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http://news.yahoo.com/weather/ Get the latest Weather news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Weather news, including analysis and opinion on top Weather stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 02 Aug 2013 21:06:39 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/weather/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifBy Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger. The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat climate change, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers. ...http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-cook-worlds-first-vitro-beef-burger-010639825.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 21:06:39 -0400Reutersscientists-cook-worlds-first-vitro-beef-burger-010639825Strong thunderstorms that moved across Montana left a trail of damage to crops and buildings along with downed trees and power outages. The worst damage from Thursday's storm may have occurred in Gallatin ...http://news.yahoo.com/storms-cause-damage-across-wide-173321396.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 19:51:32 -0400Associated Pressstorms-cause-damage-across-wide-173321396The ?Terrible Things That Love Climate Change Fan Club,? headed by the leadership troika of hurricanes, wildfires, and the bark beetle, is proud to announce the admittance of its newest member:?Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating parasite.http://news.yahoo.com/brain-eating-parasite-flourishes-climate-warmed-waters-225250509.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:52:50 -0400Takepart.combrain-eating-parasite-flourishes-climate-warmed-waters-225250509West Virginia Democrats, including Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall, huddled at the White House Thursday to urge the administration to rethink its climate-change agenda and how it could affect the coal industry.http://news.yahoo.com/manchin-rahall-talk-coal-mccarthy-zichal-194933564.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 15:49:33 -0400National Journalmanchin-rahall-talk-coal-mccarthy-zichal-194933564The price of corn is falling as more rain is forecast in the Plains region that will likely help the crop during its crucial pollination season. Corn for December delivery fell 12 cents, or 2.5 percent, ...http://news.yahoo.com/corn-slumps-weather-outlook-194149773.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 15:41:49 -0400Associated Presscorn-slumps-weather-outlook-194149773When I was little, my mom told me that snow storms happened because the angels were having a pillow fight. And, yes, later on, science was never a strong subject for me in school. But the analogy is apt today to describe a fight that is taking place way, way above the heads of people trying to sock away money for retirement.http://news.yahoo.com/word-retirement-savers-must-learn-fiduciary-152637396.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 11:26:37 -0400U.S.News & World Report LPword-retirement-savers-must-learn-fiduciary-152637396Last winter, researchers at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) discovered that moose in the far north state are dropping like giant, gangly-legged flies?declining at the speedy rate of 35 percent between 2012 and 2013. In addition to tangles with the state?s booming wolf population, studies showed that moose are also suffering from blood-draining ticks, brain-eating worms, climate change, and disease.?http://news.yahoo.com/warning-side-effects-climate-change-moose-may-hair-000505923.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 20:05:05 -0400Takepart.comwarning-side-effects-climate-change-moose-may-hair-000505923<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cost-controls-help-pfizer-merck-weather-weak-quarter-201003038.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fSqvA9ABvK49rkRwxdgoOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T211602Z_2_CBRE96T1K0V00_RTROPTP_2_PFIZER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Big Pharma is still relying on belt-tightening to prop up financial results. Pfizer Inc and Merck &amp; Co said on Tuesday their quarterly results were again hit by generic competition for once top-selling products and the toll of a strong dollar on overseas revenue. Controls on marketing and administrative expenses, and other costs, helped them report earnings slightly above Wall Street estimates. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cost-controls-help-pfizer-merck-weather-weak-quarter-201003038.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 17:16:02 -0400Reuterscost-controls-help-pfizer-merck-weather-weak-quarter-201003038<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cost-controls-help-pfizer-merck-weather-weak-quarter-201003038.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fSqvA9ABvK49rkRwxdgoOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T211602Z_2_CBRE96T1K0V00_RTROPTP_2_PFIZER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Big Pharma is still relying on belt-tightening to prop up financial results. Pfizer Inc and Merck &amp; Co said on Tuesday their quarterly results were again hit by generic competition for once top-selling products and the toll of a strong dollar on overseas revenue. Controls on marketing and administrative expenses, and other costs, helped them report earnings slightly above Wall Street estimates. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/epa-chief-takes-critics-u-agencys-policies-183840793.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YqZwuF4bc_rFwTjTNzWJnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T183840Z_1_CBRE96T1FSN00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CLIMATE-EPA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="McCarthy testifies before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on nomination to be administrator of Environmental Protection Agency" align="left" title="McCarthy testifies before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on nomination to be administrator of Environmental Protection Agency" border="0" /></a>By Richard Valdmanis and Valerie Volcovici CAMBRIDGE, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivering her first speech as the top U.S. environmental steward, Gina McCarthy on Tuesday pre-empted a frequent mantra of critics of the Environmental Protection Agency - that the agency&#039;s regulations disrupt the economy and cost jobs. The benefits derived from rules to address climate change and protect the environment far outweigh their costs, said McCarthy, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 18 as EPA administrator. