| Arizona caught between ample solar, scant water resources |
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| Written by SHAUN McKINNON, Azizona Republic | |
| Tuesday, 19 January 2010 | |
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Arizona can offer solar-energy developers legendary sun-drenched skies and thousands of empty square miles but not nearly so ample a supply of a third essential resource. Read more...
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