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Climate consensus 'skewing' science | The Australian

[Judith Curry] "The role of scientists should not be to develop political will to act by hiding or simplifying the uncertainties, either explicitly or implicitly, behind a negotiated consensus."

Arctic on course for ice-free summer 'within decades', scientists say | Environment | theguardian.com

"We really are heading towards an ice-free Arctic in the summer," said Andreas Münchow, a scientist at the University of Delaware who studies the Arctic. "It just takes a freak event eventually, in the next five or 10 or even 20 years. The next year there will be a huge Arctic cover, but it is all going to be thin on top, and the long-term trend is that the ice is disappearing in the summer in the Arctic."

Dem Sen from NDak: Obama admin ‘choosing to choke the coal industry with unattainable regulations’ | JunkScience.com