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Water-Gate: Texas State Report on Dealing with Current and Future Drought
Posted by Think Progress: None Given on February 17th, 2012
Think Progress: Ironically, the cover of a major Texas report on drought and water planning points out that it`s been "dry" and "hot" and implies humans have some control over the state`s thermostat. But the report is silent on human contribution to the heat and drought now and in the future - and is thus dangerously misleading as a planning document.
Can a state devastated by its most severe hot-weather drought on record actually release a water-planning report on the future of drought in Texas that never mentions...
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As Crops Are Killed, House Forbids USDA From Preparing For Climate Disasters
Posted by Think Progress: None Given on June 18th, 2011
Think Progress: Flooded farmland in Tennessee
In a disturbing trend of attacking the government’s ability to prepare for climate risks, the House passed an amendment to the fiscal 2012 agriculture spending bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing new regulations on climate change adaptation. This amendment puts the nation at increased risk of food disruptions, forest fires and huge economic losses.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), who introduced the amendment, bizarrely...