parched, Florida's Everglades Finds Its Flow Again
2016-02-19 04:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KIOS: When people talk about Florida's Everglades, they often use superlatives: It's the largest protected wilderness east of the Mississippi River, and it's the biggest subtropical wetland in North America. But it is also the site of a joint federal-state plan that is the largest ecosystem restoration effort ever attempted -- one that is beginning to pay off after decades of work. The delivery of fresh water to long-parched areas of Everglades National Park is considered a vital restoration. It's...
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