Still No Tomatoes: Is Global Warming to Blame? - Helene York - Food - The Atlantic

Major media reports on the Pakistan floods, fires and heat wave in Russia, and unusually hot weather on the East Coast have generally treated these occurrences as unrelated weather conditions. Perhaps they are. No modeling exists that could confirm or deny global climate change or other connected forces as being responsible for them.

At the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, on September 8, Jane Lubchenco, the eminent marine scientist who is serving as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), confirmed that we cannot tie these events to climate change. But Lubchenco, whose agency is responsible for daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, and climate monitoring, was clear that these types of disasters are what scientists have been arguing for years "could become normal patterns rather than once-in-a-lifetime" occurrences as carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere rise.

Republican hopefuls deny global warming | World news | The Guardian

Report reveals all bar one of party's 48 mid-term election candidates are sceptical about climate change