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New York Times: One of the driest spring seasons on record in northern Europe has sucked soils dry and sharply reduced river levels to the point that governments are starting to fear crop losses and France, in particular, is bracing for blackouts as its river-cooled nuclear power plants may be forced to shut down.
French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire warned this week that the warmest and driest spring in half a century could slash wheat yields and might even push up world prices despite the U.N. Food and......
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Europe Braces for Serious Crop Losses, Blackouts as Record Drought Persists
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 13th, 2011
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