Not everybody agrees with the Bureau of Meteorology claim that Australia has just had its “hottest summer on record”

While 2013 was the hottest summer in the BoM heavily adjusted ACORN SAT data – the CPC GHCN/CAMS t2m analysis finds that 1983 was a clear winner for the hottest summer and 1973 missed out by only 0.00135°C.

Fred Pearce: Fracking – The Monster We Greens Must Embrace | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Despite the doubts, shale gas can play a vital bridging role in reducing carbon emissions by ousting filthier coal

- Bishop Hill blog - Marcott in freefall

What does it say about Science that it would publish such a paper?

Climate change could turn polar bears brown, research suggests

How polar bears got their white coat remains a scientific mystery, but newly published research suggests a way they could turn brown again.

One of the study's authors says that's what might eventually happen to some groups of modern bears as climate change alters their habitat.

Coalition Opposed to Carbon Taxes Meets in Washington, D.C.

American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle spoke today at a press conference in Washington, D.C. declaring his opposition to a national carbon tax. Pyle was backed by a coalition of representatives from numerous free-market organizations, business groups, and elected officials.