Posted on 4 February 2017 by John Hartz

Sun Jan 29, 2017

• World Bank disputes report tying Peru loans to Amazon destruction by Chris Arsenault, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Jan 26, 2017
• Global warming could increase levels of toxic mercury in fish, experts warn by John von Radowitz, Environment, The Independent, Jan 27, 2017
• The challenge of defining the ‘pre-industrial’ era by Ed Hawkins, Carbon Brief, Jan 25, 2017
• It's possible to 'vaccinate' Americans against fake news, experiment shows by Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, Jan 26, 2017
• Analysis: BP Energy Outlook sees coal demand peaking for first time by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Jan 27, 2017
• Dante's Inferno" in Chile: All-Time National Heat Record Smashed by 6°F by Jeff Masters, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Jan 27, 2017
• “God Bless Trump”: 25 Years Ago This Man Kick Started the First Fossil Fuel–Funded Campaigns to Attack Climate Science by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Jan 29, 2017
• As the White House changes course on climate change, California stubbornly presses forward by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, Jan 29, 2017

Mon Jan 30, 2017

• Trump’s EPA pick stonewalls senators questioning his industry ties by Samantha Page, Think Progress, Jan 27, 2017
• Prince Charles may raise climate change during Trump's visit to Britain by Robert Booth, Guardian, Jan 29, 2017
• How Trump’s travel ban could hurt science by Sarah Kaplan, Speaking of Scince, Washington Post, Jan 29, 2017
• Here’s how we know Trump’s cabinet picks are wrong on human-caused global warming by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consenus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 30, 2017
• Trump 'will definitely pull out of Paris climate change deal' by Tom Batchelor, The Independent, Jan 30, 2017
• Green movement 'greatest threat to freedom', says Trump adviser by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Jan 30, 2017
• Anxiety Mounts at National Labs Over Future of Climate Research by Umair Irfan, E&E News/Scientific American, Jan 30, 2017
• Absence of carbon capture and storage is ‘biggest challenge to’ 2C limit by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 30, 2017

Tue Jan 31, 2017

• Scotland eyes 50% renewable energy by 2030 in shift away from North Sea oil by Severen Carrell, Guardian, Jan 24, 2017
• Trump's Promise to Pay for Infrastructure With Fossil Fuel Revenue Rings Hollow by Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News, Jan 30, 2017
• President Trump’s First Week: Is Environmental Democracy in Jeopardy? by Elizabeth Moses and Carole Excell, World Resources Instittue (WRI), Jan 30, 2017
• Another alarm for scientists: Trump’s pick to guide NOAA transition by Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy, Jan 30, 2017
• Storms preview sea-rise damage to California roads, cities by Ellen Knickmeyer, AP/Salon, Jan 31, 2017
• Delays to government's climate change-fighting plan 'deeply concerning' by Ian Johnston, The Independent, Jan 30, 2017
• A new battle over politics and science could be brewing. And scientists are ready for it by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 31, 2017
• Judge in environmental activist's trial says climate change is matter of debate by Sam Levin, Guardian, Jan 31, 2017

Wed Feb 1, 2017

• The UK's main climate sceptic club's membership is dwindling – yet they still hold power in certain arenas, Opinion by Bob Ward, Independent, Jan 30, 2017
• “Planned Retreat” Enters the Climate Dialogue by Erika Bolstad, E&E News/Scientific American, Jan 31, 2017
• India shows it's serious about solar with giant power plant by Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Jan 26, 2017
• Trump is copying the Bush censorship playbook. Scientists aren't standing for it by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consenus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 30, 2017
• Democrats boycott controversial EPA nominee Scott Pruitt’s committee confirmation vote by Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney & David Weigel, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 1, 2017
• How Trump Transition Officials Are Privately Explaining the Chaos at the EPA by Tim Sohn, Science, Slate, Feb 1, 2017
• Coal could get clean-energy subsidy under new Turnbull focus by Mark Kenny, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 1, 2017
• Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal tipping point by Amitav Ghosh & Aaron Savio Lobo, Guardian, Jan 31, 2017

Thu Feb 2, 2017

• Antarctic Bottom Waters Freshening at Unexpected Rate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Feb 1, 2017
• Trump official: Climate change doubter no longer part of NOAA transition by Stuart Leavanworth, McClatchy/Chicago Tribune, Feb 1, 2017
• ‘Listen to Evidence’: March for Science Plans Washington Rally on Earth Day by Nicholas St Fleur, New York Times, Feb 1, 2017
• Senate Republicans suspend committee rules to approve Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA nominee by Brady Dennis & Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 2, 2017
• ‘Beyond the extreme’: Scientists marvel at ‘increasingly non-natural’ Arctic warmth by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 1, 2017
• Future of Paris Accord Uncertain as Tillerson Becomes Secretary of State by Benjamin Hulac, Jean Chemnick, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 2, 2017
• The EPA Has Started to Remove Obama-era Information by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 2, 2017

Fri Feb 3, 2017

• E.U. Looks to China for Climate Leadership by Alissa de Carbonnel, Scientific American by Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters/Scientific American, Feb 1, 2017
• Republicans Try a New Tack on Climate Change by Justin Gillis, Science, New York Times, Feb 2, 2017
• Scientists Say They Now Know Why Antarctic Meltwater Stays Below Ocean Surface by Kevin Krajik, Sate of the Planet, Earth Institute, Columbia University, Feb 2, 2017
• EPA Nominee Pruitt Downplays Climate Change Threat to Oceans by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Feb 1, 2017
• Survey: Only a quarter of Trump voters believe in human-caused climate change by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Envronment, Washingto Post, Feb 2, 2017
• Just in Time for Trump, Jury Says Defense of Planet Is No Crime by Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, Feb 2, 2017
• The Free Flow of Scientific Information Is Critical for Democracy, Opinion by Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, Feb 3, 2017
• Sweden criticises US climate stance as it reveals ambitious carbon emissions law, Agencies, Guardian, Feb 3, 2017

Sat Feb 4, 2017

• Mayans Have Farmed The Same Way For Millennia. Climate Change Means They Can't by Gabriel Popkin, NPR, Feb 3, 2017
• Wetlands Can Help Fight Climate Change by Brittany Patterson, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 3, 2017
• Forest fires cause national emergency in Chile by Jan Rocha, Climate News Network, Feb 3, 2017
• How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands by Adrian Wood, The Conversation UK, Feb 1, 2017
• Seawater dents delta rice production by Paul Brown, Climate News Network, Feb 4, 2017
• 'We should assume our worst fears will be realised': climate scientist on Donald Trump by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 5, 2017
• Why Environmentalists Are So Worried About Trump's Supreme Court Pick by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Feb 1, 2017