#Water pumped from deep underground helps #alfalfa grow at the Saudi-owned Fondomonte farm in the Butler Valley, in western Arizona
Saudi Arabia bans industrial scale farming of alfalfa, to protect its limited water supplies.
So they grow it in a #US desert and ship it back home, using AZ’s scarce water.
Perspective: The prior republican admin even blocked efforts to track the amount of water being used. #Arizona get saudi the fuck out. #natsec
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There are so many things wrong with this LA times "Official bottled water power rankings", including the ad talking about how "California almond farmers" are fighting climate change. (ps. bottled water is a blight upon the planet) #water#climate#BottledWater
For customers of #SouthWestWater, this will come as no surprise, but in the two years to March 2022, SWW spent more on interest payments & #dividends than it did on maintaining (improving) its infrastructure....
You can decide for yourself whether this in any way contributed to their catastrophic failure of #water supply early this year.
That this included a 'special dividend' approved by #OfWat merely confirms that the regulator(s) have been asleep at the wheel.
Am at the first #OpenET applications conference, with another 200+ water folks. Won't be live-tooting too much, but a few bits will trickle out because I'm excited to support this great community focused on using open to meet the deep challenge of climate adaptation.
"For the first time there will be a dedicated food day, and #food, #agriculture and #water will be the focus of at least 22 major events during the fortnight of #COP28 talks in Dubai.
For the first time, too, the FAO will outline how food systems must change for the world to stay within the globally agreed goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels."
An obsession of mine is researching how countries handle threats of #food & #water insecurity.
#Germany for example, has secret locations in which it stores legumes, grains & milk powder.
#Finland has 6 mths of grain & fuel & a min. of 3 months of medicine.
In terms of water security, 9 countries in the #MiddleEast will have extreme lvls of water stress by 2040.
But this will also be dire for #Australia, #USA#China & #India.
U.S. Department of Energy on Friday proposed energy efficiency standards on water heaters it said would save consumers $11.4 billion on #energy and #water bills annually.
As Use of "AI" Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires
"Generative "artificial intelligence" uses massive amounts of #energy for computation and data storage and billions of gallons of #water to cool the equipment at data centers. Now, legislators and regulators — in the U.S. and the EU — are starting to demand accountability."
Yes, yes, my neighbors (here in Southern California, where we just had record rainfall the last few days, and the soil is COMPLETELY saturated) are watering their lawn. 🥴 #conservation#water#environment
A girl sits in a makeshift cart as Palestinians wait to receive food amid shortages of food supplies, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds (edition.cnn.com)
New research shows that persistent groundwater extraction over more than a decade has shifted the axis on which our planet rotates.