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/epa-chief-takes-critics-u-agencys-policies-183840793.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 16:15:19 -0400Reutersepa-chief-takes-critics-u-agencys-policies-183840793<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/epa-chief-takes-critics-u-agencys-policies-183840793.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YqZwuF4bc_rFwTjTNzWJnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T183840Z_1_CBRE96T1FSN00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CLIMATE-EPA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="McCarthy testifies before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on nomination to be administrator of Environmental Protection Agency" align="left" title="McCarthy testifies before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on nomination to be administrator of Environmental Protection Agency" border="0" /></a>By Richard Valdmanis and Valerie Volcovici CAMBRIDGE, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivering her first speech as the top U.S. environmental steward, Gina McCarthy on Tuesday pre-empted a frequent mantra of critics of the Environmental Protection Agency - that the agency&#039;s regulations disrupt the economy and cost jobs. The benefits derived from rules to address climate change and protect the environment far outweigh their costs, said McCarthy, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 18 as EPA administrator. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Connecticut environmental officials are warning of dire consequences from climate change that will affect agriculture, dams and levees, waterfront habitats and public health. For example, sea level rise ...http://news.yahoo.com/conn-warns-dire-climate-change-190241609.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 15:02:41 -0400Associated Pressconn-warns-dire-climate-change-190241609President Barack Obama's top environmental official wasted no time Tuesday taking on opponents of the administration's plan to crack down on global warming pollution. In her first speech as the head of ...http://news.yahoo.com/epa-chief-climate-controls-help-184510375.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 14:45:10 -0400Associated Pressepa-chief-climate-controls-help-184510375<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/td-bank-report-loss-insurance-business-due-bad-105036677.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ID9sH2nOcuE.vyTuwNAaRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T105036Z_1_CBRE96T0U4F00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-TDBANK-FORECAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The outside of a TD Bank branch is seen in New York" align="left" title="The outside of a TD Bank branch is seen in New York" border="0" /></a>By Andrea Hopkins Toronto (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank , Canada&#039;s second-largest lender, said it will take a third-quarter charge after tax of C$418 million ($406 million) due to recent severe weather in Alberta and Ontario and to boost its reserves for auto insurance claims. The weather-related hit on TD&#039;s insurance and mortgage lending business was largely shrugged off by investors and analysts as a widely expected one-time expense. But its move to strengthen reserves on auto insurance claims suggested the business may not be as profitable as the bank would like. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/td-bank-report-loss-insurance-business-due-bad-105036677.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 13:48:46 -0400Reuterstd-bank-report-loss-insurance-business-due-bad-105036677<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/td-bank-report-loss-insurance-business-due-bad-105036677.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ID9sH2nOcuE.vyTuwNAaRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T105036Z_1_CBRE96T0U4F00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-TDBANK-FORECAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The outside of a TD Bank branch is seen in New York" align="left" title="The outside of a TD Bank branch is seen in New York" border="0" /></a>By Andrea Hopkins Toronto (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank , Canada&#039;s second-largest lender, said it will take a third-quarter charge after tax of C$418 million ($406 million) due to recent severe weather in Alberta and Ontario and to boost its reserves for auto insurance claims. The weather-related hit on TD&#039;s insurance and mortgage lending business was largely shrugged off by investors and analysts as a widely expected one-time expense. But its move to strengthen reserves on auto insurance claims suggested the business may not be as profitable as the bank would like. ...</p><br clear="all"/>In a forum convened Tuesday by the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, a panel of experts on climate, wildfires, and forestry met with task force cochairs Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and other lawmakers to discuss the impact of climate change on wildfires.http://news.yahoo.com/congressional-task-force-links-worsening-wildfires-climate-change-172137784.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 13:21:37 -0400National Journalcongressional-task-force-links-worsening-wildfires-climate-change-172137784In a forum convened Tuesday by the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, a panel of experts on climate, wildfires, and forestry met with task force cochairs Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and other lawmakers to discuss the impact of climate change on wildfires.http://news.yahoo.com/congressional-task-force-pins-worsening-wildfires-climate-change-165544241.