9.14.2013

Not a drop to drink

Never-Released Energy Department Report Predicts Increasing Domestic Conflicts over Water, Energy | DeSmogBlog

Last summer, the United States experienced the worst drought since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.

At the same time, the country was experiencing one of the biggest onshore drilling booms in history, powered by one of the most water-intensive extraction technologies ever invented: hydraulic fracking.

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