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...Campaign is a step in the right direction. Too often greens have relied on shocking the public with the threat of catastrophic climate change. That was necessary until recently - breaking through the barrier of denial built by climate change skeptics required all the subtlety of a hammer. But it's become increasingly rare to find Americans who still don't believe climate change is real, at least to some degree - now the question is what to do about it. And here again the We Campaign has the right message. Global warming won't be solved through small-scale changes...
...doles out funds in flood-prone regions and earthquake zones. The agency earns kudos for its prompt response to Midwestern floods that cause $15 billion in damage in 1993, although detractors call FEMA bloated and too ready to give handouts. SUCCESS FAILURE George W. Bush 2001-2009 A NEW THREAT After 9/11, Bush brings FEMA under the Department of Homeland Security; the new focus on terrorism draws resources away from disaster response. Under Michael Brown, the agency woefully mishandles Katrina in 2005: resources offered by the Interior Department go unused, while search-and-rescue efforts are halted just three days...
Beyond the sogginess and damp, however, is a more dangerous threat: greening, a condition caused by the Asian Citrus psyllid, a sap-sucking insect invader from overseas whose depredations began three years ago. Unlike canker, greening spreads from tree to tree without the aid of heavy winds or rain. Greening, also called huanglongbing or yellow dragon disease, creates misshapen and bitter fruit and eventually renders the infected trees useless for commercial cultivation. As soon as the insects appeared, greening was detected in all 32 citrus-producing counties in Florida, as well as in Louisiana and Texas...
...Hanoi Hilton, McCain's family tradition of honor and his own instinct for rebellion meshed into an inspiring example for his fellow prisoners. He was the camp troublemaker, cursing out guards despite the constant threat of torture, defying rules barring communication to tell his comrades vulgar jokes. He refused several offers of freedom because the military code of conduct requires all prisoners to be freed in order of capture and he knew that an admiral's son accepting early release would be a propaganda victory for North Vietnam as well as a devastating blow to camp morale. The one time...
...according to notoriously inaccurate CIA estimates. The government did disable the Yongbyon reactor, its key source of nuclear fuel, and blew up its cooling tower with the world's cameras rolling in June. But negotiations are never over with the North, and its latest actions - the threat to reverse those steps - illustrate that...