by Carl Grote | Jul 20, 2012 | Monitor
By the end of June, 55 percent of the American homeland was in moderate to extreme drought conditions according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. To make matters worse, much of the dry weather is concentrated in our nation’s farming regions leaving...
by Carl Grote | Jun 29, 2012 | Monitor
Image Credit: Presidencia de la Nacion Argentina The United Nations Rio+20 Earth Summit, which closed in Rio de Janiero, Brazil on June 22nd, was met with mixed reviews following the release of its outcome document, “The Future We Want.” Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace...
by Carl Grote | Jun 28, 2012 | Monitor
Smokestacks. Image credit: Dori The American public is seemingly reluctant to adopt a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system according to a recent Brookings Institute report. Either policy would aim to ameliorate a long-term issue at the debatable expense of short-term...
by Carl Grote | Jun 27, 2012 | Monitor
Sea ice melt pond. Photo credit NASA Forest fires rage in the American Southwest, droughts continue to parch sub-Saharan Africa, and massive flooding recently crippled Duluth, Minnesota: it doesn’t matter if you “believe” in it, climate change is knocking at...