Posted on 15 August 2015 by John Hartz

Sun, Aug 9

• Torngat Mountains glaciers shrinking faster, says researcher, CBC News, Aug 8, 2015
• Corrected sunspot history suggests climate change not due to natural solar trends, Astronomy Now, Aug 8, 2014
• OMG… Greenland’s ice sheets are melting fast Robin McKie, The Observer, Aug 9, 2015
• Iceland: Volcanic eruptions could be a consequence of melting glaciers by Luna Finnsson, IceNews, Aug 8, 2015
• Car companies investing in EVs set for massive windfall by Jeremy Cato, Globe and Mail, Aug 5, 2015
• Coal is not the answer to India's energy poverty, whatever Tony Abbott says, Op-ed by EAS Sarma, The Guardian, Aug 7, 2015
• Feeding people on our stressed planet will require a “revolution” by Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News, Aug 5, 2015
• Opinion: Climate change has arrived in Central Europe Op-ed by Jens Thurau, Deutsche Welle, Aug 9, 2015

Mon, Aug 10

• Climate change crusade goes local by Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, Aug 9. 2015
• How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory by John Schwartz, New York Times, Aug 7, 2015
• The boom in wind energy couldn’t be coming at a better time Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 9, 2015
• Evoking the Wrath of Nature by Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Aug 9, 2015
• A Huge Algae Bloom Off the Pacific Coast Is Poisoning Shellfish and Sea Lions by Esha Dey, Vice News, Aug 10, 2015
• Deadly Typhoon Smashes into China after Damaging Taiwan by Coco Liu, Gayathri Vaidyanathan and ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 10, 2015

Tue, Aug 11

• Rising costs of flood defences could put world's major deltas at risk by Robert McSweeney, The Carbon Brief, Aug 6, 2015
• UK butterflies could suffer ‘widespread extinction’ by 2050, study warns by Robert McSweeney, The Carbon Brief, Aug 10, 2015
• Next step for Obama's climate rules: A court debate over wording 'glitch' by David Savage, Los Angeles Times, Aug 5, 2015
• Dear Washington Times: Here's How People Of Color Really Feel About The Clean Power Plan by Cristina Lopez, Media Matters for America, Aug 11, 2015
• An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments 
• Abbott government's 2030 emissions target dubbed 'pathetically inadequate' by Lenore Taylor, The Guardian, Aug 10, 2015
• Fox News(!) on Coke, Climate and Fake Science by Peter Sinclair, Climate Denial Crock of the Week, Aug 11, 2015
• Massive Toxic Algae Blooms May Prove a Sign of Climate Change to Come by Brittany Patterson, ClimateWire/Scientific American August 11, 2015
• Risk, Climate Change, and Black Swans by John Atcheson, Common Dreams, Aug 11, 2015

Wed, Aug 12

• Climate Change is REAL!, My Viewpoint, You Tube, Aug 10, 2015
• A stunning five million acres have now burned in Alaskan wildfires this year by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 10, 2015
• Australian Psychological Society "Disturbed" By Climate Denialist Group's "Misleading" Newspaper Advert by Graham Readfern, DeSmog Blog, Aug 11, 2015
• Can Community Solar Meet the Needs of Large Energy Buyers? by Priya Barua and April Herleikson. World Resources institute (WRI), Aug 10, 2015
• Revealed: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy by Martin Lukacs, The Guardian, Aug 11, 2015
• 2015 global temperatures are right in line with climate model predictions by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 12, 2015
• Why Misleading Americans About Climate Change Is Dangerous, Op-ed by Anna North, New York Times, Aug 11, 2015
• Stephen Harper Forgets Stephen Harper’s Pledge to End Fossil Fuels by Carol Linnitt, DeSmog Canada, Aug 11, 2015
• Environmentalists tackling climate change should take a page from the gay marriage playbook by Ramez Naam, Quartz, Aug 12, 2015
• 5 Ways To Convince People To Actually Do Something About Climate Change by Adele Peters, Co Exist, Aug 12, 2015

Thu, Aug 13

• Can the Earth feed 11 billion people? Four reasons to fear a Malthusian future by James Dyke, The Conversation, Aug 12, 2015
• Can the Planet Support 11 Billion People? by Malavika Vyawahare, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 12, 2015
• Pope's climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil investments by Richard Valdmanis, Reuters, Aug 12, 2015
• Ocean science group starts blog devoted to warm-water blob by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, Aug 11, 2015
• Heat wave heightens danger in an already epic summer of fire by Joseph Serna, Corina Knoll & Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times, Aug 12, 2015
• El Nino brings prolonged droughts, Deutsche Welle (DW), Aug 13, 2015
• Can't Touch This: To Stave Off Climate Disaster, Arctic Oil Must Stay in Ground by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, Aug 13, 2015
• Huge El Niño leaves parts of California vulnerable to flooding by Rong-Gong Lin II and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, Aug 13, 2015

Fri, Aug 14

• Scientists get tool to mark online climate science media coverage and it's not a rusty teaspoon by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, The Guardian, Aug 13, 2015
• 5 Green Iphone Apps You Need in Your Life by Lydia Collins Donlon, Living Roots, Aug 14, 2015 
• If global warming really did pause, the planet just pressed ‘play’ again by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 13, 2015
• Latin America Has Enormous Untapped Potential for Green Infrastructure by Diego Arguedas Ortiz, International Press News (IPS), Aug 12, 2015
• Tomgram: Michael Klare, Big Oil in Retreat by Tom Englehardt/Michael Klare, TomDisptach, Aug 13, 2015
• Paris climate deal ‘not a failure’ if it busts 2C goal by Megan Darby, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 11, 2014
• Extreme weather could trigger frequent global food shocks by Michael Le Page, NewScientist, Aug 14, 2015
• Hottest July On Record Keeps 2015 On Track To Crush 2014 For Hottest Year by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Aug 14, 2015
• Rich nations' climate plans fall short of hopes for Paris summit by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Aug 12, 2015
• What live peer review looks like when the fate of the planet is at stake by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 14, 2015

Sat, Aug 15

• Has there been a hiatus? by Kenneth Trenberth, Science, Aug 14, 2015
• Photovoltaic Prices Drop for 5th Straight Year by Daniel Cusick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 14, 2015
• Untouchable: The Climate Case Against Arctic Drilling by Hannah McKinnon, Oil Change International/Common Dreams, Aug 14, 2015
• Mammoth wind turbines reach new heights in renewable energy by The Canadian Press, National Observer, Aug 11, 2015
• The Battle Over Global Warming Is All in Your Head by Kharunya Paramaguru, Time Magazine, Aug 19 Issue
• Added Gene Can Make Rice More Climate-Friendly by Tim Radford, Climate News Network/Truthdig, Aug 14, 2015