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- proper noun a period of severe
dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands in the 1930s.
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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' see links below: Climate change breaks NASA temperature chart; Dangerous new antibiotic-resistant water bug found in India; OK return to Dust Bowl days?
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: April 7, 2011 (Audio) Brad Friedman 2011
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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' see links below: Climate change breaks NASA temperature chart; Dangerous new antibiotic-resistant water bug found in India; OK return to Dust Bowl days?
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: April 7, 2011 (Audio) Brad Friedman 2011
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Everyone from Dust Bowl folksinger Katy Perry has written songs about the Golden State.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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