This flash drought of 2012 is also man made, but not because we failed to learn the lessons of the land.
Ed Markey: “This flash drought of 2012 is also man made, but not because we failed to learn the lessons of the land.”
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Markey discusses the human impact on drought conditions in 2012.
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