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This post is by Lisa Moore, Ph.D., a scientist in the Climate and Air program at Environmental Defense. Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine had an article aptly titled "The Future is Drying Up", about the threats that climate change and booming populations pose to precious water resources in western states. Usually when we think of ...