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Drought
Drought news and analysis from The Nation
February 8, 2023
California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change
After years of thirst, the state has been drowning, and the poorest people have been among those hardest hit.
Rebecca Gordon
January 9, 2023
Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime
So why isn’t it treated that way?
Tom Engelhardt
July 29, 2022
This Year, It Was New Mexico’s Turn to Burn
We may have dodged a bullet, but climate change has unlimited ammo.
William deBuys
July 7, 2022
“Hell on Earth” Used to Just Be a Figure of Speech
When will the pain of climate change become too great to ignore any longer—and will it then be too late?
Tom Engelhardt
June 3, 2022
Can California Democrats Do Enough to Block a Rural Right-Wing Revolt?
Democratic legislators are stepping up their efforts to bring relief to voters, but amid soaring gas prices and an intensifying drought, they may not be sufficient.
Sasha Abramsky
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March 23, 2022
Who Drives the Climate Train?
As both its victims and its drivers, humans could, at least theoretically, apply the brakes on the locomotive.
Jane Braxton Little
July 9, 2021
Drought Takes Hold of California
As the recall election nears, rising heat and access to water may become defining political issues for the state.
Sasha Abramsky
September 16, 2020
California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover
Fire in the Anthropocene has become the environmental equivalent of nuclear war.
Mike Davis
March 1, 2019
Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation
But don’t expect to hear about it on the nightly news.
Ben Ehrenreich
April 20, 2017
The World Hasn’t Had This Many People Dying of Starvation and Disease Since World War II
And the United States is complicit in their death.
Michael T. Klare
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