Records Slashed As Serious Heat Wave Bakes Nation

Thursday, June 28, 2012 Records Slashed As Serious Heat Wave Bakes Nation If you're feeling hot this week, it's not a mirage. From Montana to Louisiana, hundreds of heat records have been slashed as harrowing temperatures leave cornfields parched and city sidewalks sizzling. NASA Cancels Climate Change Study Due To Controversy High-Tech Maps Help Track Wildfires Chimp Attack Victim Faults State Officials Flash Floods Leave At Least 100 Dead, Thousands Stranded In Bangladesh Shark Bites 6-Year-Old In Florida BLOG POSTS Brendan DeMelle: Fracking Industry Enjoyed Privileged Access to Controversial New York DEC Environmental Review Documents obtained by the Environmental Working Group show that bureaucrats within the NY DEC granted the oil and gas industry premature access to highly controversial draft regulations for shale gas fracking in the state. Kelly Rigg: After Rio, It's All Up to Us. But What Does That Actually Mean? Let's face it. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) was a flop -- at least the part that involved negotiations amongst governments. James Thornton: What Judges Don't Know In the U.K. and the rest of Europe, when it comes to the environment, judges often don't know the law. And they can be wilful in remaining ignorant. Robert Walker: Looking Beyond Rio to London While Rio+20 did not produce any major environmental breakthroughs, there is hope on another front: population. An international family planning summit will take place in London on July 11, World Population Day. Laura Klein: Organic Food Legend: Organic Valley's CEO George Siemon We caught up with George on the heels of winning the NRDC's fourth annual Growing Green Award, given for his efforts in making our food system healthier and more sustainable.

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