It's the environment stupid

Heatwave turns America's waterways into rivers of death.  - The cruel summer heat-wave that continues to scorch agricultural crops across much of the United States and which is prompting comparisons with the severe droughts of the 1930s and 1950s is also leading to record-breaking water temperatures in rivers and streams, including the Mississippi, as well as fast-falling navigation levels

High winds and drought fuel Oklahoma wildfires. - Fueled by searing temperatures and whipped by high winds, the fires forced hundreds of people to flee and had burned dozens of homes by late Friday. Oklahoma and other Midwestern states are suffering from one of the worst droughts in recent memory

'Extreme downpours' up 37 percent in Michigan, linked to climate change. - Climate change is real, and it's having a real impact on our weather, according to a report released Wednesday by the environment Michigan research & policy center

James hansen: Extreme heat events connected to climate change. - Dr. James Hansen of NASA, one of the world's most outspoken scientists on the topic of climate change says there is now enough evidence to connect global warming to some of the extreme weather events of the recent past.

Time's up for climate change deniers. - forget the Olympics. want to watch records being broken? Turn on the weather report

Listen to the lobsters, maple syrup and glaciers. - What do glaciers, maple syrup and lobsters have in common? They’re all symptoms of global warming - the worldwide process of climate change that has become our major environmental challenge.

Is it hot enough for ya? - Americans’ growing concerns about global warming will mean nothing if our national leaders are unwilling to seize the moment and do something about it.

Drought hits navajo nation ranchers hard. - Windmill blades spin rapidly in the stiff wind above Justin Yazzie’s ranch in Whitehorse lake, New Mexico, slicing through a clear blue sky smudged at the edges with darkening clouds. Those clouds, though often hovering on the horizon, will not bring necessary rain, said Yazzie, Navajo. "We don't get rain anymore," he said. "we just get wind and dust."

How the drought could cost you $7,000 or more. - Amid one of the driest and hottest years in decades, the ground surrounding Iowa homes has been contracting and pulling away from foundations