TULSA, Okla. (AP) — As extreme drought and scorching heat creep back into the Southern Plains, ranchers and state foresters fear a repeat of last summer's tinderbox conditions that turned pastures into wasteland, sparked hundreds of wildfires and ravaged countless acres of crops. BLOG POSTS  | Karin Kamp: WATCH: Entrepreneur Breathes New Life Into Mannequins
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The power is back on in Washington, D.C., the fires are almost out in Colorado. So naturally, those who continue to deny the connection between climate change and extreme weather disasters are once again raising their heads. |  | Taras Grescoe: Return of the Straphanger Nation
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The problem isn't simply that we're failing to address climate change but that we're continuing to aggravate it, flaunt it, inflict it on others. War, you might say, is a pre-enactment of global warming, a sneak preview of what happens when the world we live in turns viciously inhospitable. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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