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100 1  Barlow, Maude,|eauthor. 
245 10 Blue Gold :|bThe Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the 
       World's Water. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe New Press,
       |c[2014] 
264  4 |c©2014 
300    1 online resource (338 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
506    Access limited to subscribing institutions. 
520    "Probably the most eloquent call to arms we're likely to 
       hear about the politics of water" ( The Globe and Mail , 
       Toronto). In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a 
       rapidly emerging global crisis," Maude Barlow and Tony 
       Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the 
       privatization of water show how, contrary to received 
       wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy ( In 
       These Times ). Our most basic resource may one day be 
       limited: Our consumption doubles every twenty years -- 
       twice the rate of population increase. At the same time, 
       increasingly transnational corporations are plotting to 
       control the world's dwindling water supply. In England and
       France, where water has already been privatized, rates 
       have soared, and water shortages have been severe. The 
       major bottled-water producers -- Perrier, Evian, Naya, and
       now Coca-Cola and PepsiCo -- are part of one of the 
       fastest-growing and least-regulated industries, buying up 
       freshwater rights and drying up crucial supplies. A truly 
       shocking exposé, Blue Gold shows in frightening detail why
       , as the vice president of the World Bank has pronounced, 
       "The wars of the next century will be about water." "Maude
       Barlow and Tony Clarke combine visionary intellect with 
       muckraking research and a concrete plan for action." -- 
       Naomi Klein, author of The Battle for Paradise "A sobering,
       in-depth look at the growing scarcity of fresh water and 
       the increasing privatization and corporate control of this
       nonrenewable resource." -- Library Journal "An angry and 
       persuasive account." -- Bloomberg Businessweek "The dire 
       scenarios laid out in this comprehensive book are truly 
       frightening." -- The San Diego Union-Tribune. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Globalization. 
650  0 Water resources development|xGovernment policy. 
650  0 Water-supply|xEconomic aspects. 
650  0 Water-supply|xPolitical aspects. 
650  7 NATURE / Natural Resources.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
700 1  Clarke, Tony,|d1944- 
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