Topic: Drought

Five Best Green Stories

The Next Cold War May Be Really Cold; There's Uranium in Them Hills

The Associated Press on soldiers in the melting Arctic, The Texas Tribune on uranium mining, Christian Science Monitor on solar panels in Germany, The Washington Post on saving the seahorse, and The Guardian on the drought in England

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 13, 2012

U.S. Is in Desperate Need of Rain

In your potentially troubling environmental news of the day, there are only two states in the U.S. that aren't experiencing "abnormally dry" or drought conditions, meaning that the country is the driest its been since 2007.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 2, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Texas's Continuing Drought; Curbing Coal

Monday's best green reads: NPR on the Texas drought, Mother Jones on anti-coal activism, The New York Times on uranium-mine radiation, The Guardian on measuring global warming, and Good on an eco-friendly pantry.

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By Dino Grandoni

Sep 2, 2011

Chart of the Day

A Look at Just How Bad Texas's Drought Has Been

2011 has been both the hottest and driest summer for Texas in at least 116 years

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