2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #29
Posted on 16 July 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun July 10, 2016
- Christiana Figueres launches UN secretary general bid by Ed King, Climate Home, July 7, 2016
- Figueres win would mainstream climate change at UN by Nick Mabey, Climate Home, July 8, 2016
- 'Shocking images' reveal death of 10,000 hectares of mangroves across Northern Australia by Kate Wild, ABC News, July 10, 2016
- Nearly half a million leave home as storm left by super typhoon Nepartak hits China by Nathaniel Taplin, Reuters, July 9, 2016
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Averil Macdonald by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, July 5, 2016
- How the World’s Most Fertile Soil Can Help Reverse Climate Change by David Suzuki, Ecowatch, July 6, 2016
- Neocons linked to Tea Party paid for Andrea Leadsom’s flights to US by Jamie Doward, Observer/Guardian, July 9, 2016
- Facing historically low levels, Lake Mead officials are fending off a water war. Here's how by William Yardley, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2016
Mon July 11, 2016
- How a single word sparked afour-year saga of climate fact-checking and blog backlash by Joelle Gergis, The Conversation AU, July 11, 2016
- This ‘Other’ Form Of Solar Energy Can Run At Night, And It Just Got A Big Backer by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, July 7. 2016
- Snow and sea ice keep hitting record lows this year in the Northern Hemisphere by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 7, 2016
- We just broke the record for hottest year, nine straight times by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, July 11, 2016
- The world’s clouds are in different places than they were 30 years ago by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 11, 2016
- Threatened oil industry rethinks climate stance by Sndrew Restuccia & Elana Schor, Politico, July 11, 2016
- Congress Offers Rare Bipartisan Support for Climate Assistance by Niina Heikkinen, ClimateWire/Scientific American, July 11, 2016
- Future of Natural Gas Hinges on Stanching Methane Leaks by Clifford Krause, New York Times, July 11, 2016
Tue July 12, 2016
- Thousands Got Naked and Painted Their Bodies Blue for Climate Change by Raisa Bruner, Time Magazine, July 11, 2016
- Climate Tipping Points: What Do They Mean for Society? by Todd B. Bates, Rutgers News, July 11, 2016
- Senators Launch Resolution, Speech Blitz Calling Out #WebOfDenial Blocking Climate Action by Brendan DeMelle, De Smog, July 11, 2016
- When it comes to saving energy, it’s really not all about the money by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 7, 2016
- Climate change: Advisers warn of climate change domino effect by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, July 12, 2016
- Cameroon moves to curb forest loss linked to Chinese investment by Elias Ntungwe Ngalame, Thomson Reuters Foundation, July 12, 2016
- Why we should all worry about the Amazon catching on fire this year by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 12, 2016
- Food shortages and sea level rise US voters' top climate change concerns by Oliver Milman, Guardian, July 11, 2016
Wed July 13, 2016
- Why Obama’s top scientist just called keeping fossil fuels in the ground ‘unrealistic’ by Chris Mooney & Juliet Eilperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 12, 2016
- Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight Climate Change by John Schwartz, New York Times, July 12, 2016
- How Growing Sea Plants CanHelp Slow Ocean Acidification by Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360, July 12, 2016
- China on Track to Add Coal Plants Despite Pledge for Curbs, Greenpeace Says by Edward Wong, New York Times, July 13, 2016
- Donald Trump would be world's only national leader to reject climate science by Oliver Milman, Guardian, July 12, 2016
- Meteorologists Need to Start Talking About Climate Change by Alissa Walker, Gizmodo, July 12, 2016
- ‘The extraordinary years have become the normal years’: Scientists survey radical melt in the Arctic by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 13, 2016
- TTIP proposal casts doubt on G20 climate pledge, leaked EU draft shows by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, July 13, 2016
Thu July 14, 2016
- If Carbon Pricing Is So Great, Why Isn't It working? by Peter Fairley, Ensia, July 12, 2016
- Obama administration strengthens Arctic drilling restrictions by William Yardley, Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2016
- UN Human Rights Council declares climate a priority by Sebastien Duycks, Climate Home, July 13, 2016
- Global warming implicated in dinosaur extinction by Howard Lee, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, July 13, 2016
- ‘The most singular of all the things that we have found': Clouds study alarms top scientist by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 14, 2016
- State Attorneys General Subpoenaed by Rep. Lamar Smith for Exxon Fraud Probe by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, July 13, 2016
- A massive heat wave is poised to envelop the U.S. from coast to coast next week by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, July 13, 2016
Fri July 15, 2016
- Cold and calculating: what the two different types of ice do to sea levels by Matt King, Ben Galton-Fenzi, & Will Hobbs, The Conversation AU, July 13, 2016
- Scientists think they’ve just pinpointed the key driver of ice loss in Antarctica by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 14, 2016
- Negative Emissions Key to Meeting 2°C Threshold by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, July 12, 2016
- The diversity of life across much of Earth has plunged below ‘safe’ levels by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 14, 2016
- Clean energy won’t save us – only a new economic system can do that by Jason Hickel, Guradian, July 15, 2016
- Alaska Bakes In Heat Wave While Arctic Sea Ice Continues To Melt by Sydney Pereira, Climate Progress, July 14, 2016
- Climate change department closed by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move by Ian Johnston, Independent, July 15, 2016
- Humans are greening the planet, but the implications are complicated by John Abraham, Climate Consenus - the 97%, Guardian, July 15, 2017
Sat July 16, 2016
- Bank of England governor Mark Carney says climate change is economic problem, Canadian Press/CBC News, July 15, 2016
- The Little-Known Fund at the Heart of the Paris Climate Agreement by Oscar Reyes, Foriegn Policy in Focus/Common Dreams, July 15. 2016
- Trump’s VP Doubts Climate Change by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, July 15, 2016
- Algae are melting away the Greenland ice sheet by Alexandra Witz, Nature, July 15, 2016
- Magpies, kookaburras and willie wagtails among common Australian birds 'starting to disappear', report suggests by Loretta Florance, ABC News, July 14, 2016
- Report warns of severe future effects of climate change on the U.K. by Joe Paxton, Phys.org, July 15, 2016
- Global Warming’s Six Americas and the Election, 2016 by Connie Roser-Renouf, Edward Maibach, Anthony Leiserowitz & Seth Rosenthal, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, July 12. 2016
- Offshore carbon: why a climate deal for shipping is sinking by Megan Darby, Climate Home, July 15, 2016
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