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Extreme Weather Threatens the World's Forests - United Nations

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Improved forest management needed. 9 August 2011, Rome - Extreme weather events and natural disasters will pose an increasing threat to the world's forests… Details here. PLT photo

The Secret Minds of Bees

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By Kim Tingley - OnEarth - a Survival Guide for the Planet - Jul.29/11 These insects may experience emotions similar to our own. Details here.

Block the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

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RAINFOREST Action Network  If TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline is approved, close to 1 million barrels of thick tar sands crude will flow each day at high pressure from Canada through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and all the way to Texas, threatening countless communities and over 2000 waterways, including America's largest under ground water source—the Ogallala Aquifer. Tell President Obama to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline. TAKE ACTION HERE.

The Mounting Cost of Doing Nothing

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 by Larry Powell If you enjoy this blog, please consider  donating to the author to keep it going.  Just click on the link below . Thanks! - Larry                                                                                                        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

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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

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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. Read more about this story.