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The West harbors beneath its jagged peaks three times more oil than Saudi Arabia. As oil companies pray for permission to tap, officials worry the Colorado River cannot provide water enough to win the oil earthward. The oil is currently embedded in shale. When the shale heats, out seeps kerogen — a substance that can […]
CHICAGO – After a decade of deliberation, the bill created to protect the Great Lakes Basin from interests that would divert the resource to water-starved regions of the country, is finally finding its way through Congress. According to the Chicago Tribune, Senate endorsed the Great Lakes Compact this past Friday. Cameron Davis, president of the […]
As the public becomes increasingly aware of the oceanic scope of the impending freshwater crisis, policy makers and scientists look for alternatives. Is desalination an answer? From the Los Angeles Times: It’s easy to understand why so many of us, hearing of threats from climate change and shrinking water supplies, turn our gaze west to […]
CAIRO – In the midst of a food crisis, the Middle East and North Africa are beginning to rethink their water needs, the New York Times reports. Even oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia have realized that gold cannot always buy blue. This year the kingdom plans to phase out wheat production that overtaxes nearby aquifers. […]
Water rises on the world agenda.
Except for energy, virtually every other feature of Qatar’s national existence comes from someplace else.
