In an opinion piece from the Juneau Empire, 2014's warm temperatures in Alaska sound apocalyptic: The National Weather Service reports that 2014 was Alaska's warmest year on record. Even with record-breaking temperatures occurring all across the state, I see climate change getting framed as an 'Arctic' issue. The warmest year with record-breaking temperatures all across the state?  That doesn't ring true. What follows may come as an inconvenient truth for the warmists.  Consider this a trigger alert for climate change advocates. Here are the annual temperatures for the Juneau climate sub-region since records with the National Weather Service began in 1899. The orange line is a regression between 1899 and 2014.  While it is non-significant, readers will note that it has a negative slope (correlation) toward cooling – not warming.  Over the past 30 years (the blue line), there is nearly (p~0.09) statistically significant...(Read Full Post)