Dust Bowl

If you need a job, you could do far worse than look in Oklahoma. At a time when the national employment picture remains stubbornly bleak, the state where the wind comes sweepin' down the plains has become a hotbed for wind power, compressed natural gas, health care and all sorts of other growth...

Drought conditions in California's Central Valley could lead to food shortages and higher grocery prices nationwide.Economists predict that the drought could cost 80,000 jobs and $2 billion in lost revenue. Empty reservoirs could lead many farmers to be cut off from their water sources sometime...

"American production has come to equal and even surpass, not our people's power to consume, but their power to purchase. . . ." (Time Magazine, Monday, Dec 02, 1929)Such were the words of Henry Ford, as reported by Time Magazine. Those words were contained in a prepared statement he handed to...