Charleston Gazette: Industrial and political leaders in coal-dominated West Virginia generally shrug off global warming, or even call it imaginary. They won't admit that greenhouse fumes from coal-burning are heating the planet. So they'll probably stay silent about news that America just suffered its hottest year in history.
Federal climate scientists announced Tuesday that 2012 set a heat record for the continental United States -- 3.2 degrees above normal, and a stunning 1 degree higher than the previous record....