Fracking

Koch Industries, the Kansas-based oil and chemical conglomerate whose owners Charles and David Koch have played a leading role in financing the fight against government regulation, is stepping up its investment in North Carolina politics at a critical moment for the state's energy future.

Gaia strikes back:

During this period, the water table dropped by 250 meters (274 yards) as farmers bored ever deeper wells to help produce the fruit, vegetables and meat that are exported from Lorca to the rest of Europe. In other words, the industry that propped up the local economy in southern Spain may have undermined the very ground on which Lorca is built.

I'm sure the anti-planners will be able to rustle up a sympathetic scientist or two to dispute the anthropogenic roots of this disaster, but the rest of us need to pay attention. Just because you own a plot of land, it doesn't mean you can tap into an aquifer that thousands rely upon and suck it dry.