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Rachel Powers<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
Executive Director, Citizens\u2019 Environmental Coalition<\/div>\n

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\u201cOne of the emerging issues that we\u2019re seeing is the nexus between energy and water. You need water to generate energy, and energy to extract oil andd gas from the earth, and then to process it. It takes water to do that. Other cities also use hydroelectric systems to process drinking water.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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