8/15 Random Arctic Climate Change News

http://www.care2.com/causes/no-sea-ice-in-the-arctic-in-a-decade-scientists-warn.html
No summer sea ice in a decade. Doesn't sound bad, right?
"Without the cap’s white brilliance to reflect sunlight back into space, the region will heat up even more than at present. As a result, ocean temperatures will rise and methane deposits on the ocean floor could melt, evaporate and bubble into the atmosphere. Scientists have recently reported evidence that methane plumes are now appearing in many areas. Methane is a particularly powerful greenhouse gas and rising levels of it in the atmosphere are only likely to accelerate global warming. And with the disappearance of sea ice around the shores of Greenland, its glaciers could melt faster and raise sea levels even more rapidly than at present."
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) rubber-stamped plans that rely on unbelievable assumptions, include equipment that has never been tested in Arctic conditions, and ignore the very real possibility that a spill could continue through the winter. The agency has failed to ensure Shell’s plans could be effective and that Shell has sufficient boats, resources and spill responders to remove a “worst-case” oil spill in the Arctic Ocean to the “maximum extent practicable.”  Even after Deepwater Horizon, Interior Secretary Salazar brushed aside concerns about Shell’s spill response capabilities, stating recently that “there is not going to be an oil spill.”
http://www.care2.com/causes/shells-inadequate-oil-spill-response-plans-threaten-americas-arctic.html
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As of Monday 13- Feds offer pipeline plan for Alaska's reserve:   http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_b33/alaska-salazar-plan.html