Posted on 12 February 2017 by John Hartz

Sun Feb 5, 2017

• Turnbull's new climate and energy adviser worked for coal industry lobby group by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Feb 2, 2017
• Dakota Access Pipeline: Army Corps Is Ordered to Comply With Trump's Order by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Feb 3, 2017
• Don’t expect climate action from Rex Tillerson. He’s a lukewarmer. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 2, 2017
• Climate Change’s Bottom Line by Burt Helm, Energy & Environment, New York Times, Jan 31, 2017
• Mail on Sunday launches the first salvo in the latest war against climate scientists by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 5, 2017
• Trump's Choices 'Detrimental to the Planet and People,' Environmental Sociologists Say by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Feb 3, 2017
• Greenland Ice Sheet Melting 600 Percent Faster Than Predicted by Current Models by Dimitri Lascaris, The Real News Network, Feb 3, 2016
• A punchy climate book from a citizen scientist by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 3, 2017
• Scott Pruitt Is Seen Cutting the E.P.A. With a Scalpel, Not a Cleaver, by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Feb 5, 2017

Mon Feb 6, 2017

• An independent study confirms NOAA's conclusion that the Earth is getting warmer by Adam Wernick, Public Radio International (PRI), Feb 3, 2017
• An ‘alternative facts’ South Dakota bill sparks fears for science education in the Trump era by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, Feb 5, 2017
• Scientists debunk Daily Mail story claiming NOAA manipulated its data by Maria Gallucci, Mashable, Feb 5, 2017
• Climate Scientists Challenge Conservatives' NOAA Suit, Fearing More to Come Under Trump by Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Feb 6, 2017
• Repeal without replace: a dangerous GOP strategy on Obamacare and climate by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 6, 2017
• We’re probably underestimating how quickly electric vehicles will disrupt the oil market by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 2, 2017
• Sorry, climate change deniers, but the global warming 'pause' still never happened by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Syfy Wire, Feb 6, 2017

Tue Feb 7, 2017

• Coal mine dust lowers spectral reflectance of Arctic snow by up to 84 percent, new study finds by Trent Knoss, GeoSpace, AGU Blogosphere, Feb 1, 2017
• The Graph The Daily Mail Does Not Want You To See by Dan Satterfield, Dan's Wild Wild Journal, AGU Blogosphere, Feb 6, 2017
• Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive by Ben Henley, Andrew King, David Karoly, Jaci Brown & Mandy Freund, The Conversation AU, Feb 6, 2017
• More terrifying than Trump? The booming conspiracy culture of climate science denial by Graham Readfearn, Planet OZ, Guardian, Feb 6, 2017
• The Winter of Blazing Discontent Continues in the Arctic by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 6, 2017
• Scientists are going to march on Washington. Here’s why that’s awkward. by Brian Resnick, Vox, Feb 7, 2017
• Michael Mann, climate scientist in the crosshairs, says fake news must be fought by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 7, 2017
• Warming-Driven Heat Waves Could Tax U.S. Electrical Grid by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Feb 6. 2017

Wed Feb 8, 2017

• Donald Trump reminiscent of Stalin says chief scientist Alan Finkel as science 'literally under attack' by Marcus Storm, Sydney Morning Herlad, Feb 6, 2017
• Watchdog sues Trump EPA pick to disclose contact with companies by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Feb 7, 2017
• ‘A Conservative Climate Solution’: Republican Group Calls for Carbon Tax by John Schwartz, New York Times, Feb 7, 2017
• There are now twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the US by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 7, 2017
• The hearing was titled, ‘Making EPA great again.’ Scientists are afraid the opposite will happen. by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 7, 2017
• Food Security, Forests At Risk Under Trump’s USDA by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Feb 7, 2017
• Fake news, hacked mail, alternative facts – that’s old hat for climate scientists by Stefan Rahmstorf, Real Climate, Feb 8, 2017
• In Australia and the US, sound climate policy is being held hostage by vested interests, Opnion by by Michael Mann & Christopher Wright, Guardian, Feb 6, 2017

Thu Feb 9, 2017

• EPA Transition Leader, Longtime Foe of Regulation, to Stay on at Agency by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Feb 8, 2017
• The dream of a conservative carbon tax will never die by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 8, 2017
• Dakota Pipeline Greenlighted As Fossil Fuels Move to Fore by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Feb 8, 2017
• Serving up a NOAA-thing burger by Gavin Schmidt, Real Climate, Feb 9, 2017
• Arctic 2.0: What happens after all the ice goes? by Julia Rosen, Nature, Feb 8, 2017
• Whistleblower: ‘I knew people would misuse this.’ They did - to attack climate science by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 9, 2017
• Going to be a big day': Heatwave to strain hospitals, power supplies in NSW by Peter Hannam & Kate Aubusson, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 9, 2017
• How a culture clash at NOAA led to a flap over a high-profile warming pause study by Warren Cornwall & Paul Voosen, Science (AAAS), Feb 8, 2017
• How will California battle climate change? A new proposal revs up debate over cap-and-trade program by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, Feb 9, 2017

Fri Feb 10, 2017

• So Long, La Niña; Arctic Temperatures Soar 63°F in 24 Hours by Jeff Masters, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Feb 9, 2017
• Trump Names Industry Lobbyist and Climate Science Denier Mike Catanzaro as Top White House Energy Aide by Steve Horn, DeSmog, Feb 8, 2017
• House Science Committee May Soon Try to Weaken the EPA by Annie Sneed, Scientific American, Feb 8, 2017
• EU must shut all coal plants by 2030 to meet Paris climate pledges, study says by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, Feb 9, 2017
• Coastal Cities Could Flood Three Times a Week by 2045 by John Upton, Climate Central, Feb 9, 2017
• Retired NOAA Scientist Doubles Down on Climate Data Controversy by Nala Rogers, Inside Science, Feb 9, 2017
• How the New Climate Denial Is Like the Old Climate Denial: Both are excuses for inaction. by Meehan Crist, The Atlantic, Feb 10, 2017
• Suburbs Are Increasingly Threatened by Wildfires Due to Climate Change by Brittany Patterson, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 9, 2017

Sat Feb 11, 2017

• 4 ways to resist climate change deniers by Vaidehi Shah, Eco-Business, Feb 10, 2017
• Scientists solve ocean ‘carbon sink’ puzzle by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 8, 2017
• It’s about 50 degrees warmer than normal near the North Pole, yet again by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 10, 2017
• What do gorilla suits and blowfish fallacies have to do with climate change? by John Cook, The Conversation US, Feb 10, 2017
• NSW heatwave: Unprecedented fire conditions are 'as bad as it gets' by Eryk Bagshaw, Megan Levy & Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 11, 2017
• Renewables can’t deliver Paris climate goals, The Japan Times, Feb 11, 2017
• Jimmy Carter Makes a Stand for Solar, Decades After the Cardigan Sweater by Alan Blinder, New York Times, Feb 11, 2017
• Climate change and fishing lay ‘ecological trap’ for African penguins by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 9, 2017