Posted on 14 January 2017 by John Hartz

Sun Jan 8, 2017

• California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe by B Lynn Ingram, Scientific American, Jan 1, 2017
• Meet the Obscure Group Influencing Trump's Energy Policy by Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg News, Jan 5, 2017
• Beware of nice weather?—?it may be playing tricks on your mind by Marlene Cimons, Think Progress, Jan 4, 2017
• The Atlantic Ocean and an Actual Debate in Climate Science by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Jan 7, 2017
• Muted La Niña Follows Potent El Niño, NASA's Earth Observatory, Jan 6, 2017
• Global warming: Have we lost our chilly winters in north India? by Urmi Goswami, Economic Times, Jan 8, 2017
• China cementing global dominance of renewable energy and technology by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Jan 6, 2016
• Will We Miss Our Last Chance to Save the World From Climate Change? by Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, Dec 22, 2016

Mon Jan 9, 2017

• Here's What You Need to Know on the Upcoming War on Our Health and Environment by Rhea Suh, EcoWatch, Jan 6, 2016
• 11 Ways to See How Climate Change Is Imperiling the Arctic by Betsy Mason, National Geographic, Jan 8, 2017
• Coral bleaching to hit reefs every year from mid-century, says UN by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Jan 5, 2016
• A little less gas in the greenhouse: S.C. industries reduced CO2 emissions in 2015 by Tony Bartelme, Charleston Post & Courier, Jan 9, 2017
• The year coal collapsed: 2016 was a turning point for Britain’s electricity by Grant Wilson & Iain Staffell, The Conversation UK, Jan 6, 2017
• Here Are All the Climate Deniers and Oil Flacks Who Love Trump’s EPA Pick by Rebecca Leber, Mother Jones (Climate Desk), Jan 9, 2017
• President Obama Calls Clean Energy Trend “Irreversible” by Meagan Phelan, AAAS, Jan 9, 2017
• John Kerry Makes Final Plea to Continue Progress on Climate Change by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Jan 9, 2017

Tue Jan 10, 2017

• Without action on climate change, say goodbye to polar bears by Darryl Fears, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 9, 2017
• US had near record heat, costly weather disasters in 2016 by Seth Borenstein, AP, Jan 9, 2017
• Gasoline taxes fall despite promises to slow climate change - study by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Jan 9, 2017
• America’s first ‘clean coal’ plant is now operational — and another is on the way by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 10, 2017
• Unrelenting Global Warming Sends Sea Ice to Record Low, As Scientists Feel Heat, Too by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Jan 9, 2017
• Conservative media can't stop denying there was no global warming 'pause' by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 10, 2017
• "Unprecedented" Polar Melting Unfolds as Climate Disruption Denial Goes Wild by Dahr Jamail, Truthout, Jan 9, 2017
• Energy executives, secretive nonprofit raise money to back Pruitt by Alex Guillén & Esther Whieldon, Energy & Environment, Politico, Jan 6, 2017

Wed Jan 11, 2017

• In Canada, a move to protect data from Trump by Sarah Tory, High Country News, Jan 10, 2017
• Global Warming Arguments You'll Hear for the Next Four Years by Joel Rindelaub, Paste, Jan 9, 2017
• Ticking Carbon Clock Warns We Have One Year to Avert Climate Catastrophe by Nika Knight, Common Dreams, Jan 10, 2017
• Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Cabinet Could Fuel Warming Crisis by John Upton, Climate Central, Jan 10, 2017
• Rex Tillerson is big oil personified. The damage he can do is immense, Opinion by Bill McKibben, Guardian, Jan 11, 2017
• Devastating global warming is inevitable due to inaction of international community, says leading economist by Ian Johnson, Independent, Jan 11, 2017
• China Wants to Be a Climate Change Watchdog, but Can It Lead by Example? by Edward Wong, New York Times, Jan 10, 2017
• Methane may not last long in the atmosphere — but it drives sea level rise for centuries by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 9, 2017

Thu Jan 12, 2017

• Antarctic Science Lab On the Move to Escape Breaking Ice by Tom Metcalfe, Live Science, Jan 10, 2017
• Rex Tillerson Refuses To Admit Exxon Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago by Alexander C Kaufman, Huffington Post, Jan 11, 2017
• Scientists just discovered a massive pool of carbon in central Africa that nobody knew was there by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 9, 2017
• Massachusetts judge requires Exxon to hand over climate documents by Scott Malone, Reuters, Jan 11, 2017
• In Final Address, Obama Urges U.S. to Deal with Climate Change by Emily Holden, Climate Wire/Scientific American, Jan 11, 2017
• Chronology of Military and Intelligence Concerns About Climate Change, The Center for Climate & Security, Jan 12, 2017
• As Earth Warms Up, The Sun Is Remarkably Quiet by Bob Henson, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Jan 11, 2017
• It’s time to wake up to the devastating impact flying has on the environment by Roger Tyers, The Conversation UK, Jan 11, 2017

Fri Jan 13, 2017

• Guest post: Press complaints process is ‘exercise in futility’ for scientists by Phil Williamson & Terry Sloan, Carbon Brief, Jan 6, 2017
• The Hermit Who Inadvertently Shaped Climate-Change Science by J Weston Phippin, The Atlantic, Jan 12, 2017
• Tillerson Hedges on Climate Science, but Supports Paris Agreement by Neela Banerjee, John H Cushman Jr & Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Jan 12, 2017
• Yes, the climate has always changed. This comic shows why that’s no comfort. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 13, 2017
• Scientists have a new way to calculate what global warming costs. Trump’s team isn’t going to like it. by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 12, 2017
• Climate Change is Costly; Serious Climate Policy is a Bargain by Brian Deese & Jason Furnam, The White House, Jan 12, 2017
• European Lawmakers Vote to Pursue Tar Sands Oil Friendly Trade Deal with Canada by Mat Hope DeSmog UK, Jan 12, 2017
• Trump CIA Pick Evades Climate Change Questions by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Jan 12, 2017

Sat Jan 14, 2017

• Faith leaders reframe climate change as moral issue by Marion Renault, Columbus Dispatch, Jan 13, 2017
• Climate Change Is the World’s Biggest Risk, in 3 Charts by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Jan 12, 2017
• Humans have destroyed 7% of Earth’s pristine forest landscapes just since 2000 by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 13, 2017
• A Big Test for Big Batteries by Diane Cardwell & Clifford Krauss, Energy & Environmnet, New York Times, Jan 14, 2017
• Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level rise by Jennifer Chu, NASA's Global Climate Change, Jan 13, 2017
• Talk Nerdy: Anti-Science, Trump, and Why I Hope Science Will Help Save the World by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Jan 11, 2017
• Fearing Trump Data Purge, Environmentalists Push to Get Records by Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg News, Jan 13, 2016
• California Considers Guaranteeing Carbon Prices in Trump Era by Mathew Carr, Bloomberg News, Jan 13, 2016