David Sirota / TruthdigAug 3, 2012
America is suffering through the worst drought since 1950, so taking one day a week off from meat-eating seems like the absolute least we should be willing to do. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 26, 2012
Almost 30 percent of the American Midwest -- the area that produces most of the country’s corn, soybeans and livestock -- is suffering an escalation of its most extreme drought in five decades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 21, 2012
Humanitarian groups withheld aid from Somalis suffering the effects of a severe drought that killed tens of thousands and displaced more than a million people last year out of fear that their assistance would amount to material support for regional terrorists under the U.S. Patriot Act, a Davidson College professor says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 6, 2011
Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 6, 2011
The National Resources Defense Council has given us a view from above on extreme temperature, smog and allergen pollution, drought and flood vulnerability in the United States for select periods over the last two decades. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 29, 2011
Texas is suffering through one of the worst droughts in the state's history, and things have gotten so bad that news of a tropical storm -- that thing just below a hurricane on the bad-weather scale -- is being greeted with cautious optimism. Texas Gov. Rick Perry named three days in April "Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas." (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2011
The U.N. on Wednesday declared the first official famine of the 21st century. The designation was applied to war-torn Somalia, where tens of thousands of people -- mostly children -- have died of malnutrition. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 28, 2010
With malnutrition already well past dangerous levels, some 10 million Africans will face extreme hunger over the next few months as the threat of famine floats across West Africa amid a drought that killed off last year's crops and has left the region's agricultural economy in ruins. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 21, 2010
A drought in southwestern China, where it has not rained in more than five months, is putting a damper on the lives of 50 million people, while costing the national economy $3 billion and leaving more than 20 million people without enough potable water. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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