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Russians thirsty for Super Tuscans
2013-10-09 08:19:06| Beverages - Topix.net
Rich Russians are developing a thirst for high-end Italian wines, according to Marchesi de' Frescobaldi's new president, Lamberto Frescobaldi.
In a Hot, Thirsty Energy Business, Water Is Prized
2013-10-09 01:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: WITH so much focus on carbon emitted from the nation's power plants, another environmental challenge related to electricity generation is sometimes overlooked: the enormous amount of water needed to cool the power-producing equipment. In the United States almost all electric power plants, 90 percent, are thermoelectric plants, which essentially create steam to generate electricity. To cool the plants, power suppliers take 40 percent of the fresh water withdrawn nationally, 136 billion gallons...
Frackers guzzle water as Texas goes thirsty
2013-09-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: In summer, the bison on Thunderheart Ranch opt for the feathery shade of a mesquite tree as temperatures reach 100. This land, just a handful of miles from the Mexican border, was once known as The Wild Horse Desert, lawless, rough brush country where, in a good year, 21 inches of rain fell and in a bad year, less than a dozen descended from the clouds. "My grandfather used to say we get two 10-inch rains and never get the other inch," says Hugh Fitzsimmons, owner of the 13,000-acre ranch. Fitzsimmons...
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2013-09-18 22:33:17| PortlandOnline
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Goal to cap temperature rise will still leave hundreds of millions thirsty study
2013-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A new study projects that hundreds of millions of people will soon live in regions at an increased risk of water scarcity, even if the average global temperature rise is limited to 2 degrees Celsius, the cap cited in several U.N. agreements. Published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the paper predicts that an additional 8 percent of the world's current population, or 486 million people, will be forced to cope with new or exacerbated water scarcity even if international agreements...