Policy Peril Segment 5: Is the Science Debate “Over”? | OpenMarket.org

The climate science debate is not “over.” In fact, it is just starting to get very, very interesting. All the basic issues–detection, attribution, and sensitivity–are unsettled and more so today than at any time in the past decade.

The Battery Politic: Did the Electoral Map Shape Funding Decisions? - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Not surprisingly, companies that lost out in the competition had sharper words. Several that had unsuccessfully sought grants for battery manufacturing facilities noted that the awards went predominantly to projects in the political swing states of Michigan and Indiana, and that most of the winners were large established companies, such as General Motors Co., Johnson Controls Inc. and Saft Groupe SA of France, rather than upstarts.

No Increase in Flooding Due to Global Warming - by Bonner R. Cohen - Environment & Climate News

The increase in global precipitation in the late twentieth century appears to have been largely benign in the northeastern United States, according to a study in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

July temperatures never hit 80, By KATIE KOLT HALL, Staff Writer | International Falls Daily Journal

The city did not reach 80 degrees all month, and the mean temperature was a chilly 58.8 degrees — 7.3 degrees below normal.

International Falls has not had a July without hitting 80 degrees since 1925. Since 1897, the Falls has averaged 14 days with high temperatures of at least 80 degrees, according to Carol Christenson, meteorologist for the NWS.