Data released by NASA shows that the decade ending in 2009 was the warmest on record, and 2009 was the second warmest year since 1880. The warmest year was 2005; others in the top ten are all since 1998. The temperature trend is up 0.36 degrees F per decade over 30 years, and 1.5 degrees since 1880.


CONSEQUENCES
SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).