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Is 'Mother Nature' Really To Blame for the Midwest Floods?

Georgianne Nienaber, Huffington Post. June 17, 2008.

What or who is behind a water management policy in the United States that allowed our infrastructure to crumble?

Everglades on Fire: Why One of the Wettest Areas in the Country Went Up in Flames

Michael Grunwald, Grist.org. May 30, 2008.

A flood control project in the region gave water managers power to move almost every drop of rain that fell south of Orlando.

As Climate Changes Threatens U.S. Gulf States, Federal Agencies Twiddle Thumbs

Chris Mooney, Science Progress. April 13, 2008.

We ought to be outraged at how poor a job our government is doing when it comes to processing information about global warming.

Tempting Fate: Why We Insist on Living in Floodplains

Emily Gertz, Grist.org. April 5, 2008.

Fifteen years after the Great Flood of 1993, floodplain development is booming. Will nature get the last laugh?

How the Army Corps Is Swindling Americans

Michael Grunwald, Grist.org. April 2, 2008.

With the help of Congress, they've been ripping off Americans long before the Katrina debacle, and no one's willing to stop them.