The planet is nearing a tipping point on climate change, and it gets much worse, fast. Even for Americans -- who are constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little publ
Drought Persists Down Under. That periodic cooling of the eastern Pacific typically brings increased rainfall to the land Down Under -- which would have been a blessing for a country entering its tenth year of drought in some regions.
Crucial options were left out of last year's energy bill, advocacy groups say, and policymakers are looking to remedy the exclusion. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 has come under fire lately, just five months after President Bush signed
About 5,000 square kilometres (1,930 square miles) of Myanmar's cyclone-hit regions remain underwater, with more than a million people in need of emergency relief, a UN spokesman said Thursday.
On Sunday, storms rumbled across Georgia, killing at least one person in Dublin, about a 121 miles southeast of Atlanta, authorities said. Weather officials had not yet confirmed whether the storms produced any tornadoes.
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