2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #47
Posted on 21 November 2015 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun, Nov 15
- Safe haven elusive for Africans fleeing conflict, climate stress by Manipadma Jena, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov 11, 2015
- Oxfam slams fossil fuel subsidies, tells rich nations to help poor by Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov 13, 2015
- Explainer: The legal form of the Paris climate agreement by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Nov 13, 2015
- Leading Powers to Double Renewable Energy Supply by 2030 by Diego Arguedas Ortiz, Inter Press Service (IPS), Nov 12, 2015
- Exxon climate revelations are just part of a long history of science misinformation by John Cook, The Conversation, Nov 15, 2015
- Rand Paul says the climate has always changed. It’s true, but so what? by David Roberts, Vox, Nov 11, 2015
- Green groups re-think massive Paris climate march after attacks by Bate Felix, Reuters, Nov 15, 2015
- El Niño is here, and it'll be 'one storm after another like a conveyor belt' by Rosanna Xia and Rong-Gong Lin. Los Angeles Times, Nov 13, 2015
Mon, Nov 16
- Is the romance between evangelicals and climate care over? by Chayenne Polimedio and Heather Hurlburt, Vox, Nov 13, 2015
- As the US heads to climate talks, it seeks a plan to ‘trust but verify’ by Joseph Aldy, The Conversation, Nov 9, 2015
- The planet’s future is in the balance. But a transformation is already under way by Johan Rockström, The Guardian, Nov 15, 2015
- Egypt’s Nile River Delta Is Sinking Into the Sea by Emily Crane Linn, Newsweek, Nov 15, 2015
- France Scrambles to Secure Upcoming Climate Talks After Deadly Attacks by Tim McDonnell, Climate Desk/Mother Jones, Nov 16, 2015
- Climate scientists to be grilled by congressional investigators, but their e-mails are still off-limits by Lisa Rein, Washington Post, Nov 16, 2015
- Large variation found in airlines' CO2 emissions by Arthur Neslen, The Guardian, Nov 16, 2015
Tue, Nov 17
- EPA road tests Obama climate change plan in Denver before summit by Bruce Finley, Denver Post, Nov 16, 2015
- How Pope Francis Is Changing The Climate Change Conversation by Marshall Shepard, Forbes, Nov 16, 2015
- Paris climate deal meeting still on as Republican leaders register opposition by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Nov 16, 2015
- By one measure, this wicked El Niño is the strongest ever recorded: What it means by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Nov 16, 2015
- Senate votes to strike down Obama’s climate rules Timothy Cama, The Hill, Nov 17, 2015
- U.S. Politicians Debate Whether Climate Change Fuels Terrorism by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Nov 17, 2015
Wed, Nov 18
- What the Paris Attacks Will Mean for the Upcoming Climate Conference by Rebecca Leber, New Republic, Nov 16, 2015
- Climate Activists Vow to Demonstrate During Paris Talks by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Nov 16, 2015
- Record-crushing October keeps Earth on track for hottest year in 2015 by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Nov 17, 2015
- Book review: Climate Change, What Everyone Needs to Know by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Nov 17, 2015
- Climate change and cities: a prime source of problems, yet key to a solution by Nicholas Stern and Dimitri Zenghelis, Cities, The Guardian, Nov 17, 2015
- El Niños wreak havoc everywhere: As we brace for the coming El Niño, here’s why their effects are so dramatic by Simon Winchester, Salon, Nov 15, 2015
- Britain Calls for Closing of Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2025 by Stanley Reed, New York Times, Nov 18, 2015
- The Clean-Energy Revolution Gathers Speed by David Biello, Scientific American, Nov 18, 2015
Thu, Nov 19
- GOP Senators and Representatives Band Together to Combat Climate Change and Its Denial by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Nov 16, 205
- Australia's lead public servant for global climate talks reveals hopes and fears for Paris by Graham Readfearn, Planet OZ, The Guardian, Nov 18, 2015
- How scientific miscalculations could crash the climate by Andrew Simms, The Guardian, Nov 18, 2015
- 2015 shatters the temperature record as global warming speeds back up by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Nov 18, 2015
- In a major step on the road to Paris, rich countries agree to slash export subsidies for coal plants by Juliet Elperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 17, 2015
- U.S. Agencies Agree: October Was Crazy Warm by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Nov 18, 2015
- Will the “Tobacco Strategy” Work Against Big Oil? by Lincoln Caplan, The New Yorker, Nov 17, 2015
- Even as Congress investigates the global warming ‘pause,’ actual temperatures are surging by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 19, 2015
- Why a Climate Deal Is the Best Hope for Peace by Jason Box & Naomi Klein, The New Yorker, Nov 18, 2015
Fri, Nov 20
- Antarctic ice sheet collapse will cause sea levels to rise. So what's new? by Tamsin Edwards, The Guardian, Nov 18, 2015
- ISIS won't derail Paris climate talks by John D. Sutter, CNN, Nov 20, 2015
- Why Climate Skeptics Are Wrong by Michael Shermer, Scientific American, Nov 17, 2015
- UK reversing and undoing climate change policies, say doctors and nurses by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Nov 19, 2015
- What Passing a Key CO2 Mark Means to Climate Scientists by Andrea Thompson & Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Nov 20, 2015
- Melting Antarctic ice sheets could add up to 30cm to sea levels by 2100 by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Nov 18, 2015
- Congressman now threatens to subpoena commerce secretary over global warming report by Lisa Rein, Federal Eye, The Washington Post, Nov 18, 2015
- Top science committee Democrat accuses GOP lawmaker of new low in climate feud by Lisa Rein, Federal Eye, The Washington Post, Nov 20, 2015
- The Forgotten U.N. Climate Goal: 1.5°C by John Upton, Climate Central, Nov 19, 2015
Sat, Nov 21
- A closer look at the link between climate change and violence by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Nov 15, 2015
- The right way to think about climate change and national security by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Nov 19, 2015
- What’s really at stake at the Paris climate conference now marches are banned by Naomi Klein, The Guardian, Nov 20, 2015
- Ignore the haters: electric cars really are greener by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Nov 16, 2015
- Bangladesh fires up large-scale solar to boost power generation by Syful Islam, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov 20, 2015
- California Attorney General Urged to Investigate Exxon Over Climate by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Nov 20, 2015
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