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House climate change hearing canceled due to snowstorm

Another blast of cold and snow makes an online laughing stock of global warming events in D.C.
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A White House staffer walks to the West Wing during a snow storm at the White House March 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. The snow forced all major school systems in the area to close, and cancelled today’s White House press briefing. (UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool)
A White House staffer walks to the West Wing during a snow storm at the White House March 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. The snow forced all major school systems in the area to close, and cancelled today’s White House press briefing. (UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool) 
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Published: March. 6, 2013 at 1:02 PM
By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com

Washington, D.C. is expecting an exciting few days as fast-falling snow and warm temperatures combine into "thundersnow" for a brutal late-season storm dubbed "Snowquester."

In response to inclement weather, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee cancelled its Wednesday hearing on climate change.

The cancellation elicited a lot of laughs on social media, as snowstorms often do when talking about global warming.


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