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As climate change increases the severity of droughts, experts see desalination plants as a key adaptation tool.
Since the recent war began, strikes have hit plants in Iran as well as Kuwait and Bahrain.
Earlier this week, President Trump wrote on social media that the U.S.
may strike more Iranian desalination plants.
Civilian infrastructure sites like water plants are banned as targets by international law.
Desalination is the process of using electricity to separate seawater into a salty solution on one side and fresh water on the other across the Middle East.
Countries rely heavily on the process.
Qatar and Bahrain get more than 90 percent of their drinking water from it.
As climate change increases the severity of droughts, experts see desalination plants as a key adaptation tool.
Since the recent war began, strikes have hit plants in Iran as well as Kuwait and Bahrain.
Earlier this week, President Trump wrote on social media that the U.S.
may strike more Iranian desalination plants.
Civilian infrastructure sites like water plants are banned as targets by international law.
Gas with a higher ethanol content, also called E15, is typically restricted in summer because it causes more air pollution.
But EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced the administration is allowing refiners and retailers to sell it on a temporary basis starting in May.
Zeldin told reporters at S&P Global's Sarah Week conference that the decision is, quote, giving Americans more fuel options.
It's unclear how much this move will affect high prices at the pump.
E15 isn't available in all states.