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 13:08:57 -0400National Journalcongressional-task-force-pins-worsening-wildfires-climate-change-165544241If Americans are serious about curbing climate change, they need to use less gasoline and more clean-burning biofuels, such as ethanol. That?s because the combustion of petroleum-based fuels is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, which trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.http://news.yahoo.com/congress-not-oppose-biofuels-create-jobs-help-environment-162107496.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 12:21:07 -0400Christian Science Monitorcongress-not-oppose-biofuels-create-jobs-help-environment-162107496<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-carbon-emissions-less-global-warming-153600336.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kEmQdo6lPt_arNuYN1VLlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/400-ppm-and-climate-change_reports_thumb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="More Carbon Emissions = Less Global Warming?" align="left" title="More Carbon Emissions = Less Global Warming?" border="0" /></a>More Carbon Emissions = Less Global Warming?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/more-carbon-emissions-less-global-warming-153600336.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 11:36:00 -0400Scientific Americanmore-carbon-emissions-less-global-warming-153600336<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-carbon-emissions-less-global-warming-153600336.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kEmQdo6lPt_arNuYN1VLlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/400-ppm-and-climate-change_reports_thumb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="More Carbon Emissions = Less Global Warming?" align="left" title="More Carbon Emissions = Less Global Warming?" border="0" /></a>More Carbon Emissions = Less Global Warming?</p><br clear="all"/>Cooler weather has given Minnesota farmers a break from the heat. In its weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that statewide, temperatures for the ...http://news.yahoo.com/cooler-weather-gives-minn-farmers-135546519.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 09:55:46 -0400Associated Presscooler-weather-gives-minn-farmers-135546519<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/flossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-135033458.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/p1HAMp2M.me78zZCfAYh5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/3913b6db780d0119390f6a706700153e_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Flossie leaving Hawaii weaker than when storm came" align="left" title="Flossie leaving Hawaii weaker than when storm came" border="0" /></a>Flossie&#039;s Hawaiian adventure: Short, scattered and more powerful than many believed it would be at first. National Weather Service officials say the tropical depression is expected to exit Hawaii on Tuesday ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/flossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-135033458.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 09:50:33 -0400Associated Pressflossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-135033458<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/flossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-135033458.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/p1HAMp2M.me78zZCfAYh5Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/3913b6db780d0119390f6a706700153e_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Flossie leaving Hawaii weaker than when storm came" align="left" title="Flossie leaving Hawaii weaker than when storm came" border="0" /></a>Flossie&#039;s Hawaiian adventure: Short, scattered and more powerful than many believed it would be at first. National Weather Service officials say the tropical depression is expected to exit Hawaii on Tuesday ...</p><br clear="all"/>By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's gas and electricity suppliers should itemize customer bills to show how much of the total is related to the fuel costs, transmission charges, company margins and the government's own energy policies. The recommendation is contained in a wide-ranging and insightful report on "Energy prices, profits and poverty" published on Monday by the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change. Several energy suppliers have already threatened to itemize bills. ...http://news.yahoo.com/more-honesty-needed-britains-rising-energy-bills-kemp-113443198.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 07:34:43 -0400Reutersmore-honesty-needed-britains-rising-energy-bills-kemp-113443198<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fog-storms-reported-pa-helicopter-crash-233159388.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hl2Om831dG_FJOKrbOZ1Xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/90ec38c777e50019390f6a70670054a0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tim Monville, of the National Transportation Safety Board, addresses members of the media regarding Saturday&#039;s helicopter crash that claimed five lives, Monday, July 29, 2013 at the The Noxen Volunteer Fire Company Fire House in Noxen, Pa. (AP Photo/Scranton Times &amp; Tribune, Andrew Krech) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT" align="left" title="Tim Monville, of the National Transportation Safety Board, addresses members of the media regarding Saturday&#039;s helicopter crash that claimed five lives, Monday, July 29, 2013 at the The Noxen Volunteer Fire Company Fire House in Noxen, Pa. (AP Photo/Scranton Times &amp; Tribune, Andrew Krech) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" /></a>NOXEN, Pa. (AP) ? Severe thunderstorms and heavy fog were reported around the time a helicopter crashed in northeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday, killing all five people on board, including a child, officials said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fog-storms-reported-pa-helicopter-crash-233159388.