Weekend Reads

Here's a few interesting stories:

Baltimore's Forgotten Champions - An Oral History of the Baltimore Stallions - CNS Maryland

In Meat We Trust by Maureen Ogle: review - The Star

Ethanol Evangelist Shrugs off Volatility to Build Powerhouse - Bloomberg

Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Stress: Demand by the Numbers - Ceres  also see Fracking's Thirst for Water: Investors Warned of the Hidden Financial Risks -  Bloomberg

Is This Indicator a Warning on Energy's Most-Loved Firms? - OilPrice.com  also see Production of Natural Gas from Shale in Local Economies: A Resource Blessing or Curse? - The Big Picture

California's severe drought reveals exposes civilization's thin veneer - LA Times

Lake Superior nearing rare ice-over -St. Paul Pioneer-Press

Rock-Star Pope at War with GOP's Ayn Rand Capitalism - MarketWatch

A database of hydraulically fractured wells is overlaid on a map of baseline water stress in the United States. Colors represent water stress, black dots represent hydraulically-fractured wells. Source: WRI Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (Bloomberg)