Rising temperatures, rising tensions

AFP:  Climate Change a new factor in global tensions
With both the oil shortage and climate change crises worsening before our eyes, there are plenty of new reasons on the table for international war and conflict.   This is one reason why the smugness of some countries — Canada included — is greatly misguided.  Some cynics say Canada will have a net benefit from a warmer climate, and I suspect that our slow response to the problem is at least partially due to this attitude.  Warmer winters, more agriculture, what’s not to like, right?  The problem is, Canada does not exist in a vaccuum, and even friends can rapidly turn to enemies in a desperate situation.  Clearly the time to resolve climate change issues peacefully and sensibly is rapidly running out.

No winners in water fight

MSNBC: Feds say Southern water-sharing talks failed
A decades-long battle between Alabama, Georgia and Florida over water resources has come to a head as all three states suffer through the worst drought in their collective history.  Negotiations have failed, and the US federal government is now going to impose a solution.