Posted on 29 August 2015 by John Hartz

Sun, Aug 23

• Extreme weather events of 2015: Is climate change to blame? by Freya Palmer, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 21, 2015
• Environmentalists Blast Obama's Decision to Let Shell Drill in Arctic by by Reynard Loki, Alternet, Aug 23, 2015
• Too warm, too few fish: Health warning for world’s oceans by Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network, Aug 23, 2015
• More Than 12,000 Firefighters Battling 17 Wildfires Across California, CBS Sacramento, Aug 22, 2015
• Typhoon Goni batters Japan with record 159 mile-per-hour winds by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Aug 23, 2015
• Betting against climate change not a smart punt by John Collee, The Age, Aug 24, 2015

Mon, Aug 24

• Cutting back on wasted electricity is the cleanest power source of all – as our household shows by Anthony James, The Conversation US, Aug 23, 2015
• For a glimpse into the future: Can we predict climate change? by Daniel Bardsley, The National.UAE, Aug 22, 2015
• The drought's hidden victim: California's native fish by Bettina Boxhall, Los Angeles Times, Aug 24, 2015
• World's fastest-melting glacier loses massive chunk in 2 days By Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Aug 23, 2015
• Which religions are supporting climate change? Muslims are the most recent to speak up by Gary Nguyen, World Religious News, Aug 22, 2015
• Adapting to air pollution with clean air stands in China by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
• Climate change and Hurricane Katrina: what have we learned? by Kerry Emmanuel, The Conversation US, Aug 24, 2015

Tue, Aug 25

• Cutting Tropical Deforestation is Key to Curbing Climate Change, And It's Cheap by Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, Aug 24, 2015
• Let’s learn from mistakes by rasmus, Real Climate, Aug 23, 2015
• Great Barrier Reef species more at risk from climate change, says study by Joshua Robertson, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
• Carbon-credit scheme linked to increased greenhouse-gas production by Richard Hodson, Nature, Aug 24, 2015
• Climate Change: A Warning From Islam by Bill Mckibben, New York Review of Books, Aug 24, 2015
• Barack Obama singles out Koch brothers over fossil fuel lobbying by Joanna Walters, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
• For Pope Francis’s D.C. visit, environmental rally of up to 200K planned by Juliet Eilperin & Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, Aug 25, 2015
• Here’s what happens when you try to replicate climate contrarian papers by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 25, 2015
• Bushfires, heatwaves and early deaths: the climate is changing before our eyes by Tim Flannery, The Guardian, Aug 25, 2015

Wed, Aug 26

• Climate Change's Overlooked Sociological Side by Jan Ellen Spiegel, InsideClimate News, Aug 25, 2015
• From a March to a Movement: Mobilizing More Than Greens for Climate Action by Eddie Bautista, Common Dreams, Aug 25, 2015
• Fire crews eye weather as heat, wind build in parts of West by Nicholas K. Geranios, AP/SF Gate, Aug 26, 2015
• Alaska Experiences Dramatic Climate Change by Jean Chemnick & Christa Marshall, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 26, 2015
• Snowy Canada Suffers Drought, Heat, Fires as Earth Gets Warmer by Jeremy Van Loon, Bloomberg Business, Aug 26, 2015 

Thu, Aug 27

• Celebrating soils: Why are they so important for our climate? by Pete Smith, The Carbon Brief, Aug 26, 2015
• Katrina: Lasting Climate Lessons for a Sinking City by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Aug 26, 2015
• Newcastle, home to world's biggest coal port, moves to curb fossil fuel links by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 26, 2015
• World sea levels set to rise at least one metre over next 100-200 years, NASA says AFP/ABC (Australia), Aug 26, 3015
• When firefighters speak out on climate change, we ought to listen up by Char Miller, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
• European ‘extreme weather belt’ linked to worst drought since 2003 by Arhtur Neslen, The Guardian, Aug 27, 2015

Fri, Aug 28

• Run for your lives, climate campaigners are sophisticated and can tie their own shoelaces by Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, Aug 27, 2015
• 7 Lessons Learned About the Politics of Climate Change by Heather Taylor-Miesle, EcoWatch, Aug 24, 2015
• New NASA videos show stark ice loss from Earth's ice sheets by Roz Pidcock, The Carbon Brief, Aug 27, 2015
• From Katrina, an ‘Amazing’ Decade of Climate Research by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central. Aug 28, 2015
• Canada government suspends scientist for folk song about prime minister by by Nicky Woolf, The Guardian, Aug 28, 2015
• There’s another way to combat climate change — but let’s not call it geoengineering by Anita Talberg & Tim Flannery, The Conversation AU, Aug 25, 2015

Sat, Aug 29

• Digging into big coal's climate connections by Michael Halpern, The Guardian, Aug 28, 2015
• The ‘green-tech’ future is a flawed vision of sustainability by Samuel Alexander, The Conversation AU, Aug 28, 2015
• Carbon Emissions From Power Plants Hit 27-Year Low by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Aug 28, 2015
• As sea ice retreats, 5,000-6,000 walruses confirmed on Alaskan shore by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 28, 2015
• Would warming stop after greenhouse gas emissions end? Not quite by Scott K. Johnson, arstechnica, Aug 28, 2015
• China passes new pollution law, sets sights on coal consumption by David Stanway and Kathy Chen, Reuters, Aug 29, 2015
• Obama defends Arctic drilling decision on eve of Alaska climate change trip by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Aug 29, 2015
• Largest Ever Citizen Consultation on Climate Change, UNEP News Release, Aug 28, 2015