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Global Energy Thirst Threatens to Worsen Water Scarcity, UN Says
Posted by Bloomberg: Tara Patel on March 21st, 2014
Bloomberg: Energy production will increasingly strain water resources in the coming decades even as more than 1 billion of the planet’s 7 billion people already lack access to both, according to a United Nations report.
“There is an increasing potential for serious conflict between power generation, other water users and environmental considerations,” said the UN World Water Development Report published today that focused on water and energy. Ninety percent of power generation is “water-intensive,” it said....
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France Should Explore Potential of Shale Resources, Senator Says
Posted by Bloomberg: Tara Patel on April 18th, 2013
Bloomberg: France should allow exploration for shale oil and gas to gauge potential reserves even after banning hydraulic fracturing used to extract the fuels, the author of a report into alternative technologies told fellow lawmakers.
“We can’t close the door to research,” said Jean-Claude Lenoir, a senator who’s researching the alternatives to so- called fracking, banned in 2011. “Good sense tells us we should allow exploration to see how much resources we actually have.” He spoke at a parliamentary hearing...