Oct. 11, 2018
Danish Welfare Agency Worker Is Accused of Stealing $17 Million
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/world/europe/denmark-welfare-agency-fraud.html
Sept 21 2018
TX Prison guards find $17 million of cocaine in box of donated fruit
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/Prison-guards-find-17-million-of-cocaine-in-box-13248211.php
2007 Integrity of Science: Bottled Water and Energy Factsheet: Getting to 17 Million Barrels
This case study was originally published in the Pacific Institute’s Integrity of Science Blog (2006-2007).
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Abstract
The Pacific Institute finds that it took approximately 17 million barrels of oil equivalent to produce plastic for bottled water consumed by Americans in 2006—enough energy to fuel more than 1 million American cars and light trucks for a year. The widely cited 1.5 million barrel statistic is an error, the result of a miscommunication between a journalist and a researcher in 2003. That researcher and others now stand by this updated assessment.
Background
As concern about the cost and environmental impact of bottled water grows, so does our understanding of the true nature of that impact. In 2007, media focus shifted to the energy involved in producing bottled water. A high profile New York Times editorial cited that an estimated 1.5 million barrels of oil equivalent were needed to produce the bottles for annual U.S. bottled water consumption. This analysis did not jibe with that of the Pacific Institute or the Container Recycling Institute, both of whom have been researching bottled water for several years. A more recent, detailed assessment conducted by the Pacific Institute concludes the actual number is more than 10 times the incorrect figure. Approximately 17 million barrels of oil equivalent were needed to produce the plastic water bottles consumed by Americans in 2006—enough energy to fuel more than one million cars for a year. The Earth Policy Institute and the Container Recycling Institute, to whom the error has been attributed, have reviewed the new calculation and acknowledge this higher value is the accurate estimate.
http://pacinst.org/publication/bottled-water-fact-sheet/
October 17th
Iraq sea water supply facility delays hold back oil production
https://www.offshore-technology.com/comment/iraq-sea-water-supply-facility-delays-hold-back-oil-production/
As Soda Sales Lose Sparkle, Keurig Dr Pepper Bets On Enhanced Bottled Water
https://www.investors.com/news/keurig-dr-pepper-buys-core-nutrition-soda-sales/
Also Dr. Pepper… see meme
Denmark’s Social Ministry says it has uncovered a case implicating a single employee in a $17 million case of fraud from 2002-2018
Interpol Chases Danish Woman Suspected of $17 Million Fraud
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/danish-ministry-says-employee-suspected-in-17-million-fraud via @business
EPA to provide update on Tremont Barrell Fill
https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/epa-provide-update-tremont-barrell-fill/tVJmnqIUg6qR69fpKMiACI/
10/17/18
Episcopalians advocate for Great Lakes water quality
Plans to replace controversial pipeline begin to take shape
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/10/17/episcopalians-advocate-for-great-lakes-water-quality/
Texas oil companies pump more than $17 million into fighting Washington carbon tax
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Texas-oil-companies-pump-more-than-17-million-13267260.php
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CALIFORNIA'S LOOMING WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM
In California's Central Valley, the oil industry has been dumping wastewater into unlined—and under-regulated—ponds, threatening the state's limited groundwater and the humans who rely on it.==
For every barrel of oil pulled from the ground in California, operators produce about 17 barrels of water on average.
https://psmag.com/environment/california-oil-field-waste-is-threatening-water-supplies