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Record-Setting Drought Intensifies Parched California
Posted by Climate Central: Andrea Thompson on July 31st, 2014
Climate Central: The relentless heat that has plagued the western half of the country this summer has ratcheted up California's terrible drought once again, bringing it to record levels. More than half of the state is in "exceptional' drought, the highest category recognized by the U.S. Drought Monitor, which released its latest update on Thursday.
The progression of the drought in California through the spring and summer of 2014, as the two highest categories, extreme and exceptional drought, grew.
"The heat...
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Indian media: Deforestation behind deadly Pune landslide
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 31st, 2014
BBC: Environmentalists feel that deforestation may have triggered Wednesday's landslide in western India that killed at least 30 people and left up to 200 trapped, papers report. Teams of emergency workers have so far rescued eight people in Malin village, near the city of Pune in Maharashtra state, where the disaster happened. Environmentalist Satish Thigale tells The Times of India that "a large-scale deforestation had made the place vulnerable". Mr Thigale, who is the former head of the geology...