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Europe’s Produce At Stake In Spain’s Water War
May 2nd, 2023

Via Terra Daily, an article on the impact of Spain’s water war on European food security: Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda’s salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.The tap that turned the arid semi-desert of southeastern Spain into Europe’s market garden may be about […]

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In Arizona, Fresh Scrutiny of Saudi-Owned Farm’s Water Use
May 2nd, 2023

Via CityNews, a report on Arizona’s recent decision to rescind drilling permits for Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Almarai Co., to pump up to 3,000 gallons of water per minute to irrigate its forage crops: In rural Arizona’s La Paz County, on the state’s rugged border with California, the decision by a Saudi-owned […]

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Is It a Lake, or a Battery? A New Kind of Hydropower Is Spreading Fast.
May 2nd, 2023

Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at pumped storage: For a century, hydroelectric power has been synonymous with gigantic dams — feats of engineering that provide renewable energy but displace communities and destroy ecosystems. New research released Tuesday by Global Energy Monitor reveals a transformation underway in hydroelectric projects — using the same […]

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