Amarillo sets Feb. snowfall mark with 19.1 inches

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - The blizzard that hammered the nation's midsection broke a 120-year-old record in Amarillo for 1-day snowfall in February with 19.1 inches.

National Weather Service meteorologist Krissy Scotten in Amarillo says the snowfall total Monday bested a record set Feb. 16, 1893, when 19 inches fell.

Joel Kotkin: America's Red State Growth Corridors - WSJ.com

Low-tax, energy-rich regions in the heartland charge ahead as economies on both coasts sing the blues.

Gerard and McGarvey: Now Is the Time for the Keystone XL Pipeline : Roll Call Opinion

A poll released Feb. 13 by Harris Interactive shows that 69 percent of registered voters support building the pipeline.
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The application for approval has been under review by the U.S. government for more than four years, far longer than any other cross-border pipeline project and more than twice as long as it would take to build the pipeline.

Re-engineering Nature to Meet Energy Needs - NYTimes.com

One particularly ambitious idea presented on Monday was to re-engineer plants so that their leaves reflect rather than absorb more light... increasing the amount of light that bounces back into space would help to limit global warming.

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