The Mounting Cost of Doing Nothing

 by Larry Powell

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A tractor located in a market garden east of Lumsden, Saskatchewan, sits in water in the Qu'Appelle Valley town northwest of Regina on April 17, 2011. Water-logged Prairie farmers and ranchers are to receive $448 million to help deal with devastating flood damage, Thursday Aug 4, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Roy Antal

Texas In Worst Ever Drought, Hottest Ever Heat Wave

Green/ThinkProgress - 08/4/11

Texas is now in its worst-ever one-year drought, according to John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas State Climatologist…details here.

An underweight longhorn 

(Jay Janner/AP) Washington Post.

Cargill Meat Recall Heightens Fears Budgets Cuts Will Weaken Oversight, Threaten Public Health

Democracy Now 08/05/11

In one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history, this week the food giant Cargill ordered the recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey. Details here.

What’s Up With Conservative White Men and Climate Change Denial?

by Chris Mooney - DeSmogBlog

They come at you at public events, wanting to argue. They light up the switchboards whenever there’s a radio show about climate change. They commandeer your blog comments section. They have a seemingly insatiable desire to debate, sometimes quite aggressively.

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Canadian Government Accused of 'Unprecedented' Tar Sands Lobbying

Guardian.co.UK  Aug 5 '11
Friends of the Earth Europe claims ministers have attempted to undermine European fuel legislation that would affect exports. Details here.

UN: Oil Spills Leave Widespread Ecological Damage in a Region of Nigeria's Crude-Rich Delta

By: Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press - 08/4/201

LAGOS, Nigeria - A region of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta suffers widespread ecological damage as spilled oil seeps into its drinking water, destroys plants and remains in the ground for decades at a time, according to a United Nations report. Details here.