US Underestimates Costs of Carbon Pollution and Climate Change, Study Finds - CleanTechnica

The real benefits of carbon reduction range from 2.6 to more than 12 times higher than the government’s estimate.

Reflections on the Arctic sea ice minimum: Part II | Climate Etc.

‘Ice free’ is put in quotes, because ‘ice free’ as commonly used doesn’t mean free of ice, as in zero ice. The usual definition of ‘ice free’ Arctic is ice extent below 1 M sq km (current minimum extent is around 3.5 M sq km). This definition is used because it is very difficult to melt the thick ice around the Canadian Archipelago. And the issue of ‘ice free’ in the 21st century is pretty much a non issue if your require this thick ice to disappear.  [Why wouldn't you require this thick ice to disappear?  And if there are over 16,000 Manhattans of ice in an area, how is calling that area "ice-free" not a bald-faced lie?]

Daily Theology Column | Real Science

Arctic ice sacrificed for our sins.

Because we choose to not live in the cold and the dark, the CO2 god is punishing us by making more ice melt this summer than during the great holy year of 2007.

Some apostates have offended the CO2 god even further by looking at the record high sea ice in southern hemisphere, aka Hades. This hemisphere is not to be viewed by anyone other than holy oracles, who are the only ones qualified to find a way to blame the record maximum on our ozone sins.

Twitter / RogerPielkeJr: From ClimateWire, WRI report ...

From ClimateWire, WRI report says India planning >450 new coal plants, part of >1200 planned globally, many more 2 come http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2012/09/17/1 …

Balancing the (carbon) budget | Climate Reality

..people on both sides of the political aisle seem to generally agree that a balanced budget is a good thing — that spending more than you’re bringing in isn’t sustainable, and comes with consequences, like debt.

The same logic should be applied to our carbon budget.
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When we burn dirty energy like oil and coal though, we upset this balanced budget. By burning these fuels, we pump carbon into the atmosphere at an unnatural rate — faster than it can be taken back in.