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July 7, 2010

How hot is it? So hot that even the Washington Post mentions climate change (though not what causes it) - A survey of media coverage of the monster heat wave

[Please post links to other MSM stories in the comments.:]

It's hot all over the East Coast.   Weather Underground offers this "plot of the difference between maximum temperature (the high for the day) and average maximum temperature in degrees F for July 6″:

Dr. Rob Carver, filling in for Jeff Masters on vacation in Maine (where I'll be in August), asks "Is this heat wave due to global warming?"  His answer:

Ah, the $64,000 question. In the absence of detailed analysis, it's hard to...

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Published on July 07, 2010 15:06

Energy and Global Warming News for July 7: PG&E opposes CA's Prop 23 climate law repeal; Lawmakers oppose Canadian tar sands pipeline; Cogeneration can provide relief when power fails*

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PG&E opposes CA prop. to halt global warming law

California's largest utility says it will oppose Proposition 23, the initiative that seeks to suspend the state's landmark global warming law. Pacific Gas & Electric Company Chairman and CEO Peter Darbee said in a statement Tuesday that climate change could cost California's economy tens of billions of dollars a year, with losses to agriculture, tourism and other sectors.

The 2006 law, known as AB32, requires utilities...

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Published on July 07, 2010 12:44

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

Final 'forensic' UK report on emails vindicates climate science and research underlying the Hockey Stick - Muir Russell investigation "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC" and says of CRU, "Their rigor and

UPDATE:  Great Newsweek story, "Climategate: The Heat Is Off."  A third inquiry clears British scientists of serious wrongdoing. What exactly was the scandal? A guide to the allegations of global warming shenanigans, and why they're overblown.

On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

On the allegation of biased station selection and analysis, we find no evidence of bias.

The overall...

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Published on July 07, 2010 08:42

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