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2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #49
Posted on 3 December 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Nov 27, 2016
- The DWP is expanding its rooftop panel program to the 'solar desert' to meet its energy goals by Ivan Penn, Los Angeles Times, Nov 23, 2016
- Here are 9 Obama Environmental Regulations in Trump's Crosshairs by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Nov 22, 2016
- Anti-Elon Musk Campaign Has Big Ties to Big Energy by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Nov 25, 2016
- EU in danger of missing its own climate targets by Terry Macalister, Climate News Network, Nov 24, 2016
- Carbon Farming: Hope for a Hot Planet by Brian Barth, Modern Farmer, Nov 25, 2016
- Exxon’s Accountants Are Experts in Climate Risk. What Did They Tell Exxon? by John H Cushman Jr, Inside Climate News, Nov 23, 2016
- Fish found to thrive in high levels of CO2 by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 24, 2016
- 'Remarkable year': What's behind the record low sea ice in Antarctica by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 27, 2016
Mon Nov 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm asthma: 'You're talking an event equivalent to a terrorist attack' by Melissa Davey, Guardian, Nov 26, 2016
- Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans by Benji Jones, Mongabay, Nov 24, 2016
- EU requires pension funds to assess climate change risks by Francesco Guarascio, Reuters, Nov 24, 2016
- Jerry Brown finds himself at forefront of climate-change battle by Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 26, 2016
- Scientists rate Canadian climate policies by James Byrne and Catherine Potvin, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 28, 2016
- Trump’s Promises Will Be Hard to Keep, but Coal Country Has Faith by Sheryl Gay Stoleberg, New York Times, Nov 28, 2016
- Pope urges world leaders not to hobble climate change pact by Philip Pullella, Reuters, Nov 28, 2016
- West Antarctic ice shelf breaking up from the inside out by Pam Frost Gorder, Ohio State University News Room, Nov 28, 2016
Tue Nov 29, 2016
- Farmers demand the Coalition government does more on climate change by Fergus Hunter, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 29, 2016
- China risks wasting $490bn on new coal plants, say campaigners, Agence France-Presse, Guardian, Nov 28, 2016
- More company climate votes ahead, as Trump may loosen energy rules by Ross Kerber, Reuters, Nov 25, 2016
- Why extreme weather is the new normal by Judson Jones & Jennifer Gray, CNN, Nov 28, 2016
- Follow-Up: More on Trump’s Catastrophic Plan to Gut NASA’s Earth Science by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Nov 28, 2016
- Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst die-off on record by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Nov 28, 2016
- Trump's Koch-Connected Rumored Pick to Run EPA: Renewables Are 'a False Hope That Simply Won't Work' by Jeremy Symons, Trump Watch, EcoWatch, Nov 29, 2016
- This is what it would take for Trump to truly damage the planet’s climate by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 29, 2016
Wed Nov 30, 2016
- Captain Scott’s expedition logs reveal Antarctic sea ice history by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Nov 24, 2016
- Misleading media coverage of Antarctic sea ice paper, Guest Post by Jonathan Day, Carbon Brief, Nov 29, 2016
- Trump and the GOP may be trying to kneecap climate research by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 30, 2016
- How China's climate revolution can stop global warming by Wesley Rahn, Deutshce Welle (DW), Nov 30, 2016
- Over 2,000 scientists urge Trump to respect ‘scientific integrity and independence’ by Chris Mooney & Juliet Elperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
- Trump’s First 100 Days: Climate and Energy by Annie Sneed, Policy & Ethics, Scientific American, Nov 29, 2016
Thu, Dec 1, 2016
- Drought-fueled wildfire 'apocalypse' hits Tennessee by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Nov 29/30, 2016
- ‘Prepared for the worst’: Bolivians face historic drought, and global warming could intensify it by Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
- Economists Agree: economic models underestimate climate change by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Nov 25, 2016
- Cities and States Lead on Climate Change, Opinion by Jeff Biggers, New York Times, Nov 30, 2016
- Scientists have long feared this ‘feedback’ to the climate system. Now they say it’s happening by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
- Ivanka Trump, climate czar? by Annie Karni, Politico, Dec 1, 2016
- Earth’s temperature has not plunged at record clip and nationwide record cold not coming by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Dec 1, 2016
Fri, Dec 2, 2016
- What You Should Know About Trump’s Cabinet & Climate by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Nov 30, 2016
- How Obama's climate change legacy is weakened by US investment in dirty fuel by Asaf Shalev, Michael Phillis, Elah Feder & Susanne Rust, Guardian, Nov 30, 2016
- He created a beloved blog about the melting Arctic. But it got harder and harder to write by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
- Fires and drought cook Tennessee - a state represented by climate deniers by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 2, 2016
- The House Science Committee’s tweets are an embarrassment to science by Laurel Raymond, Think Progress, Dec 1, 2016
- Global Warming May Send More Hurricanes to Northeast U.S. by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Dec 1, 2016
Sat, Dec 2, 2016
- U.S. daily record highs beat record lows by a staggering 51-to-1 ratio in November by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Dec 1, 2016
- Fearful of Trump, environmentalists call on his children to help save the planet by Juliet Elperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 1, 2016
- Climate change will stir 'unimaginable' refugee crisis, says military by Damien Carrington, Guardian, Dec 1, 2016
- How to Save the Planet From President Trump by Bill McKibben, Moyers & Company, Dec 1, 2016
- Gutting NASA's Earth Science Division Would Send Research Back to the Dark Ages by Maddie Stone, Gizmodo, Dec 3, 2016
- Factcheck: Newspaper claim about global temperature is ‘deeply misleading’, Guest Post by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Dec 3, 2016
- Groups Raise Alarm Over Climate Denial Creeping into Trump's Team by Marianne Lavelle. InsideClimate News, Dec 2, 2016
- Extreme Tornado Outbreaks Are Becoming More Extreme by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Dec 1, 2016
Trump keeps saying he wants to make America great again. Going back to coal wont make America great again. This is yesterdays technology.
Why doesn't Trump make America a leader in green technology and efforts to combat climate change? That would be making America great again in terms of global perceptions, climate change, and even energy economics. Right now Trump is at risk of being remembered as yesterdays man, who was out of touch with global realities.
You help blue collar workers by really helping them with meaningful assistance, and taking them along with a changing world. You dont help them by going back to dubious policies from the past.