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California Drought is No Problem for Kern County Oil Producers
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Farmers do without water because of oil industry uses.

Scene of Midwest’s Worst Oil Spill – Sleepless Nights and Black Goo
Students examine communities affected by Enbridge rupture on Kalamzoo River.

Water Scarcity Prompts Different Plans to Reckon With U.S. Energy Choke Point
Southeast could learn from Southwest

Thermal Power Stations Need Makeover
Utilities feel pressure from more users and less water.

EPA and State Department Square Off On Tar Sands Pipeline
Water use and greenhouse gas emissions are major concerns with oil interests plays.

James Workman: Who Owns the Rain—When Thirsty Democracies Deny Individual Liberty to Water
James G. Workman reflects on a recent ruling that compromises the water rights of the Bushmen.

Tar Sands Oil Production, An Industrial Bonanza, Poses Major Water Use Challenges
Ensuring Americans enjoy a lifestyle built on choice and mobility.

A Desperate Clinch: Coal Production Confronts Water Scarcity
In contest with coal, water takes a beating.

Michigan’s New Natural Gas Rush: Energy and Water in Play
Unprecedented mineral leasing could be big for energy production and hydraulic fracturing.
Q&A: Mission Plastiki—Catching Wind, Storing Rain: David de Rothschild’s Quest for Pacific Plastic
Following the Plastiki's journey 11,000 miles through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--a Texas-sized gyre of plastic litter.
Indigenous People from Ecuador to Louisiana Forge Alliances Against Global Oil Spills
Indigenous leaders from Amazon rainforests to Bayou swamplands.
Parag Khanna: How Resource Scarcity Will Lead to a New Global Order
The new global order looks more like a global disorder right now.