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A rare blizzard hits California as summerlike heat roasts the eastern U.S.
An astonishing smorgasbord of extreme weather gripped the U.S. last week, with blizzards and epic snows in the West and Northern Plains, a deadly ice storm in the Midwest, and summerlike heat in the East and South.
Hurricanes are changing with the climate. Our words about them may need to change, too
Although scientists have fine-tuned their forecasts, dramatically slicing hurricane track errors in half since the days of Hurricane Andrew, and more recently enlisting social science teams to tailor-make forecast graphics, our language and terminology are miring communications in the past.
Oil companies welcome Kern permitting changes while opponents turn to courts, state government
After a unanimous vote by the Kern County Board of Supervisors to reinstate streamlined drilling permits, local oil producers said they were looking forward to a more predictable regulatory structure, while an opponent pledged to challenge the measure.