2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #25
Posted on 18 June 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun June 12, 2016
- Will This Retired Lawyer Open the Floodgates of Divestment From Fossil Fuels? by David Sassoon, InsideClmate News, June 8, 2016
- We need lots more power lines. Why are we so bad at planning them? by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, June 9, 2016
- Movie Review: There’s a Vast Cowspiracy about Climate Change by Doug Boucher, Union of Concerned Scientists, June 10, 2016
- The art of changing the climate debate by Paddy Woodworth, Irish Times, June 11, 2016
- Water Scarcity Could Impact West Asian Credit Ratings by Manipadma Jena, Inter Press Service (IPS), June 9, 2016
- The Mistrust of Science by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 10, 2016
- Will Rwanda's push for prosperity be powered by the sun? by Karuma Njoroge, Thomson Reuters Foundation, June 10, 2016
- How climate change could affect African migration patterns by Piers Forster & Evan Fraser, The Conversation UK, June 5, 2016
Mon June 13, 2016
- Canada can transition to renewable energy in just a few decades, says Stanford University professor by Monique Muise, Global News, June 12, 2016
- Arctic melting feeds on itself by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, June 12, 2016
- Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change by Suzanne Goldenberg & Helena Bengtsson, Guardian, June 13, 2016
- Climate Signals and “Demystifying Climate Models”: Two Great New Resources by Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground,June 10, 2016
- The Grand Oil Party: House Republicans denounce a carbon tax by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, June 13, 2016
- The atmosphere has hit a grim milestone — and scientists say we’ll never go back ‘within our lifetimes’ by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, June 13, 2016
- Oregon Could Widen Carbon Trading across North America by Debra Kahn, ClimateWire/Scientific American, June 13, 2016
- Climate, Consciousness and Social Change by Asoka Bandarage, Global Research, June 13, 2016
Tue June 14, 2016
- Mapped: The Cosy Climate-Euro Sceptic Bubble Pushing for Brexit and Less Climate Action by Kyla Mande, DeSmog UK, June 13, 2016
- Power plants are no longer America’s biggest climate problem. Transportation is. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, June 13, 2016
- The Choctaw v climate change: 'The earth is speaking' by Emily Crane Linn, Al Jazeera, June 13, 2016
- Planet's record hot streak extends another month as May sets new benchmark by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, June 13, 2016
- The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity by Tom Randall, Bloomberg News, June 13, 2016
- Revealed: first mammal species wiped out by human-induced climate change by Michael Slezak, Guardian, June 13, 2016
- Big Banks Betting Against Climate Change Policies, Spending Billions On Fossil Fuel Projects: Report by Maria Gallucci, International Business Times, June 14, 2016
- Low oil prices could ‘hamper’ action on climate change, say scientists by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, June 23, 2016
Wed June 15, 2016
- Wall Street Journal accepts environmentalist ad but charges extra by Paul Farhi, Washington Post, June 14, 2016
- Fort McMurray fire largely contained thanks to rain, firefighters' efforts by Wallis Snowdon, CBC News, June 13, 2016
- Alpine soils storing up to a third less carbon as summers warm by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, June 13, 2016
- Here Are the Trees That Will Start to Vanish Because of Climate Change by Alissa Walker, Gizmodo, June 14, 2016
- 8 Creative Ways Cities Are Combating Rising Temperatures by Edward Hart, Daily Intelligencer, New York Magazine, June 15, 2016
- Norway pledges to become climate neutral by 2030 by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, June 15, 2016
- Exxon asks U.S. court to throw out subpoena in climate change inquiry by Terry Wade, Reuters, June 15, 2016
- Discovery exposes fragility of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, June 13, 2016
Thu June 16, 2016
- Climate Impacts From Farming Are Getting Worse by John Upton, Climate Central, June 14, 2016
- U.S. Heat Builds: Parts of Southwest May Approach All-Time June Highs by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, June 14, 2016
- Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM For First Time in 4 Million Years by Brian Kahan, Climate Central, June 15, 2016
- New study finds evidence for a 'fast' dinosaur extinction by Howrd Lee, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, June 15, 2016
- The climate fight will be won or lost in India, in 8 charts by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, June 14, 2016
- What Would a Global Warming Increase of 1.5 Degrees Be Like?, Analysis by Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360, June 16, 2016
- The huge flaw in how Congress is approaching burning wood for energy by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Envronment, Washington Post, June 16, 2016
- With May Record, Global Temps in ‘New Neighborhood’ by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, June 16, 2016
Fri June 17, 2016
- Conservative Funders of Climate Denial Are Quietly Spending Millions To Generate More Partisan Journalism by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, June 15, 2016
- Exxon Sues a Second Attorney General To Fight Off Climate Fraud Probe by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, June 16, 2016
- Catholic orders take their lead from the pope and divest from fossil fuels by Michael Slezak, Guardian, June 15, 2016
- Japan doubles down on coal power as trading houses curb investment by Aaron Sheldrick & Osamu Tsukimori, Reuters, June 16, 2016
- Q&A: This Professor Talks Climate Change in the Oil Industry's Training Ground by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, June 17, 2016
- U.K. Vote on Whether to Leave Europe Imperils Global Climate by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, June 17, 2016
- Seven climate records set so far in 2016 by Adam Vaughan, Guardian, June 17, 2016
- Shattered records show climate change is an emergency today, scientists warn by Damian Carrington, Guardian, June 17, 2016
Sat June 18, 2016
- 13 state AGs pen letter calling for end to climate change probe by James Osborne, Fuel Fix/Houston Chronicle, June 16, 2016
- Russia significantly under-reporting wildfires, figures show by Alec Luhn & Damian Carrington, Guardian, June 16, 2016
- Election 2016: Climate change - an election priority for women by Erin Stewart, ABC News, June 17, 2016
- Obama heads to national parks with climate message in mind by Roberta Rampton, Reuters, June 17, 2016
- Scientists Urge Obama to Halt Oil Leasing in the Arctic by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, June 16, 2016
- The enormous threat to America’s last grasslands by Ryan Schuessler, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, June 16, 2016
- How global warming may push the Southwest heatwave past an extremely rare threshold by Jason Samenow & Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, June 17, 2016
- Ocean viruses may have impact on Earth’s climate by Jessica McDonald, Science, June 17, 2016
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