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‘Mind blowing paper’ blames ENSO for Global Warming Hiatus | Watts Up With That?

This has important implications for IPCC’s upcoming AR5 report, where they will attempt to give attribution to the warming, which now looks more and more like a natural cycle.

Pause tied to equatorial Pacific surface cooling | Climate Etc.

...the same natural internal variability (primarily PDO) that is responsible for the pause is a major and likely dominant cause (at least at the 50% level) of the warming in the last quarter of the 20th century.

▶ Green Jobs -- Where Have They Gone? - YouTube

The Obama administration made green jobs a top priority when they first came into office, but thanks to Republican obstruction and industry backlash, those green job plans have barely gotten off the ground. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio discusses the hurdles facing the green jobs initiative with author and Mother Jones contributor Chris Mooney.

Sen. Ron Johnson Says He Neither Accepts, Denies Human-Caused Climate Change | Wisconsin Public Radio News

“I don't have a belief one way or the other. I’m willing to accept science; I'm willing to accept the facts. What I'm not willing to accept is … Until we know conclusively what's doing it — and if any actions we take would have any kind of measurable impact — I don't think we should be spending trillions of dollars unilaterally.”