| Aug 13, 2012 | Food / FarmingAlthough my Mississippi community has fared pretty well this summer, the worst drought since 1956 is jeopardizing more than half of U.S. cropland. Thousands of farmers are facing tough decisions, especially if they own livestock. Dairy farmers face a triple threat...
| Jul 30, 2012 | Environment / HealthAs fires raged in Arizona last summer, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) discovered the culprits. “There is substantial evidence,” the former Republican presidential candidate told reporters, “that some of these fires have been caused by people who have...
| Jul 9, 2012 | Environment / HealthI was driving toward my home in the foothills of the Shenandoah mountains when the wind really started to worry me. It was blowing debris horizontally across Interstate 66 with gusts that were flying at over 80 miles an hour. Then lightning began forking all around....
| Jan 16, 2012 | Environment / HealthI relocated to California for several weeks last year to avoid the dog days of summer in the nation’s capital. During my sojourn, state officials announced that they were closing Los Angeles’ infamous 405 Freeway — America’s busiest highway — for a...
| Jan 9, 2012 | Environment / HealthTerrorists May worry you; But our big foe Is CO2. Rats. I’d been counting on climate change. By some genetic quirk, my Scandinavian-bred body has always suffered badly from the cold. It’s a good thing that my grandfather settled near New York City rather...
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