Monday, July 23, 2012

U.S. intelligence community gauges water risks over next 30 years

AlertNet: Is water as a strategic resource, like oil, gas or uranium? The U.S. intelligence community thinks so. In a report requested by the U.S. Department of State, analysts from eight intelligence agencies focused their attention on how water-related problems -- everything from shortages to floods and contaminated supplies -- will affect national security interests over the next 30 years. This kind of in-depth analysis, coordinated by the National Intelligence Council (NIC), is usually classified,...

URL: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/us-intelligence-community-gauges-water-risks-over-next-30-years
Enclosure: http://www.trust.org/contentAsset/resize-image/d4f21665-0301-4ee9-9670-f6e1ee2b46e8/photowide/?w=460&h=318&vn=201207231122

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