NCDC : June 2012 Was 15th Hottest In US History (Steven Goddard, July 13, 2012, Steven Goddard’s Blog)
The world has not warmed since 1995, but that still leaves us at a temperature plateau; we should expect warmer summers, which are not necessarily bad, and certainly not unprecedented. In this century alone we’ve had 14 hotter summers. Furthermore, the U.S. is somewhat unique in its heat right now, and even then only the Eastern U.S. (More here.)

IPCC Admits Its Past Reports Were Junk (Joseph Bast, July 16, 2012, American Thinker)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announces that it has now conformed with the InterAcademy Council’s recommendations to improve its abysmally inaccurate reports. How well, only the future will tell. But the IAC’s findings suggest past reports were so biased as to make their findings useless.

Climate was HOTTER in Roman, Medieval Times Than Now: Study (Lewis Page, July 10, 2012, The Register)

“A large team of scientists making a comprehensive study of data from tree rings say that in fact global temperatures have been on a falling trend for the past 2,000 years and they have often been noticeably higher than they are today—despite the absence of any significant amounts of human-released carbon dioxide in the atmosphere back then.” In a related item, a new paper claims about half of 20th-century global warming on faulty weather station data homogenization.

Economics and Energy

Tom Vilsack Doesn’t Believe in Supply and Demand (Brian McGraw, July 16, 2012, Globalwarming.org)
Agriculture Secratary Tom Vilsack does not believe in the economic law of supply and demand. During the current drought, which has hurt many crop yields, Vilsack believes it is immoral to raise prices. Sorry, Tom. It’s support of ethanol fuel mandates that is immoral. (More here.)

Caught In a Green Crossfire (Paul Driessen, July 13, 2012, Eurasian Review)

President Obama continues his war on coal despite the failing economy—killing profitable jobs while subsidizing unprofitable “Green” jobs. “In reality, the only thing ‘green’ about his ideologically driven energy policies is the money leaving our wallets. Mr. Obama’s energy policy isn’t about serving American consumers.”

Why European Shale Is Totally 'Fracked' (Matthew Hulbert, July 12, 2012, Forbes)
The rising cost of energy, largely due to taxes and other penalties on carbon emitting energy sources, accompanied by several large finds of natural gas and oil in Western Europe, has created a growing strain in the minds of government officials and consumers alike. (More here, here, and here.)

Religion and Ethics

The Other Scandal In Unhappy Valley (Rand Simberg, July 13, 2012, Openmarket.org)
Penn State University has been at the epicenter of not one, but two cover-up scandals, the less-known of which surrounded climate scientists climate alarmist Michael Mann’s covering up data damaging to his assertions of dangerous manmade global warming.

UK Police Close 'Climategate' investigation (Raphael Satter, July 19, 2012, Business Week)
“British police have closed their three-year investigation into the theft of hundreds of climate science emails published to the Web, saying Wednesday there was no hope of finding any suspects behind the breach. The theft, dubbed ‘Climategate’ by some, caught researchers at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discussing ways to dodge right-to-know requests, keep opponents' research out of peer-reviewed journals, and destroy data.”

Law, Regulation, and Litigation

Dissecting the Carbon Tax (Kenneth Green, July 13, 2012, The American)
The influx of natural gas to the energy market has created, simply out of market conditions, a decline in carbon dioxide emissions. Thus, a carbon cap and tax system presents no benefits to the environment, and a lot of pain to the economy.

The Not-So-Great 'Green Fleet': President Obama’s Skewed National Defense Priorities (James Inhofe, July 17, 2012, The Hill)
“As the Department of Defense (DoD) faces drastic budget cuts, the last thing the military needs is to be forced by President Obama to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on an expensive green energy agenda,” which includes paying a minimum of from $27 to as much as $424 per gallon of “green” fuel.

How Insider Politics Saved California's Train to Nowhere (Allysia Finley, July 13, 2012, Wall Street Journal)

The ever more expensive California state-long bullet train has been approved for construction despite inadequate public funding, no promise, and little incentive for private funding, amid speculation of much insider political scheming. While the train is touted as an environmental chess-piece, environmentalists apparently disagree.

Politics and Debate

EU Energy Chief Oettinger Warns of Deindustrialization (July 16, 2012, Reuters)

European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger warns that environmentalist concerns are shrinking the economy and will lead to de-industrialization. This would actually be worse for the environment, since wealthier societies have more power to make a clean society. Oettinger recommends adding a new goal to the EU’s stated environmentalist goals, but what he seems to miss is that the two are incompatible.

Average Chinese Person's Carbon Footprint Now Equals European's (Duncan Clark, July 18, 2012, The Guardian)
“The average Chinese person's carbon footprint is now almost on a par with the average European's, figures released on Wednesday reveal. China became the largest national emitter of CO2 in 2006, though its emissions per person have always been lower than those in developed countries such as Europe.”

Coal Mining Layoffs Have Domino Effect on Businesses (Catherine Moxley, July 18, 2012, WSAZ News Channel)

The EPA’s war against coal mines has brought economic tragedy to the West Virginia town of Logan. It will be the first of many if the EPA is not stopped. (Similar story here.)

Food, Agriculture, and Health

Ethanol Added $14.5 Billion to Consumer Motor Fuel Costs in 2011, Study Finds (Marlo Lewis, July 19, 2012, Globalwarming.org)
Restricting supply of a food crop in one area raises the price of food crops in all other areas, as well as costing consumers more for fuel by decreasing fuel economy. (More here.)

Polar Bears and Inuit Are Victims of Environmental Hysteria and Inadequate Science, Not Global Warming (Dr. Tim Ball, July 18, 2012, Drtimball.com)
Polar Bears are thriving despite predictions of decline, much to the chagrin of environmentalists, and to the benefit of the Inuit people.

CFL Bulbs May Pose Risk to Skin (Brian McGraw, July 23, 2012 Globalwarming.org)

A new study says the Ultra-Violet emissions of Compact Fluorescent Bulbs may cause skin damage. While it is far from proven, it should remind us that every new action brings risk, and the market is the best means of determining acceptable risk.

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