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Brazil, land of water, goes thirsty
2015-10-30 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The sign -- "risk of drowning" -- outside one of Rio de Janeiro's freshwater reservoirs looks like a joke: there's no water here left to drown in. Instead, the Saracuruna reservoir near Duque de Caxias, outside Rio, is an expanse of sand, mud and vegetation. Four stray dogs scamper and cattle come to drink from a stream still running through the middle. "It's been a long time since there was any water here," said a security guard walking up the dry bed to order AFP journalists away on Friday....
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U.S. oil producers thirsty for cash eye wastewater unit spin-offs
2015-09-11 21:18:03| Energy - Topix.net
Some U.S. oil producers are trying to sell parts of their lucrative saltwater disposal businesses in a sign that cheap crude is already forcing cash-starved companies to sell assets so oil can keep flowing. Many oil companies rely on outside contractors, which tend to be small, privately-held companies, to inject the briny byproduct of crude production hundreds or thousands feet deep into the earth, well below the water table.
U.S. oil producers thirsty for cash eye wastewater unit spin-offs
2015-09-11 18:42:35| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Some U.S. oil producers are trying to sell parts of their lucrative saltwater disposal businesses in a sign that cheap crude is already forcing cash-starved companies to sell assets so oil can keep flowing. Many oil companies rely on outside contractors, which tend to be small, privately-held companies, to inject the briny byproduct of crude production hundreds or thousands feet deep into the earth, well below the water table.
Thirsty birds are dying all over California thanks, climate change
2015-07-17 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You know that historic and disastrous drought currently turning California into one big heap of straw? You know how its probably being exacerbated by climate change? And indicative of the conditions that will become more common as the climate continues to warm? As if that werent bad enough on its own, theres more: All those hot and dry conditions mean that climate change is basically flipping the bird to birds, which are in serious trouble as they make their long migrations over parched California....
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Thirsty Planet now debuting in bottles
2015-01-20 20:56:01| Grocery - Topix.net
Fans of Thirsty Planet's Thirsty Goat amber can get it on draft or in bottles. The six-packs have been appearing in local stores as of late last week.
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