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Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Snow buries parts of Northeast, flights canceled EPA Administrator Jackson announces resignation Photos: Winter Weather, Icy Roads Hit Metro Detroit Photos: Central Indiana Blizzard Keeps Family at Home Photos: Blizzard Hits Indiana the Day After Christmas Chevron CEO: Policies show risk of high energy prices is greater than risk of climate change Chevron's CEO: Affordable energy is crucial Britain suspends exploratory drilling of Antarctic lake Obama thanks EPA's Jackson for service on environment

Snow buries parts of Northeast, flights canceled  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 01:51 PM PST BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A powerful winter storm pushed through the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of airline flights while bringing some holiday cheer to families hoping for snow and lifting spirits at ski resorts in the region. The storm dumped a foot of snow on parts of the United States with the heaviest snow falling across northern New York and New England, the National Weather Service reported. ... Full Story	Top
EPA Administrator Jackson announces resignation  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:50 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, is stepping down after nearly four years marked by high-profile brawls over global warming pollution, the Keystone XL oil pipeline, new controls on coal-fired plants and several other hot-button issues that affect the nation's economy and people's health. Full Story	Top
Photos: Winter Weather, Icy Roads Hit Metro Detroit  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:43 AM PST DETROIT -- Warmer temperatures and little precipitation left Michigan residents wondering if winter would ever arrive. Wednesday left little to wonder about as metro Detroit got slammed with a round of winter weather. Plows began their work laying salt around noon Wednesday. By 2 p.m. plow trucks were beginning their routes as the snow continued to fall. Making matters worse, the light snowfall from Christmas Eve which had begun to melt, refroze making many roads icy. Commuters struggled to find traction with the icy conditions and poor visibility. Full Story	Top
Photos: Central Indiana Blizzard Keeps Family at Home  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:43 AM PST SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- The first indication of a serious weather event came Christmas afternoon with a National Weather Service interruption of television broadcasting with a "Blizzard Warning" for several central Indiana counties. Full Story	Top
Photos: Blizzard Hits Indiana the Day After Christmas  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:43 AM PST SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- All of our five kids, along with their spouses and grandchildren, were at our house celebrating Christmas. Two families were getting ready to leave for Ohio and Virginia when the TV show was interrupted with a warning from the National Weather Service. Full Story	Top
Chevron CEO: Policies show risk of high energy prices is greater than risk of climate change  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:00 AM PST NEW YORK, N.Y. - Chevron CEO John Watson notices something important as he visits his company's operations around the globe: Governments everywhere find high energy prices much scarier than the threat of global warming. Full Story	Top
Chevron's CEO: Affordable energy is crucial  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:00 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" Chevron CEO John Watson notices something important as he visits his company's operations around the globe: Governments everywhere find high energy prices much scarier than the threat of global warming. Full Story	Top
Britain suspends exploratory drilling of Antarctic lake  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 07:47 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - An ambitious British plan to search for minute forms of life in an ancient lake beneath Antarctica's ice has been suspended because of technical problems, the scientist leading the project said on Thursday. In a move that clears the way for U.S. and Russian teams to take the lead, Professor Martin Siegert said technical problems and a lack of fuel had forced the closure on Christmas Day of the 7-million-pound ($11 million) project, which was looking for life forms and climate change clues in the lake-bed sediment. ... Full Story	Top
Obama thanks EPA's Jackson for service on environment  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 07:44 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama thanked retiring Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson on Thursday for her service, praising her work on mercury pollution limits, fighting climate change, and helping set new fuel economy standards. "Under her leadership, the EPA has taken sensible and important steps to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink," Obama said in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Doina Chiacu) Full Story	Top

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