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Drying up
A global trend toward drought |
Maywa Montenegro |
28 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A few months ago, I reported on the decade-long drought that's bedeviling Australia. In it I predicted -- with the help of experts such as Tim Flannery -- that climate skeptic John Howard would lose his seat to the Labor Party leader, Kevin Rudd, in this October's national elections. Rudd is running on a platform that includes $50 million for geothermal energy, $50 million for an Australian Solar Institute, and a 60 percent cut in CO2 emissions by 2050. And accordi ... |
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| Topics: water crisis, severe weather, climate, climate science (all these topics) |
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