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 22:28:59 -0400Associated Pressfog-storms-reported-pa-helicopter-crash-233159388<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fog-storms-reported-pa-helicopter-crash-233159388.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hl2Om831dG_FJOKrbOZ1Xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/90ec38c777e50019390f6a70670054a0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tim Monville, of the National Transportation Safety Board, addresses members of the media regarding Saturday&#039;s helicopter crash that claimed five lives, Monday, July 29, 2013 at the The Noxen Volunteer Fire Company Fire House in Noxen, Pa. (AP Photo/Scranton Times &amp; Tribune, Andrew Krech) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT" align="left" title="Tim Monville, of the National Transportation Safety Board, addresses members of the media regarding Saturday&#039;s helicopter crash that claimed five lives, Monday, July 29, 2013 at the The Noxen Volunteer Fire Company Fire House in Noxen, Pa. (AP Photo/Scranton Times &amp; Tribune, Andrew Krech) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" /></a>NOXEN, Pa. (AP) ? Severe thunderstorms and heavy fog were reported around the time a helicopter crashed in northeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday, killing all five people on board, including a child, officials said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>By Jonathan Kaminsky (Reuters) - A tropical storm with the potential to trigger serious flooding and mudslides was bearing down on Hawaii on Monday and authorities there cautioned residents and tourists to stay inside and off the roads. Tropical Storm Flossie was expected to strike the Big Island and Maui on Monday evening, with waves along the eastern shores of those islands likely to reach as high as 18 feet, according to the National Weather Service. "This shouldn't be taken lightly. It's not just a rain cloud," said Brian Miyamoto, spokesman for the Hawaii State Civil Defense. ...http://news.yahoo.com/hawaii-braces-flooding-tropical-storm-flossie-approaches-012922988.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 21:29:22 -0400Reutershawaii-braces-flooding-tropical-storm-flossie-approaches-012922988Remember last week when the interwebs were abuzz with dramatic news that climate change had warmed the North Pole to such a degree that one of the coldest spots on Earth had melted into a lake?http://news.yahoo.com/everyone-chill-north-pole-not-really-lake-193542663.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 15:35:42 -0400Takepart.comeveryone-chill-north-pole-not-really-lake-193542663<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republican-climate-denial-no-political-problem-now-162200307.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Zasz8NUoj8qYlGoai0ooA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Republican_Climate_Denial_Is_No-72acedc4c291f73b2efeb17951ae98dd" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican Climate Denial Is No Political Problem ??For Now" align="left" title="Republican Climate Denial Is No Political Problem ??For Now" border="0" /></a>Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas is not, as Politico would have you believe, a &quot;climate skeptic.&quot; Nor is Dana Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California. They are climate change deniers ? of the sort that a recent poll suggests may be harming the Republican Party with younger voters. For now, though, it doesn&#039;t matter. Far from suggesting a problem for the party&#039;s energy policies, denialism is trapped in a chicken-egg paradox with calls for additional fossil fuel extraction.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/republican-climate-denial-no-political-problem-now-162200307.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 12:22:00 -0400The Atlantic Wirerepublican-climate-denial-no-political-problem-now-162200307<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republican-climate-denial-no-political-problem-now-162200307.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Zasz8NUoj8qYlGoai0ooA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Republican_Climate_Denial_Is_No-72acedc4c291f73b2efeb17951ae98dd" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican Climate Denial Is No Political Problem ??For Now" align="left" title="Republican Climate Denial Is No Political Problem ??For Now" border="0" /></a>Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas is not, as Politico would have you believe, a &quot;climate skeptic.&quot; Nor is Dana Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California. They are climate change deniers ? of the sort that a recent poll suggests may be harming the Republican Party with younger voters. For now, though, it doesn&#039;t matter. Far from suggesting a problem for the party&#039;s energy policies, denialism is trapped in a chicken-egg paradox with calls for additional fossil fuel extraction.</p><br clear="all"/>Philadelphia has set a record for one-day rainfall as strong storms rolled through the region, causing flash flooding, power outages and airline cancellations. The National Weather Service says 8.02 inches ...http://news.yahoo.com/philadelphia-sees-record-rain-airport-154918312.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 11:49:18 -0400Associated Pressphiladelphia-sees-record-rain-airport-154918312CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? A system of thunderstorms across western North Carolina stalled on Saturday and dumped about a foot of rain on the area, causing power outages and flash floods that swamped homes and washed out roads and bridges.http://news.yahoo.com/heavy-rains-flood-homes-roads-north-carolina-211549741.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 19:23:00 -0400Associated Pressheavy-rains-flood-homes-roads-north-carolina-211549741

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