Lately, daily record-high temperatures have been outpacing daily record-lows by 2 to 1, an imbalance expected to grow as climate continues warming.

A string of unusually hot days at Reagan National Airport managed to soften the tarmac enough to immobilize a US Airways plane recently.

The grazing lands of scores of U.S. ranchers have been charred by blazes or ravaged by drought amid a regional shortfall of the alfalfa hay that could stave off starvation, reports Laura Zuckerman at Reuters News. The choice? Feed or sell.

You know that annoying drought that we are all so tired of? It'll be hanging around 'til Halloween at least.

California has the Million Solar Rooftops Initiative, and recently Governor Jerry Brown has set a new goal to power three million homes via rooftop solar. Now let's think bigger. Why not expand this vision to 60 million U.S. solar roofs?

Making the U.S. a global clean energy leader will ensure a heck of a lot more jobs, and a clean, safe future.