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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…

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…

“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…

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…