Caption

Maljamar, New Mexico, Even as New Mexico is in the midst of extreme drought, freshwater is sold for oil production in the Permian Basin. Fracking, especially, requires high volumes of water

Date

Jun 28, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK25B17_042

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86,1Mb (7,0Mb) / 22,4in x 14,9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty oil oils power generation power generations energy production power supply electricity supply power supplies energy supply drought droughts drought droughts dryness water waters waterfront environmental pollution environmental pollution pollution pollution of the environment environmental contamination ecocide environmental destruction ecocides global warming global warming environment environment North America USA United States US-America United States of America America American climate change climate change dry arid sale sales energy source energy sources crude oil crude oil oil extraction oil production oil extractions environmental pollution ecological damage environmental pollutions power industry energy industry power industries US-American production productions extraction New Mexico freshwater freshwater fossil energy source fossil energy sources fossil fuel fossil fuels sell selling sells sold economy economies Business fuel fuel petrol water tank water tanks environmental damage environmental damages ecological damage fracking fracking hydraulic fracturing environmental issue environmental issues polluting harmful to the environment Environmentally harmful climate crisis