Posted on 5 September 2015 by John Hartz

Sun, Aug 30

• Call It What It Is: A Global Migration Shift From Climate, Not a Migrant or Refugee Crisis by Jeff Biggers, Common Dreams, Aug 28, 2015
• This is climate change: Alaskan villagers struggle as island is chewed up by the sea by Maria L La Ganga, Los Angeles Times, Aug 30, 2015
• Faith changes everything – the missing element in climate activism by Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik, Bright Green, Aug 29, 2015
• How will climate change affect your livelihood?, AFP/The Economic Times, Aug 29, 2015
• Dangerous increase in risk of large U.S. wildfires predicted by mid-century by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Aug 27, 2015

Mon, Aug 31

• In Alaska, Obama Will Be in Middle of Oil and Climate Change Battle by Kirk Johnson, New York Times Aug 30, 2015
• Glaciers in Central Asia shrinking fast: study, AFP-JIJI/Japan Times, Aug 29, 2015
• Citi report: slowing global warming would save tens of trillions of dollars by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 31, 2015
• Oil, Oligarchs and Other Subtexts on Obama’s Arctic-Focused Alaska Trip by Andrew C. Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times, Aug 30, 2015
• Indonesia looks to increase emissions cut pledge ahead of Paris meet by Michael Taylor, Reuters, Aug 31, 2015
• Homeowners Could Save Up to 40 Percent on Electricity by Flexing Their Demand, Report Says by Melissa C. Lott, Scientific American, Aug 29, 2015

Tue, Sep 1

• Obama Makes Urgent Appeal in Alaska for Climate Change Action by Julie Hirshfeld Davis & Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, Aug 31, 2015
• Why the Earth Is Heating So Fast: On the Dangerous Difference Between Science and Political Science by Bill McKibben, Climate Desk/Common Dreams, Aug 31, 2015 
• Climate Change Has Got The Earth In Hot Water by James Conca, Forbes, Aug 31, 2015
• New study reveals the possibility of hurricanes ‘unlike anything you’ve seen in history’ by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 31, 2015

• Strong Words, But Little Action at Arctic Summit by Leehi Yona, Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 1, 2015

Wed, Sep 2

• Australia was ready to act on climate 25 years ago, so what happened next? by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, The Guardian, Aug 5, 2015
• Current El Nino climate event 'among the strongest' by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Sep 1. 2015
• Hurricane Kilo Crosses Dateline, Becomes Typhoon by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Sep 1, 2015
• The Paris Climate Conference: Playing Craps With Our Planet's Future by John Atcheson, Common Dreams, Sep 1, 2015
• Water, Climate, Energy Intertwined with Fight Against Poverty in Central America by Diego Arguedas Ortiz, Inter Press Service (IPS), Aug 27, 2015
• Pope Francis calls on wealthy and powerful to protect Earth, Agence France-Presse, Sep 2, 2015
• Global warming intensified the record floods in Texas and Oklahoma by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 2, 2015
• The shrinking glaciers of Austria by Julia Schilly, Der Standard/The Guardian, Sep 1, 2015

Thu, Sep 3

• Wildfires have now burned a massive 8 million acres across the U.S. by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 2, 2015
• Scientists pinpoint Arctic warming hotspots behind severe northern hemisphere winters by Robert McSweeney, The Carbon Brief, Aug 31, 2015
• Rick Santorum misrepresents our climate survey results on Bill Maher show by Bart Verheggen, My view on climate change, Sep 2, 2015
• Earth home to 3 trillion trees, but billions are disappearing every year by Tom Arup, Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 3, 2015
• National emissions plans too weak to limit climate change - study by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Sep 2, 2015
• Rick Santorum Tries to Use My Research to Cast Doubt on My Other Research by John Cook, The Huffington Post Australia, Sep 4, 2015
• Is New Orleans Safer Today Than When Katrina Hit 10 Years Ago? by Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, August 27, 2015

Fri, Sep 4

• New nuclear power in UK would be the world's most costly, says report by Simon Evans, The Carbon Brief, Sep 3, 2015
• In Week of Cyclone Records, Kilo Could Break More by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Sep 2, 2015
• Climate change could displace up to a quarter of a billion people by Charlotta Lomas, Deutsche Welle (DW), Sep 2, 2015
• Climate crisis: A cry for urgent action by Stepen Leahy, World Mission, Aug 2015 Issue
• Obama says struggling Arctic village is 'wake-up call' for US on global warming by Rory Carroll, The Guardian, Sep 3, 2015
• 5 Trillion Tons of Ice Lost Since 2002 by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Sep 3, 2015
• UN climate chief expects national plans to cover up to 80% of emissions before Paris by Ed King, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Sep 4, 2015
• Carbon Cuts So Sharp Even California Democrats Are Divided by Adam Nagourney, New York Times, Sep 4, 2015

Sat, Sep 5

• 4 Ways Polar Bears Are Dealing With Climate Change by Rachel A. Becker, National Geographic, Sep 4, 2015
• 1997 vs. 2015: Animation Compares El Niños Side-by-Side by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Sep 4, 2015
• Fewer than 50% of CEOs say Paris deal would make them act on climate change by Oliver Balch, The Guradian, Sep 4, 2015
• The pilgrim’s progress by Apoorva Sripathi, The Hindu, Sep 4, 2015
• International Ignorance by Jeff Hester, howweknowwhatweknow, Sep 4, 2015 
• Getting the [Climate Change] Story Straight by Lindsey Thurman, Plos Blogs, Sep 6, 2015
• Rising tide of loss and damage advances cause in UN climate deal by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sep 4, 2015