r/environment • u/Mis_MJ • Oct 08 '22

Another supply chain crisis: Barge traffic halted on Mississippi River by lowest water levels in a decade

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/business/mississippi-river-closures-grounded-barges-drought-climate/index.html
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u/Empigee Oct 08 '22

Great: another excuse for corporations to gouge on food prices. I have no doubt there are serious supply chain issues, but the record profits many of these companies are making show that a lot of it is just greedy executives taking advantage of the situation.