July 4th Used To Be Much Hotter In Virginia | Real Science

The hottest July 4th was 105F at Woodstock, Virginia in 1898. Half of the 100 degree days were more than a century ago, and all but one occurred with CO2 below 350 ppm.

Journalists Fired Up About Global Warming |

The Earth was on fire before you were born, and it will be on fire long after you’re gone.

The entire Mountain West of the United States burned before you were born, many times. The entire Mountain West of the United States will burn again, many times, after you’re gone. Before CNN, the Mountain West was burning. After CNN, the Mountain West will be burning still. Forests burn.

Why Climate Change, Our Biggest Moral Challenge, Doesn’t Act Like One | ThinkProgress

climate disruption seems to lack the fear-focusing power (though certainly not the destructive potential) of the Third Reich.  [Ya think?]

Brumby’s bakery boss forced to resign over “carbon tax memo” « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax