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Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Episode 89: Arizona, Saudi Arabia, and a Water Crisis
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
For years, Saudi Arabia has been buying up farmland across the world as they run out of water to sustain their agriculture industry. One unlikely place they’re fond of for their crops? Arizona. This week, Matt and Carolanne talk about Saudi Arabia’s love affair with Arizona that worsens the existing water crisis.
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Sources
- https://epic.uchicago.edu/insights/water-shortages-threaten-the-economy-and-our-food-supply/#:~:text=Water%20shortages%20currently%20affect%20more,the%20West%20is%20also%20persistent.
- https://earth.org/arizona-water-shortage/#:~:text=The%20Arizona%20water%20shortage%202021,the%20Colorado%20River%20to%20plummet.
- https://new.azwater.gov/news/articles/2022-27-05
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/magazine/the-water-wars-of-arizona.html
- https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/saudi-arabia-arizona-farm-alfalfa-1940/75-c7eb6295-3c5e-4b7e-8989-fbf4d41c6aa7
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation_in_Saudi_Arabia
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