reprinted with permisssion of ProPublica.org
by Cora Currier and Suevon Lee
ProPublica, Aug. 10, 2012, 1:44 p.m
July was the hottest month ever in the continental U.S., and the past twelve months have been hotter than any such period on record. Half of all counties in the country have been declared disaster areas, mainly due to drought. We’ve rounded up some of the best journalism on the effects of rising temperatures.
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