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The Foreign Policy Failed States Index shows a strong correlation between environmental sustainability and political stability. In poorly performing states on the edge, including Bangladesh, Egypt, and Indonesia, the risks of flooding, drought, and deforestation have little chance of being properly managed. This means displaced peasants, food and water shortages, economic upheaval, with the inevitable [...] The European Commission has released a draft of a report on the likely consequences of global warming, urging their member nations to act now to protect “power stations, transport systems and agriculture from flooding, droughts, forest fires and landslides.” More apocalyptically, this report says Europe could be faced with “relocating ports, industry and entire cities [...] It’s not just the American southwest that is experiencing drought. 50% of the US is dry or in drought. Lake Okeechobe in Florida has dried up so much that parts of its lakebed caught fire. The Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee is running out of water to use in making whiskey. Meanwhile, cities like [...] “Hundreds of millions” of people may be compelled to relocate, says Scientific American. Low-lying coastal areas could be the worst hit – and that’s precisely where large population centers are too. May their predictions be wrong because if they are only partly correct, countless millions will be refugees. Not only does global warming mean [...] L.A. residents are being advised to reduce lawn watering and conserve water. There’s only been 4 inches of rain since July 2006. The Eastern Sierra mountains where L.A. gets half its water had the second lowest snowpack on record. So it’s a double whammy, and the driest year on record. It’s still Spring too. [...] |  | ||||
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