“The sun hasn’t shone on Cape Morris Jesup since October 11. These should be among the coldest weeks of the year for the cape. But over the weekend, the weather station there recorded an air temperature of 43 degrees Fahrenheit, more than 50 degrees above normal for this time of year.” Everyone is more sensitive to weird weather these days. But few places can match what’s been going on in parts of the Arctic, a place that “shows no sign of returning to [the] reliably frozen region of recent past decades.”

+ “We have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we’ve been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind.” Is Scott Pruitt is gutting the EPA because he thinks it’s god’s plan? And, Scott Pruitt vs The Pope.