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Jul 08 2021
Analysis
The climate crisis haunts Chicago’s future. A Battle Between a Great City and a Great Lake
IN THE SEARCH FOR A BIG-CITY REFUGE from climate change, Chicago looks like an excellent option. At least, it does on a map.
It stands a half-continent away from the threat of surging ocean levels. Its northern locale has protected it, to some extent, from southern heat waves. And droughts that threaten crops, forests and water supplies in so many places? Chicago hugs the shore of
New York Times (News)Dec 08 2020
Background
Should scientists artificially cool the planet to stave off climate catastrophe?
What is geoengineering? Some climate scientists are coming to believe it's humanity's only hope for slowing or stopping disastrous changes in the climate. As runaway carbon dioxide emissions contribute to melting ice caps, widespread flooding, prolonged heat waves and droughts, apocalyptic wildfires, and devastating hurricanes, researchers are exploring planetary-scale interventions in Earth's
The Week - NewsAug 29 2021
News
40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up Fast.
On a 110-degree day several years ago, surrounded by piles of sand and rock in the desert outside of Las Vegas, I stepped into a yellow cage large enough to fit three standing adults and was lowered 600 feet through a black hole into the ground. There, at the bottom, amid pooling water and dripping rock, was an enormous machine driving a cone-shaped drill bit into the earth. The machine was
ProPublicaApr 07 2015
News
Can Farms Survive Without Drying Up California?
California’s first mandatory water restrictions ordered by Gov. Jerry Brown, in response to a four-year drought, did not affect agriculture because, Brown said, farmers had sacrificed enough.
But as irrigation, which uses as much as 80 percent of California’s surface water, has begun to dry up even the water beneath the surface of the state’s fertile valleys, what can be done to limit
New York Times (News)Jul 08 2013
News
In Congress, Gridlock and Harsh Consequences
Despite finger-pointing news conferences and radio addresses by both parties on Capitol Hill, Congress let interest rates double last week on federally subsidized student loans. Eleven days earlier, a coalition of Democrats and conservative Republicans in the House scuttled the latest attempt at a farm bill, dooming for now disaster assistance for livestock producers still affected by last
New York Times (News)Jul 19 2022
Headline Roundup
UK Hits Record-Breaking Temperatures as Heat Wave Intensifies
Temperatures in the U.K. reached 104.4 degrees Fahrenheit (40.2 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, marking the national record for the highest temperature ever recorded.
Forecasts predict that temperatures will continue to rise to 107.6 degrees in parts of south England by the afternoon, according to provisional Meteorological Office figures. The U.K. is known to have a humid temperate
The Guardian BBC News New York Post (News)Mar 19 2015
News
Can water markets help solve the American West's water crisis?
It's no secret that the American West is facing a severe water crisis.
The region — home to over 60 million people and a huge chunk of US agriculture — is in its 15th year of drought. Texas has suffered more than $25 billion in damages so far. Las Vegas is worried about plummeting water levels in Lake Mead. California has received so little rain that farmers are pillaging the st
VoxFeb 15 2014
News
President Obama: Fate of California farms affects whole country
It’s not often President Barack Obama gives a speech centered on agriculture, but the three years of scorching drought in California prompted him to fly there Friday to speak to weary farmers and ranchers and pledge millions of dollars worth of aid. “As anyone in this state could tell you, California is living through some of its driest years in a century,” Obama said after touring a farm and
PoliticoDec 26 2014
Opinion
2014’s Most Skewed, Misleading, And Wrong Pieces Of Climate And Environment Coverage
This year was a big one for environment and climate news. America moved to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants for the first time. China entered into a historic climate deal with the U.S., and 100 governments signed off on the most comprehensive report on climate science yet. Politicians bickered over the Keystone XL pipeline, the “war on coal,” and whether climate change even
ThinkProgressAug 18 2021
News
Inside a wildfire response camp: Smoke, devotion, and fried chicken
Amid wildfires of historic scale, the efforts to respond are monumental, yet often go unseen. Meet the firefighting crews and support teams on the front lines of large Western blazes.
Darren Ballentine thinks he knows what it takes to successfully fight a huge wildfire, and he can provide it: meatloaf.
“Good food and good morale make for a safe fire,” says Mr. Ballentine, who is
Christian Science Monitor