Monday, April 6, 2015

California drought: agribusiness, fracking untouched by water rationing

Click here to access article by Evan Blake from Ecologist. 
California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water.