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This shouldn't come as much of a surprise if you've been following any climate related news this year -- we've already seen the hottest global averages ever recorded for April, May, and June, and the hottest Jan.-June period as well.

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As we've been reporting, 2010 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record.

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The one time I met Jonathan Kay he was rude and arrogant, and he often comes off that way in his column in the National Post.

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Of course, nothing will convince the most determined climate deniers that 'ClimateGate' was an overblown non-scandal, and that the research done by the scientists at East Anglia University is sound.

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You've probably at least heard mention of how climate change poses a complex threat to national security on a number of fronts.

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This week saw a couple lively debates over cap and trade and media coverage and public understanding of climate change.

This Graph is Right On
Michael Mann was one of the scientists at the center of the so-called 'Climate Gate' controversy, and as the author of the famous 'hockey stick' graph (the one above, displaying clearly that the temperatures we're currently experiencing are anomalous, and hotter than the last 2,000 years) is a favorite target of climate denier attacks.

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California Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina is currently the front runner for securing the GOP nomination in the state primary. The former head of Hewlett-Packard is hoping to bolster her conservative cred by attacking longtime incumbent and Democrat Barbara Boxer -- for acknowledging that climate change is a national security threat.

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Temperatures Could Rise to 122 F
India is currently facing the hottest season ever recorded in the nation -- the hottest since record keeping began in the late 1800s. And the heat has been disastrous: Hundreds of people have died already, and many more are seriously ill. Hospitals in one region in the north have been receiving 300 people a day.

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While even a good many climate skeptics have given up on trying to squeeze any real scandal out of so-called Climate Gate, the Virginia attorney general is evidently not content yet.