In an article from the Arizona Daily Star newspaper, environment reporter Tony Davis discusses the predictions of the Bloomberg, Steyer, and Paulson collaboration on climate change impacts for the United States (aka, the Risky Business Project). According to Davis' article, "Crop yields for staples such as wheat, cotton, soybeans and corn could take a big hit in Arizona by 2099, dropping by 25.9 to 51 percent from current levels, the report says." First off, Arizona produces only tiny quantities of these "staples." Arizona's corn acreage makes up only  0.09 percent of the US total, and its production is only 0.07 percent of the national harvest. Wheat production in Arizona is only 0.4 percent of the national total, cotton is 3.6 percent, and soybean production in the state appears to be so inconsequential that the USDA doesn't report it in either its 2013 crop summary or its online statistical database. We've long been hearing that...(Read Full Post)