drought
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The saddest pictures of drought-stressed corn
You’ve likely heard by now that there will be little to no corn this year because the drought is killing all of it. And while that sounds bad enough in theory, the reality of it is even more pathetic. Just look at these sad, sad ears of corn: Awww. It’s just ready to give up. […]
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Stephen Colbert is worried about how climate change will affect his cheese
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A dry run from hell: Drought hits the smallest farms the hardest
This drought will give small Midwestern farmers lots of practice coping with climate change -- if it doesn’t bankrupt them first.
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Critical List: The return of the loan-guarantee program; Texas least prepared for climate change
The Energy Department is reviving its loan program. (AAAH! SOLYNDRA! AAAAAAAH!…say Republicans. We’re pretty sure this will all work out fine.) Environmental groups want final rules governing coal ash and are suing the EPA to get them. Texas: not very prepared for climate change. California: doing better than everyone else, at least. In China, drought […]
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Critical List: A feathered cousin of T. rex; a solar panel thinner than spider silk
The Yutyrannus, a newly discovered dinosaur, was huge, related to Tyrannosaurus rex, and covered in feathers. Thousands of dead dolphins have been washing up on Peruvian beaches. Austrian and Japanese scientists teamed up to make a solar panel that’s thinner than a thread of spider silk. Drought in England means that anyone caught using a […]
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George Bush’s hometown is running out of water, thanks to climate change
The president whose State Department thanked Exxon executives for their "active involvement" in helping to determine climate change policy is watching the town in which he grew up squirm in the grip of Texas' epic, climate change-enhanced drought.
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Critical List: Obama to expedite portion of Keystone XL; World Water Day
It’s World Water Day: How much do you use? (The average American household uses 350 gallons. I KNOW.) Obama is set to expedite the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. The Supreme Court decided that the couple who wants to fight the EPA over whether their property counts as a wetland can go ahead […]
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Critical List: Lorax tops box office; climate change worsened Texas drought
Grist is not so keen on the movie version of The Lorax, but the rest of the country is, apparently: The movie topped box offices this weekends. In Illinois, two cars crashed into a major oil pipeline, shutting it down. BP’s going to pay $7.8 billion to settle Deepwater Horizon claims, according to a settlement […]
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Critical List: Trader Joe’s signs Fair Food agreement; newborn baby tapir
Trader Joe’s signed a Fair Food agreement with Coalition of Immokalee Workers that increased the price the company pays per pound of tomatoes. Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program, after a independent review outlined possible improvements to the program’s oversight. The White House is pointing out that the review showed […]