Thursday Top of the Scroll: Harris unveils White House plan to tackle water scarcity as national security priority
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday unveiled a White House plan to tackle water security as a foreign policy priority in light of ever tightening global water supplies. The plan pledges U.S. leadership in the efforts to ensure there is enough water to support food supplies and healthcare systems….. In many farming regions around the world, from India to California, groundwater is being depleted by heavy pumping, leaving declining water reserves in aquifers…. As a “daughter of California,” Harris recalled her own experience growing up amid an extreme drought and watching the Oakland Hills landscape “turning from green to brown.”
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