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Article: Erratic weather from a brown cloud.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2002
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Byline: S. Fred Singer, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
What's causing all of the crazy weather around the globe? Drought in northwest India, where the annual monsoon rains failed to arrive, and in many other regions. Meanwhile, devastating floods in northeast India, in Central Europe, and elsewhere. And surprise - it cannot be blamed on Global Warming or on American consumption of energy.
Many experts point to the Asian Brown Cloud (ABC), a 2-mile thick blanket of air pollution covering much of South Asia, but with possible global consequences. Predictably though, leftist politicians and environmentalists still seek to link Europe's worst floods in ...