2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #47
Posted on 19 November 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Nov 13, 2016
- Trump win opens way for China to take climate leadership role by Valerie Volcovici & Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters, Nov 11, 2016
- Kerry urges global warming activists to march in streets in battle against climate change in visit to Antarctica, AP/South China Morning Post, Nov 12, 2016
- Trump's climate change denialism portends dark days, climate researchers say, RT, Nov 11, 2016
- Bill McKibben: Trump's Presidency Comes When the Warming World Can Least Afford It by Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman, Democarcy Now!, Nov 10, 2016
- The Road Ahead in Saving the Climate by Hunter Cutting, Nexus Media, Nov 9, 2016
- Image of the Week – Climate Change and the Cryosphere by Sophie Berger, Cryosphere Division, EGU Blogs, Nov 11, 2016
- Warming up: new research points to a more sensitive climate to rising CO2 by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 13, 2016
- Climate science’s long history matters—and so does the history of news reporting about it by Steven T. Corneliussen, Physics Today, Nov 11, 2016
Mon Nov 14, 2016
- Climate Change: Interview with Dr. (Ben) Santer by Jeff Garberson, The Independent (Alameda County, CA), Nov 10, 2016
- 9 Infuriating Things You Need to Know About the Man Donald Trump Is Appointing to Protect the Environment by Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, Nov 12, 2016
- INTERVIEW-U.S. will be 'rogue' state if it ditches climate accord - UN envoy by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Reuters, Nov 13, 2016
- Here’s What Happens When You’re a Republican and You Defy the Koch Brothers by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Nov 13, 2016
- On Trump and climate, America is split in two by these demographics by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 14, 2016
- 2016 ‘very likely’ to be the hottest year on record, U.N. agency declares by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 14, 2016
- INTERVIEW-Trump's climate plan "catastrophic" - France's Royal by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Nov 11, 2016
- Climate finance: the challenge of ‘shifting the trillions’ by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Nov 14, 2016
Tue Nov 15, 2016
- The Agonizing Wait For Trump to Speak on Climate Policy by John Upton, Climate Central, Nov 14, 2016
- World CO2 emissions stay flat for 3rd year, helped by China falls - study by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Nov 14, 2016
- Most people are wildly underestimating what Trump’s win will mean for the environment by David Roberts & Brad Plumer, Vox, Nov 14, 2016
- Forty years of measuring the world’s cleanest air reveals human fingerprints on the atmosphere by Melita Keywood, Paul Fraser, Paul Krummel, & Sam Cleland, Converstion AU, Nov 15, 2016
- Why Donald Trump Is Wrong About Climate and China by Barbara Finamore & Alvin Lin, Expert Blog, NRDC, Nov 14, 2016
- How To Fight For The Climate During A Trump Administration by Jamie Henn, Huffington Post, Nov 14, 2016
- Here's how Obama's trying to persuade Trump not to abandon the Paris climate deal by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Nov 15, 2016
- Why the Arctic waters are reluctant to freeze by Kate Ravilious, Weatherwatch, Guardian, Nov 15, 2016
Wed Nov 16, 2016
- Australian faith leaders call for movement of gov't-controlled investments into renewable energy, Christian Tue, Nov 15, 2016
- Why President-Elect Trump Could Disappoint the Coal Miners Counting on Him, Commentary by David Spence, Fortune Magazine, Nov 14, 2016
- Evangelical Scientist Katharine Hayhoe Targets Climate Skeptics in ‘Global Weirding’ Series by Julie Brown Patton, The Gospel Herald, Nov 14, 2016
- Exxon Widens Climate Suit to Fight New York Attorney General's Probe by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Nov 14, 2016
- We can fix climate change, but only if we refuse to abandon hope, Op-ed by Zoe Williams, Guadian, Nov 14, 2016
- Paris Climate Deal Is Too Weak to Meet Goals, Report Finds by John Schwartz, Science, New York Times, Nov 16, 2015
- Obama administration completes rule to curb methane from federal oil, gas production by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Nov 15, 2016
- China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented by Jessica Shankelman, Bllomberg News, Nov 16, 2016
- Now, More Than Ever, We Must Stand Up for Science by Dan Rather, Guest Blog, Scientific American, Nov 14, 2016
- Global warming doesn’t care about the election': Nasa scientist warns Donald Trump over interference by Ian Johnston, The Independent, Nov 16, 2016
