[In case you missed it: Dramatic Drought Turnaround]

[Doug Le Compte of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] It's only a few times, really, in the last century that we've had this little of the country in drought. That is unusual."

#14) MIKE MANN Part II: INTERVIEW – Who will provide communication expertise and leadership for the science community? | The Benshi

RO - And in retrospect do you think the feeling that we’d moved past the debate was naïve?

MM - Absolutely. I can tell you, having communicated to many of my colleagues my deep concern that there was a false complacency. I felt that there was a very dangerous complacency — that the community had decided that the discourse had moved past the idea that there was a debate about the problem. I think many in the scientific community felt that way, and many in the policy arena felt that way. But there were warning signs. Those of us who were looking saw them. There was still a very well-funded, well-organized campaign. Much money and effort had been invested by the fossil fuel industry. They weren’t just going to roll over. So many of us knew that it was coming, and frankly I did warn colleagues about the complacency that they had, their view that the public discourse had moved on, that the discussions would now would be about what climate policies should be enacted — that was misplaced. The debate over the reality of climate change was still alive and well. And now there is such a poisonous atmosphere being created by the climate skeptics — similar in many ways to that poisonous atmosphere we saw last summer in those healthcare town hall meetings — irrational sort of conspiracy-driven lunatics, frankly, entering into the fray — where the discourse has been so skewed to the point where those extreme voices are a substantial component in the debate. It makes it difficult to have a rational discussion. And when you have people who will dismiss the National Academy of Science as some sort of “activist” organization simply because N.A.S. believes in science … then how can you engage the other side in meaningful discourse?

Too Bad, Commies: Global Warming Is Done

The latest round of "Climategate" and several states bailing out of regional climate agreements are a sign that climate change fears don't pass the smell test.

EU Referendum: Biased BBC

"In the corrupt world of climate change it's all very, very cosy for those who make the running."

Comment on the resignation of Yvo de Boer.