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Without Water, Revolution – Climate Warnings, Growing Louder

May 19, 2013 /

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“The drought did not cause Syria’s civil war,” said the Syrian economist Samir Aita, but, he added, the failure of the government to respond to the drought played a huge role in fueling the uprising. Men with guns I’m used to. But kids without books, teachers or classes for a long time — that’s trouble. Big trouble.

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/opinion/sunday/friedman-without-water-revolution.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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Climate Warnings, Growing Louder

The news that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the most important global warming gas, have hit 400 parts per million for the first time in millions of years increases the pressure on President Obama to deliver on his pledges to limit this country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/opinion/sunday/climate-warnings-growing-louder.html