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"Wildfires Burn Homes, Prompt Evacuations in Wyoming, Idaho"

"Hundreds of Wyoming residents were forced to flee a wind-driven wildfire that destroyed at least 10 homes even as a separate blaze in neighboring Idaho burned several cabins to the ground and prompted dozens to evacuate, fire managers said on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 10/13/2015

"Evidence Mounts for El Nino That Could Ease Calif. Drought"

"Evidence is mounting that the El Nino ocean-warming phenomenon in the Pacific will spawn a rainy winter in California, potentially easing the state's punishing drought but also bringing the risk of chaotic storms like those that battered the region in the late 1990s."

Source: AP, 10/13/2015

"Climate-Change Threat for Tea Estates"

"Increasing incidences of pest outbreaks, prolonged periods of drought, change in the pattern of rain distribution, and rising number of hailstorms are harbingers of climate change for the already struggling tea industry sector."

Source: The Hindu, 10/12/2015

"What Exxon Knew About the Earth's Melting Arctic"

"Back in 1990, as the debate over climate change was heating up, a dissident shareholder petitioned the board of Exxon, one of the world’s largest oil companies, imploring it to develop a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its production plants and facilities."

Source: LA Times, 10/12/2015

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