Missouri and the Midwest are gearing up for water fights fueled by climate change
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2024-08-30/missouri-midwest-gearing-up-water-fights-climate-change
Missouri and the Midwest are gearing up for water fights fueled by climate change
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2024-08-30/missouri-midwest-gearing-up-water-fights-climate-change
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>“We feed the world with our water,” Burger said. “It should be coming to us. That’s the way it should be. And I worry about those diversions along the Missouri River, and even in the Mississippi River Basin.”
>Water law experts say this type of legislative move is a classic warning shot that could signal a more contentious future over water in the Midwest and Great Plains. Periodic courtroom dramas over water may become more common as climate change sets up conditions that could lead to more water scarcity in the north-central U.S.
As the Ogallala aquifer dries up, you can guarantee those that chose to live in the desert, where so many civilizations tried and failed before, will try to tap the Great Lakes. They will say it’s limitless, the same as their grandparents said with the Ogallala.
“Last legislative session, he introduced a bill to ban most exports of water from the state.”
So that is how Annheizer Busch gets shut down.
I live not too far away from the headwaters of the Missouri. And I can tell you we could really use the water up here instead of all those downstream folks.
Wait until the Himalayan glaciers start drying up and India and Pakistan are fighting over what’s left of the rivers they feed