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Hotter, drier, meaner: Trends point to a planet increasingly hostile to agriculture

By Douglas Fischer

December 6, 2011

A host of data point to one conclusion: Our increasingly hotter, drier planet is going to be a tough place to farm

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Drought now grips more than half of the nation

By The Associated Press

July 16, 2012

Caught between competing interests in Brazil

By Fernando Rodrigues and Marcelo Soares

November 16, 2009

Big coal's big-time lobby

By Matthew Lewis

August 25, 2008

Geoengineering research, if coordinated, may help curb greenhouse gases

By Laurel Adams

October 27, 2010

Drought now grips more than half of the nation

By The Associated Press

July 16, 2012

New report shows drought gripping US has expanded to cover widest area since drought of 1956

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Shelved ozone standard would have had modest impact on business, politics

By Corbin Hiar

September 23, 2011

EPA ignores advisers on particulate matter standards

By The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2008

Limits on mercury and soot could save billions, improve public health, studies say

By Corbin Hiar

November 23, 2011

Diesel engine exhaust earns 'carcinogenic' label

By Jim Morris

June 12, 2012

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