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...south to B.U., or west to Wellesley, or north to Tufts, they say—the grass is greener over there...
Thirty miles away in the city of Durango (pop. 15,000) at El Patio Bar & Grill, misting machines spray diners to keep them cool. Lawns are lush, and the golf course has fairways greener than fresh limes. But according to the widely used Palmer monthly drought index, the region around Durango is suffering the worst drought in the U.S. In June the Missionary Ridge fire, northeast of town, burned 70,000 acres. Only 2.86 in. of rain have fallen all year. And Durango, which since 1877 has had first rights to the water that flows down the Florida River...
...flows toward money. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s pushed small farmers off the land and consolidated larger land holdings. The drought of today will force farmers like Gillen to sell off more of their land for housing subdivisions. The grass on those future lawns will probably be kept greener than his dying fields. -With reporting by Rita Healy/Marvel...
...When you’re in that situation, which is rare, it really forces you to take a good look at where you are,” Murphy said. “The natural tendency for all of us is to think that the grass is always greener. When it’s hypothetical, it’s always greener. When you have to make a decision, you start to be very appreciative of what you have...
...companies that want to become greener--whether out of a sense of duty, to ward off damaging protests or just to make more money--there are organizations that can help. McDonald's, Home Depot, Nike and Starbucks have enlisted Natural Step, a San Francisco nonprofit, to help them understand their environmental and social impact, envision what their company would look like if it were sustainable and then realize that vision with new processes and materials. McDonald's, which has had a relationship with the advocacy group Environmental Defense for 13 years, this year stopped buying chicken treated with Cipro-like...