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"Dog Food Recall Underscores Toxic Danger in Drought-Hit U.S. Corn" [1]

"High levels of a dangerous toxin found in bagged dog food on a grocery store shelf in Iowa have highlighted the prevalence of a problematic mold in last year's U.S. corn crop, as state and federal officials work on limiting the food safety concern."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 02/26/2013
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"Feedlots, Meatpackers Closing With Fewer US Cows" [8]

"WICHITA -- Years of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle left in the United States to support them."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [9], 02/26/2013
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Hotter, Wetter Climate Slashes Labor Capacity By 10 Percent: US Study [10]

"Earth's increasingly hot, wet climate has cut the amount of work people can do in the worst heat by about 10 percent in the past six decades, and that loss in labor capacity could double by mid-century, U.S. government scientists reported on Sunday."

Climate Change [3]
Public [5]
International [11]
Source: Reuters [12], 02/26/2013
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"Secret Climate Report Calls for Action In SC" [13]

"A team of state scientists has outlined serious concerns about the damage South Carolina will suffer from climate change – threats that include invading eels, dying salt marshes, flooded homes and increased diseases in the state’s wildlife."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Science [16]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: The State [18], 02/25/2013
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"La. Coast Facing Grim Reality: Seas Rising Faster Than Predictions" [19]

"NEW ORLEANS -- Stunning new data not yet publicly released shows Louisiana losing its battle with rising seas much more quickly than even the most pessimistic studies have predicted to date."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: The Lens [22], 02/22/2013
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"Unlocking the Conspiracy Mind-Set" [23]

New social science research says that climate change deniers are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. Climate change deniers say the study is evidence of a conspiracy.

Climate Change [3]
Science [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Green/NYT [24], 02/22/2013
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"Tundra Fires Become More Widespread" [25]

"Wildfires in Alaska have become more widespread over the past 50 years, according to scientists in the US. The result suggests that Arctic wildfires will have an important effect on the climate in years to come – although whether it will be positive or negative, the researchers cannot say."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [20]
Public [5]
International [11]
Source: Environmental Research Web [26], 02/22/2013
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"Super Mega Dolphin Pod Off San Diego: Why the Big Party?" [27]

"Super mega dolphin pod, which indulged in a feeding frenzy off the coast of San Diego over the holiday weekend, is only the latest in a recent string of odd behaviors by large creatures of the sea."

Climate Change [3]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [5]
International [11]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [30], 02/21/2013
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"Drought Forces a New Era of Agricultural Water Conservation" [31]

"This winter, our usually quiet Colorado valley -- so quiet that you can hear the wingbeats of the eagles and ravens that pass overhead -- has reverberated with the growls of trackhoes digging trenches across hillsides and irrigated pastures."

Climate Change [3]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: High Country News [32], 02/21/2013
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"Digging for Dark Money" [33]

Exposes by the Guardian and Center for Public Integrity have unravelled parts of a dark network which launders the millions flowing from fossil-fuel interests like the Koch brothers to climate change denial and disinformation outlets. It was documents obtained by scientist Peter Gleick, whose undercover tactics brought criticism from some journalists, that helped bring the story to light.

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [35], 02/20/2013
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