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Evan Bush
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Saving the snow for next year: Ski resorts try ‘snow farming’ as temperatures rise
Amid the West’s snow drought, several ski areas are storing up manmade snow and saving it under mats for next ski season — a process…
Colorado residents face earliest water restrictions ever — a harbinger of worse to come
Some Colorado residents have already been told to reduce their water use — the earliest such restrictions ever imposed — following a heat wave and snow drought.
Thousands ordered to evacuate as Oahu floods put dam at imminent risk of failure
After two storms struck Hawaii over the past week, causing flooding, officials warned that a large dam on the island of Oahu is at risk…
Hawaii braces for more rain as storms take aim at wildfire burn scars
Hawaii is bracing for another deluge on Thursday, less than a week after a record-breaking storm buckled roadways and collapsed buildings.
8 skiers dead after avalanche near Lake Tahoe
Eight people were killed in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing expedition on the California side of Lake Tahoe, authorities said in an update Wednesday.
10 skiers missing, 6 stranded after avalanche in California
As many as 10 skiers were missing after an avalanche near Truckee, California, authorities said Tuesday.
Ski mountaineering is about to make its Olympic debut
A new Olympic sport, ski mountaineering will make its debut at the Milan Cortina Winter Games this week. Here's how it works.
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency is rescinding the legal finding about climate change that it has long relied on to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal its endangerment finding, the legal framework that underpins its power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.