Thu Nov 17, 2016
- Southeast's Air Quality Is Worse Than Some Chinese Cities Right Now, Thanks to Wildfire Smoke by Jon Erdman, Weather Channel, Nov 16, 2016
- The untruths we're being told about coal and renewable power by Peter Martin, Brisbane Times, Nov 16, 2016
- Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds by Steven Mufson & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 16, 2016
- Mysterious Winds Cause Rapid Melting of Antarctic Ice by Douglas Fox, National Geographic, Nov 15, 2016
- Canada gives $3.3bn subsidies to fossil fuel producers despite climate pledge by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Nov 15, 2016
- This is where Obama’s hugely ambitious climate policies were headed — before Trump came along by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 16, 2016
- Every climate protection is in Trump's crosshairs. We must fight now, Op-ed by Annie Leonard (Greenpeace USA), Guardian, Nov 15, 2016
- Climate Advocates Get a Huge Donation Trump Bump, Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Nov 15, 2016
- How much longer can Antarctica’s hostile ocean delay global warming? by Jeff Tollefson, Nature, Nov 16, 2016
- Could Donald Trump Kill the EPA? Probably Not, but He Could Cripple It by Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News, Nov 14, 2016
- The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends by Chris Mooney & Jasaon Samenow, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 17, 2016
- La Niña cycle halfway complete - what's next? by Karen Braun, Reuters, Nov 16, 2016
Fri Nov 18, 2016
- Donald Trump, Help Heal the Planet’s Climate Change Problem, Op-ed by Thomas Friedman, New York Times, Nov 16, 2016
- Trump begins filling environmental posts with clowns by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 17, 2016
- Germany Becomes First Country to Release a 2050 Emissions-Reduction Plan by Taryn Fransen & Kelly Levin, World Resources Institute (WRI), Nov 16, 2016
- White House Releases Wishful Climate Change Plan Before Trump Takes Office by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Nov 17, 2016
- Plants’ carbon hunger won’t halt warming by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 18, 2016
- Post-Election 'New Realities' by Bud Ward, Yale Climate Connections, Nov 17, 2016
- Poor nations pledge deep emissions cuts at Marrakech summit by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, Nov 18, 2016
- If Trump quits, California could apply to join UN climate talks by Ed King, Climate Home, Nov 17, 2016
- They may save us yet: Scientists found a way to turn our carbon emissions into rock by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 18, 2016
- "We call for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, as a matter of urgent priority" by Alister Doyle and Nina Chestney, Reuters, Nov 17, 2016
- What will the world actually look like at 1.5°C of warming? by Richard Betts, Conversation UK, Nov 18, 2016
- Crazy Cryosphere: Record Low Sea Ice, An Overheated Arctic, and a Snowbound Eurasia by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Nov 18, 2016
Sat Nov 19, 2016
- Inside the climate movement’s Trump-fighting strategy by Rebecca Leber, Grist, Nov 17, 2016
- At COP22 and on Capitol Hill, faith groups step up climate efforts by Brian Rowe, National Catholic Reporter, Nov 17, 2016
- Young Climate Researchers Are Facing a Trump Reality by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Nov 18, 2016
- The Supermoon and Global Warming: A Taste of Things to Come by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Nov 17, 2016
- COP22 headlines: what did Marrakech climate summit deliver? by Megan Darby, Karl Mathiesen, Ed King & Lou Del Bello, Climate Home, Nov 18, 2016
- Donald Trump’s first staff picks all deny the threat of climate change by Natasha Geiling, Think Progress, Nov 18, 2016
- Trump looks to Bush-era for new head of U.S. environmental agency by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Nov 15, 2016
- Obama Halts Arctic Oil Leases and Undoing It Won't Be Simple for Trump by Phil Mckenna, InsideClimate News, Nov 18, 2016
- 102 million dead California trees 'unprecedented in our modern history,' officials say by Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times, Nov 18, 2016
- Power of images to shape climate change perceptions, by Adam Corner, Carbon Brief, Nov 16, 2016
- COP22: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Marrakech by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Nov 19, 2016
- U.S. launches next-generation weather satellite that will revolutionize forecasting by Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang, Washigton Post, Nov 19, 2016
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