Tag Archives: Water

Natural Gas extraction wastewater supply chain

A New York Times article (March 1, 2011) describes the supply chain of wastewater that is generated when hydrofracking – a process of injecting water and sand at high pressure to break rock formations and release natural gas.  In Pennsylvania, … Continue reading

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Energy, Jobs, Salmon, the river and the Environment

An article in the New York Times (February 20, 2011) describes a tussle between energy and job creation and the river routes of the salmon along the Columbia river.  Companies in Montana want to bring coal by rail line to … Continue reading

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“The New Oil” privatizing global water supply chains

The Oct 18, 2010 edition of Newsweek has an article titled “The New Oil” and describes a private supply chain to take water from Sitka, send it to a bottler near Mumbai, India for sale to customers in the Middle … Continue reading

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