The global agriculture and beverage industries competes head on with the energy industry for scarce water resources. (greenleapforward.com)
Issues of concern include land acquisition, impacts of coal plants on fisheries, conflicts over scarce water supplies, fly ash and air pollution, and destruction of forests. (coalswarm.org)
But developers there, particularly in hot property markets, are often in direct conflict with local residents for scarce water, and some are tapping into precious groundwater. (nbr.com)