Posted on 3 October 2015 by John Hartz

Sun, Sep 27

• The Pope Wants Climate to Be a Human Rights Issue by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Sep 25, 2015
• Beijing Puts Ball Back in Washington’s Court on Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 25, 2015 
• China announces national emissions trading scheme – experts react, by John Mathews, Anita Talberg, David Hodgkinson, and Peter Christoff, The Conversation, Sep 26, 2015
• Rising Emissions Threaten Goal of Poverty-Free World by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Climate Central, Sep 26, 2015
• Obama Says Paris Climate Talks Bound to ‘Fall Short’ by Roberta Rampton, Reuters/Climate Central, Sep 27, 2015
• Divestment efforts starting to hit coal and oil firms by Shawn McCarthy, The Globe & Mail, Sep 24, 2015
• France's Hollande says climate talk promises must now become action by John Irish, Reuters, Sep 27, 2015

Mon, Sep 28

• Brazil pledges to slash emissions, but will count old reductions by Marcelo Teixeira, Reuters, Sep 27, 2015
• Today's U.S.-China Announcement is the Most Significant Milestone to Date for Battling Global Climate Change, RMI Outlet, Sep 25, 2015

• Why Do We Need Pope Francis to Tell Us What We Know About the Climate? by Katy Lederer, The New Yorker, Sep 25, 2015

• Limited Progress Seen Even as More Nations Step Up on Climate by Justin Gillis & Somni Sengupta, New York Times, Sep 28, 2015
• Shell abandons Alaska Arctic drilling by Terry Macalister, The Guardian, Sep 28, 2015
• Survey of Republican Voters Shows a Majority Believe in Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 28. 2015
• Glacier melt shows a climate change tipping point. We must pay attention, Op-ed by Wendell Tangborn, The Guardian, Sep 28, 2015
• Scientists say New York City already faces much worse flood risks due to rising seas by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 28, 2015

Tue, Sep 29

• Using Music to Inspire a Generation to Save the World by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Sep 28, 2015
• Despite Shell’s about-face, interest in Arctic oil grows by Brian C Black, The Conversation AU, Sep 29, 2015
• Is the fossil fuel industry, like the tobacco industry, guilty of racketeering? by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 29, 2015
• Even if Every Nation Meets Its Pledge to Fight Climate Change, We’re Still Fried by Brian Merchant, Motherboard, Sep 28, 2015
• People around the world will act on climate change to create a better society: study by Paul Bain, The Conversation US, Sep 28. 2015
• Modi calls for climate change agenda that helps developing countries by David Brunnstrom and Jeff Mason, Reuters, Sep 29, 2015
• Carney warns of risks from climate change 'tragedy of the horizon' by Larry Elliott, The Guardian, Sep 29, 2015
• The tropical steam-engine: how does El Niño warm the entire globe? by Nicholas Tyrrell and Dietmar Dommenget, The Conversation US, Sep 29, 2015

Wed, Sep 30

• Scientists declare an “urgent” mission – study West Antarctica, and fast by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 29, 2015
• Shark culling could indirectly accelerate climate change, study warns by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Sep 28, 2015
• Doubt Denies Denial by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Sep 28, 2015
• No long-term future in tar sands, says Alberta's premier by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Sep 30, 2015
• ExxonMobil Faces Heightened Risk of Climate Litigation, Its Critics Say by Bob Simison, InsideClimate News. Sep 30, 2015
• Why Are Republicans the Only Climate-Science-Denying Party in the World? by Jonathan Chait, The New Yorker, Sep 27, 2015
• AP Styles 'Deniers' into 'Doubters,' Creating Newsroom Skeptics by Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Sep 29, 2015
• Why Cities Are the Next Frontier in the Fight Against Climate Change by Justin Worland, Time, Sep 29, 2015

Thu, Oct 1

• World's energy systems at risk from warming, say leading firms by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Sep 30, 2015
• Ex-climate negotiator hopes for 'miracle' on people's pilgrimage by Rosie Scammell, The Guardian, Sep 30, 2015
• Could Hurricane Joaquin be another Superstorm Sandy? by Ed Payne, CNN, Oct 1, 2015
• Federal education data shows OISM’s climate change denying Petition Project actually a tiny minority, Scholars & Rouges, Oct 1, 2015
• No Doubt About It: People Who Mislead the Public About Climate Change Are Deniers by Brant Olson, Campaign Director at ClimateTruth.org, The Huffington Post, Oct 1, 2015
• Millions face hunger due to climate change, "super El Nino" - Oxfam by Joseph D'Urso, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Oct 1, 2015
• EBRD to raise financing for climate projects to 18 bln euros by Aister Doyle, Reuters, Sep 30, 2015

Fri, Oct 2

• India Announces Plan to Lower Rate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Ellen Barry & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Oct 1, 2015
• Food Giants Align For Climate Action by Kate Shepard, The Huffington Post, Oct 1, 2015
• Big Trees First to Die in Severe Droughts by Brittany Patterson, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Oct 1, 2015
• China’s Climate Policies: How Have They Performed, and Where Do They Need to Go? by Ranping Song and Qi Ye, World Resources Institute (WRI), Sep 29, 2015
• Clean energy growth is ‘off track’ to avert climate change, says energy agency by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 2, 2015
• Why cheap natural gas is thwarting the battery and energy storage revolution by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 2, 2015
• Scientists: Offshore Wind a ‘Missed Opportunity’ in U.S. by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Sep 30, 2015
• Brazil’s Expanded Climate Targets Frustrate Environmentalists by Mario Osava, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 2, 2015

Sat, Oct 3

• Paris tracker: Who has pledged what for 2015 UN climate pact?, Climate Home, Oct 2, 2015
• East Coast Is Extremely Vulnerable to Hurricane Flooding by Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, Oct 2, 2015
• Emphasizing co-benefits motivates people to take action on climate change by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 1, 2015
• Ex-French minister aims to launch $3 billion renewables fund for Africa by Saliou Samb, Reuters, Sep 30, 2015
• India's pledge clears a significant hurdle towards a climate deal in Paris by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Oct 2, 2015
• Defunding Climate Change by Katy Lederer, The New Yorker, Oct 2, 2015