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Windsor Star Environment Canada predicts early end to severe thunderstorm seasonWindsor StarEnvironment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson said improvements to American radar systems throughout the Great Lakes basin and better ways of monitoring social media posts are helping to identify severe weather patterns sooner. Coulson said …

Reuters Harvey throws a wrench into US energy engineReutersHOUSTON (Reuters) – A hurricane in the heart of the U.S. energy industry is expected to upend years of U.S. excess oil capacity and low prices, with the impact expected to reverberate globally and affect energy markets for weeks. Harvey hit the Texas … and more »

WDSU New Orleans 10 refineries close as Harvey drenches Texas energy hubWDSU New OrleansTropical Storm Harvey is tearing through one of the nation’s most important energy hubs. Throughout the Gulf Coast, key refineries and production facilities have been forced to close. Rain and flooding are continuing to wreak havoc on Houston and the …Hurricane Harvey Is…

CBSSports.com Kevin Durant on Clippers’ offseason shake-up: ‘They needed some new energy‘CBSSports.comYou could tell that at some point that everybody there needed some new life and energy. Whether it was somebody was leaving or somebody was bringing in another big player, they needed some new energy, and you could sense that now with the Clips.…

Bloomberg Harvey Unloads Severe Flooding Across Heart of US EnergyBloombergHarvey may no longer be a major hurricane, but the trouble for Texas is just beginning with forecasts for unprecedented flooding across the heart of U.S. energy production and in Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city. Harvey was the strongest storm …

Wall Street Journal (subscription) Energy Markets Brace for Volatility as Harvey’s Impact Is DeterminedWall Street Journal (subscription)Energy markets are due for considerable volatility this week as investors try to gauge the extent of disruption to fuel production and distribution from the torrential rains and catastrophic flooding in Texas. Analysts said fuel prices could climb ……

Florida Today Bernie Badger: Solar Eclipse SurvivalFlorida TodayI hope all of you had a chance to experience the Great American Solar Eclipse. Here in Brevard, a good number of people came out to the Eastern Florida State College Planetarium and could see the progress of the eclipse on the projection screens …Beiermann: Family takes in…

The Atlantic Did Climate Change Intensify Hurricane Harvey?The AtlanticClimate scientists, who specialize in thinking about the Earth system as a whole, are often reticent to link any one weather event to global climate change. But they say that aspects of the case of Hurricane Harvey—and the recent history of tropical …Messenger: When water recedes in…

Washington Post How farmers convinced scientists to take climate change seriouslyWashington PostThe path of Harvey’s destruction cut through some of the rural communities least likely to believe in human-caused climate change. But not long ago, these very same rural communities contained the most fervent believers of the link between human …

Quartz The biggest divide on climate change is among the most highly educatedQuartzMany people concerned about climate change assume that eventually, the growing weight of facts will persuade those who dismiss humans’ role in the problem to think again. Surely, the theory goes, the plentiful evidence will eventually make any naysayer … and more »