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Up to 16 inches of snow expect to fall in the Cascades | KREM.com Spokane

The mountains are getting their first big snowfall of the season.

Scientists Call for Overhaul of IPCC

The panel's just-released fifth assessment, created with the collaboration of more than 800 experts who reviewed more than 9,000 scientific studies, ups its confidence to 95 percent.

"How much higher can we really go?" said Andrew Weaver [8], a Canadian climate scientist and lead author of the IPCC's section on climate projections, who was elected in May to British Columbia's provincial legislature as a Green Party member.

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@Lancebowski @Martina that's a good point re media being intimidated by -ve backlash; having gotten it myself I know how it can discourage!