[Arctic sea ice update: Where's that death spiral?]

2007: Warming "expert": 'Arctic is screaming' - Seth Borenstein - msnbc.com

WASHINGTON — An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.

Air Conditioners Banned in the Global Warming Nanny State - by James M. Taylor

Sure, the Washington Post article claims, people used to make it through summers without air conditioning in years past. People also used to make it through life without electricity, indoor plumbing, and anesthetic – but that doesn’t mean we should welcome a return to those times, either.
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Give the article points for honesty, though. There is no way intermittent solar and wind power, which requires huge amounts of land development to produce only a small amount of unreliable electricity, can power our modern society. Cutting carbon dioxide emissions 83 percent, or anything even remotely approaching 83 percent, will require Americans doing much more than merely paying the exorbitant price increases required by solar and wind power. It will require a fundamental and foreboding restructuring of our entire way of life.

- Bishop Hill blog - The Guardian debate [very long and detailed report]

Atomic Hairdryer has produced this report of the Guardian debate.
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He pointed out during Oxburgh interviews with Jones and Briffa, no transcripts or minutes were taken, and the very short time between their interviews and the report being written and published. He said post publication, a reliable source had informed him that Jones admitted during interview that "it was probably impossible to do the 1,000 year reconstructions with any accuracy". This comment was not included in the Oxburgh report, despite it being the most contentious issue wrt the Hockey Stick debate. Steve contacted Oxburgh to ask for this to be included, getting the response that "the science was not the subject of his inquiry". He then spoke of Phil Willis reaction to altering the terms of reference and accusing the university of "sleight of hand"