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Western Water Abuse hits the big time

University of Arizona professor Robert Glennon, author of Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It, appeared on The Daily Show this week to promote his book.

As is becoming the norm, we’re treated to the spectacle of a comedy show taking a more authoritative look at important environmental issues than the mainstream news organizations do.

I find it interesting — and gratifying — that the issue of concentrating solar in the desert comes up in the interview. Glennon mentions it in order to point out that adoption of the technology will only add to the West’s water woes.