There was some other news Tuesday about climate and energy. Some of it came from the scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for May, March-May (Northern Hemisphere spring-Southern Hemisphere autumn), and the period January-May according to NOAA. Worldwide average land surface temperature for May and March-May was the warmest on record while the global ocean surface temperatures for both May and March-May were second warmest on record, behind 1998. The monthly analysis from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, which is based on records going back to 1880, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides government, business and community leaders so they can make informed decisions.

And there was this continuing graph from the scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, showing the continuing collapse of Arctic sea ice, continuing an Arctic ice loss that scientists say "appears to be unmatched over at least the last few thousand years."

We can debate the politics, but the science is not debatable. Perhaps the politics would be less debatable if we paid more attention to the science. If we want to move the public and the Senate, we need to talk more about the science. That should not be debatable.