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Where the Lead Comes Sweepin' Down the Plain Tornado ravages town already ravaged by pollution		12 May 2008	News
Posted at 10:41 AM on 12 May 2008 Six people were killed in Picher, Okla., this weekend as a giant tornado swept through. The not-so-bright bright side: It's likely that some fatalities were avoided, since many residents of Picher have already left. Picher is so polluted with mining waste that it's listed as a Superfund site; the town's booming lead and zinc mines closed decades ago, and its population ...
Topics: air pollution, health, mining, news, Oklahoma, placemaking, severe weather, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Drudge Report, Fox News falsely smear Gore Right wing doctors audio clips to distort Al Gore's comments about cyclone Nargis	Brad Johnson	10 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Myanmar, messaging, Al Gore, severe weather, climate (all these topics)

To preserve and protect Valuing environmental services saves lives	Jason D Scorse	07 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, deforestation, Myanmar, severe weather (all these topics)

Corny weather FT: Midwest rains threaten U.S. corn crop	Tom Philpott	07 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, climate, severe weather (all these topics)

A Good Mangrove Is Hard to Find Deforestation may have increased impact of devastating cyclone		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:28 PM on 06 May 2008 The devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, which has killed at least 22,000 people in Myanmar, could have been mitigated if mangrove forests had remained intact, says the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Mangrove forests are densely vegetated and act as natural storm barriers, but many of the forests in Myanmar have been converted into sh ...
Topics: aquaculture, deforestation, Myanmar, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Ten thousand dead Myanmar cyclone is a portent of disasters to come	Ryan Avent	05 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Asia, climate, climate change impacts, severe weather (all these topics)

Earth Day preachin' By caring for God's creatures, we avert a second flood	Ken Ward	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate change mitigation, climate science, green living, religion and spirituality, renewable energy, severe weather (all these topics)

What's Your Hurricane? Link between climate change and stronger hurricanes becomes fuzzier		14 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:24 PM on 14 Apr 2008 Climate change may not in fact make hurricanes more frequent and intense, says new research published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. While other climate models have reached similar conclusions, this study is notable for having as its lead author atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel, who was one of the first to suggest a link between warming and stro ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change skepticism, climate science, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Getting distracted	David Roberts	07 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Asia, health, severe weather, World Health Organization (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	07 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, climate, extinction, quotables, severe weather (all these topics)

Matt Drudge's misleading mashup bolsters right-wing fantasy World Drudge hijacks headlines to sell global warming denial	Brad Johnson	04 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, economy, severe weather (all these topics)

Dread in the Water Much of U.S. Midwest flooded, weather service warns of more to come		20 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:55 AM on 20 Mar 2008 Heavy rains in the U.S. Midwest since Monday have flooded large parts of the region, with some areas enduring over a foot of rain. Officials warned of more flooding to come as communities downriver and downstream brace themselves for hugely increased flows. Thousands of people have been evacuated, including more than 500 homes in Missouri. Missouri's governor asked for federal ...
Topics: news, severe weather, United States (all these topics)

Biloxi Clues A post-Katrina homebuilding project gives hope for weathering severe storms	Emily Gertz	20 Mar 2008	Grist Feature
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi on August 29, 2005, the storm's 125-mile-an-hour winds and 25-foot wall of seawater ground homes, boats, and businesses into matchsticks across the state's three coastal counties: Jackson, Hancock, and Harrison. The cities of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, roughly 20 miles east of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, were practical ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, green building, Mississippi, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning (all these topics)

A Widening Gulf? Army Corps climate efforts in New Orleans may not be enough	Mike Tidwell	20 Mar 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: Army Corps of Engineers climate climate change adaptation Louisiana Mississippi River placemaking severe weather (all these topics)

Tempting Fate Fifteen years after the Great Flood of 1993, floodplain development is booming	Emily Gertz	19 Mar 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi River placemaking severe weather urban planning (all these topics)

Climate change is back, baby! Where is the media coverage of February's incredible warming and extreme weather?	Joseph Romm	13 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

Australia today = the Southwest by 2050 Lessons the United States can learn from the drought in Australia	Joseph Romm	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: desertification, water crisis, severe weather, Australia (all these topics)

No country for thirsty men In North Carolina's Triangle, a severe drought has leaders stumped	Tom Philpott	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: North Carolina, placemaking, severe weather, water crisis (all these topics)

Water wars!	David Roberts	24 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Georgia, severe weather, Tennessee, water conflicts, water crisis (all these topics)

And you thought the subprime mess was bad for the homebuilding industry ...	Adam Browning	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, hydropower, severe weather, water crisis (all these topics)

Twisters Yes, global warming can boost the most severe tornadoes	Joseph Romm	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, severe weather (all these topics)

The Spin on Hurricanes Warming oceans lead to more frequent hurricanes, says study		31 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 3:22 PM on 31 Jan 2008 A new study published in Nature weighs in on the effect-of-climate-change-on-hurricanes debate, postulating that a warming north Atlantic has made hurricanes stronger and more frequent. sources:� The Guardian, Associated Press, Reuters, CBC News From the Archives Punt and Center. Super Bowl to be powered by renewable energy. The Consent of the Governator. ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Irony in the nuclear power/climate change equation Severe drought in the Southeast impacts nuclear power production	Kif Scheuer	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, energy, nuclear power, severe weather (all these topics)

Coming to Blows Global warming will reduce U.S. hurricane landfall, says controversial new research		23 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 9:57 AM on 23 Jan 2008 The argument over whether climate change is real has largely subsided -- and, as nature abhors a vacuum, another tiff has risen to fill its place. What effect will global warming have on hurricanes? Them's fightin' words! Various studies have suggested that climate change will increase hurricane frequency and intensity, but new research by the National Oceanic and ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, severe weather (all these topics)

The high costs of doing nothing, part I Spending on adaptation and mitigation now is an investment, spending later is a waste	Joseph Romm	09 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, economy, severe weather (all these topics)

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