by Randolph T. Holhut American Reporter Correspondent August 10,
2012 TIME TO STAVE OFF THE WORST OF GLOBAL WARMING IS RUNNING
OUT DUMMERSTON, Vt., Aug. 10, 2012 -- July 2012 was the hottest
month ever in the continental United States since modern record-
keeping began in 1895, according to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This continues a pattern
stretching back to August 2011, where every state observed
warmer than average temperatures except Washington state, which
was near average. The record-setting heat has led to a record-
setting drought that is affecting nearly two-thirds of the lower
48, according to NOAA's latest Drought Monitor report, with the
Midwest seeing the worst drought conditions since the Dust Bowl
days of the 1930s. And, according to a statistical climate-
change analysis led by NASA's James Hansen, which was presented
in a report released this week on the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, these recent extreme weather
events - it 116 degrees in Cano