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Why is the EPA giving priority to duties chosen by unelected bureaucrats, rather than responsibilities assigned by elected representatives?

Greenland Hockey Stick Located | Real Science

For a few years in the 1930s and 1940s, the capital of Greenland averaged above freezing, but they have been on a downwards slide ever since.

Quakes may add to global warming: study | Perth Now

EARTHQUAKES may contribute to global warming by releasing greenhouse gas from the ocean floor, a study suggests.

Scientists uncovered evidence that a large earthquake in 1945 released more than seven million cubic metres of methane into the North Arabian Sea.

The discovery exposes a natural source of greenhouse gas emissions that has not been considered before, they claim.

Congress’s climate skeptics could snarl GOP’s strategy - POLITICO.com Print View

Democrats — some of them eager to downplay the economic implications of Obama’s plans — are only too thrilled to swing the spotlight to a debate about science.
...One long-time Republican operative explained that even GOP lawmakers’ most extreme statements about climate change “play well” among conservatives.
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Climate skepticism also threatens to hurt Republicans among Latinos, said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. He said Hispanics care more about climate change than any other group in the U.S.

Flashback: Asian Americans lean green | Grist

56.7 percent of Caucasians and 60.3 percent of Hispanics acknowledge global warming is caused by human activity, and only 49.3 percent of Caucasians and 34.2 percent of Hispanics expressed concern about it.