“Is the world facing a looming water crisis? Could there be a new ‘war’ over water resources?” asks an NBC press release about a new, five-part series, Thirsty Planet. The series begins Monday on NBC Nightly News.
Correspondent Ian Williams will contribute a story on India’s water shortage, with Lee Cowan detailing a showdown in Las Vegas over water rights. Martin Fletcher reports on water-related disease, and Mark Mullen focuses on water rights in Asia. Chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson looks into America’s ‘water footprint’.
MSNBC.com will feature interactive features in conjunction with the series, with NBC correspondents blogging on their stories.
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