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"path": "/news/11032026/middle-east-desalination-plant-attacks-fossil-fuel-water-dependence/",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-11T22:56:07.000Z",
"site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
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"Justice & Health",
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"textContent": "Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for a humanitarian crisis if the region’s freshwater production facilities are subjected to more widespread destruction. The attacks also underscore the region’s heavy reliance on an energy-intensive method of producing drinking water that is powered almost entirely […]",
"title": "Attacks on Middle East Desalination Plants Highlight Risks of Near-Total Dependence on ‘Fossil Fuel Water’"
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