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Epic Flooding Deals Colorado Drought Crippling Blow

2013-09-20 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: All it took was a 1,000-year flood to knock out -- or at least significantly dampen -- the drought that has been ravaging much of Colorado for at least a year and half. The U.S. Drought Monitor, released Thursday, shows that nearly all of north-central Colorado is drought free, and the drought is greatly reduced in much of the rest of the state: Many parts of the Colorado Front Range received most of their normal annual rainfall in just a couple of days last week, with up to 18 inches of rain...

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Expect More Crippling Heatwaves By 2020

2013-08-15 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: Stand by for extreme weather. Prepare for heat waves on a scale that was once unprecedented. For once, there is no if in the forecast. Even if governments abandon fossil fuels everywhere, immediately and invest only in green energy, there will be new record temperatures. European climate scientists say the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere mean it is inevitable that far more parts of the world will experience more frequent and severe heat waves in the next 30 years. The greenhouse...

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CARB is again crippling the California trucking industry

2013-07-08 21:03:40| Trucking - Topix.net

Just when it seems California's economy is turning around, the California Air Resources Board has found another way to cripple our fragile recovery.

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Farmers Against Crippling Taxes (FACT) Act Would Repeal Death Tax

2013-03-06 02:38:03| Beef

Discussions about the estate tax have died down somewhat since Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which locked in a death tax rate of 40% and a $5-million exemption level indexed to inflation. I think Congress hoped that by passing meaningful legislation, it would placate the growing concern and loud protests from the meager country mice like you and me. BEEF Daily read more

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