Summary: The farmers and ranchers of Texas exhaust its groundwater as they suffer from a severe drought, which activists blame our burning of fossil fuels. What do scientists say? How severe is the drought? What are its causes? How will this reshape Texas? It’s another test case of our ability to see and adapt to …
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Summary: The California megadrought shows America’s public policy machinery at work. Dysfunctional for us; highly functional for the 1%. It’s the price we pay for our apathy and passivity. Today we review California’s latest response to this crisis. {2nd of 2 posts today.} Contents Summary How Growers Gamed California’s Drough “California Goes Nuts” Apocalyptic Schadenfreude …
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Summary:Â California’s drought might be to us what the dust bowl of the prairies was to the 1930s (irony: California was the big beneficiary of that drought). This post answers most of your questions about the drought, cutting through the media chaff of misinformation (but does not discuss its effects). This is an update of …
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Summary: You can always tell a slow news day when the clickbait flows. The good news is that most of the bad news is wrong. The bad news is that the news diet served by our fear mongers has deadened us to the real dangers we face. (1st of 2 posts about this today) . …
Much of our news is people crying “wolf”. Do we still listen to real warnings? Read More »
Summary: For decades scientists warned us that the American southwest had experienced long brutal droughts. We did nothing to prepare. Now we reap the consequences, as California experiences the worst droughts of the past century. With no end in sight, we must mobilize to mitigate the damage. Which might prove severe. This can become a …
Everything you want to know about California’s drought (except when it will end). Read More »
