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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #9
Posted on 4 March 2017 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Feb 26, 2017
- New UN climate chief: 'Action on warming unstoppable' by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Feb 25, 2017
- Most wood energy schemes are a 'disaster' for climate change by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Feb 23, 2017
- Aerosol emissions kept climate change in check over the Arctic until Clean Air regulations by Alexandru Micu, ZME Science, Feb 24, 2017
- Scott Pruitt vows to slash climate and water pollution regulations at CPAC by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Feb 25, 2017
- Bill McKibben rates Canada's climate performance by Linda Solomon Wood, National Observer, Feb 24, 2017
- Former Trump Aide Says Wind and Solar Research Will Be Cut by Justin Moreland, Time Magazine, Feb 24, 2017
- Siberia's 'doorway to the Underworld' Is Getting So Big It's Uncovering Ancient Forests by Fiona MacDonald, Science Alert, Feb 25, 2017
- Climate-Friendlier Air Conditioning Chemicals Hard to Find, Study Shows by Zahra Hirji, Inside Climate Central, Feb 23, 2017
Mon Feb 27, 2017
- 'Significant event': Coral bleaching returns to the Great Barrier Reef by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 25, 2017
- Video: Patricia Espinosa on Trump, Brexit, ‘loss and damage’ and 1.5C goal by Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, Feb 24, 2017
- Coal Industry Casts Itself as a Clean Energy Player by Clifford Krause, Enegy & Environment, New York Times, Feb 26, 2017
- Is it worth trying to "reframe" climate change? Probably not. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 27, 2017
- Coal, oil and gas companies to pay less in royalties after Interior decision by Juliet Elperin, Washington Post, Feb 24, 2017
- Just who are these 300 'scientists' telling Trump to burn the climate? by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 27, 2017
- How to Defeat Those Who are Waging War on Science by Jonathan Foley & Christine Arena, Guest Blog, Scientific American, Feb 27, 2017
- Scientists have long been afraid of ‘advocacy.’ A new study says it may not hurt them by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 27, 2017
Tue Feb 28, 2017
- Australia's summer heat hints at worse to come by Kate Ravilious, Guardian, Feb 26, 2017
- Trump's Potential Science Adviser Will Happer: Carbon Dioxide Demonized Just Like "Poor Jews Under Hitler" by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Feb 25, 2017
- Scientists just measured a rapid growth in acidity in the Arctic ocean, linked to climate change by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 27, 2017
- China coal use fell again in 2016, solar capacity rose 82% by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Feb 28, 2017
- Antarctic sea ice 'obliterates' previous minimum record, in remarkable reverse by Peter Hannam, sydney Morning Herald, Feb 28, 2917
- Inside the Quest to Monitor Countries’ CO2 Emissions by John Fialka, Climate Wire/Scientific Amreian, Feb 28, 2017
- Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Feb 28, 2017
- Climate Change Blamed for Deadly Landslides in Chile by Javiera Quiroga, Bloomberg News, Feb 27, 2017
Wed Mar 1, 2017
- Plan to save Great Barrier Reef has been set back decades, Australian experts say, AFP-JIJI/Japan Times, Feb 24, 2017
- South Florida continues prep for sea level rise by Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, Feb 24, 2017
- As global food demand rises, climate change is hitting our staple crops by Andrew Borrell, The Conversation AU, Mar 1, 2017
- Members of Congress met to discuss the costs of climate change. They ended up debating its existence. by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 28, 2017
- Spring moving forward at record rate by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Mar 1, 2017
- In A 1991 Film, Shell Oil Issued A Stark Warning About Climate Change Risks by Chris D’Angelo, Huffington Post US, Feb 28, 2017
- Financial markets are now betting against the future of the planet. This won't end well by Ben Chu, Independent, Mar 1, 2017
- Republican hearing calls for a lower carbon pollution price. It should be much higher by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Mar 1, 2017
Thu Mar 2, 2017
- Australia placed on El Niño 'watch' as weather bureau puts chance at 50% for 2017 by Calla Wahlquist, Guardian, Mar 1, 2017
- "A sense of despair": The mental health cost of unchecked climate change by Shanika Gunaratna, CBS News, Feb 27, 2017
- White House Proposes Axing 1 In 5 EPA Staffers, Cutting Programs For Minorities by Alexander C Kaufman, Huffington Post US, Mar 1, 2017
- Children's Climate Lawsuit Aims to Unearth Documents From Oil Group API by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Mar 1, 2017
- Will global warming turn Vancouver into San Diego? Not so much by Jonathan Moreau, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, Mar 1, 2017
- Sydney’s Swelter Has a Climate Change Link, Scientists Say by Henry Fountain, New York Times, Mar 2, 2017
- Top Trump Advisers Are Split on Paris Agreement on Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Mar 2, 2017
- Trump poised to lift federal coal ban, other green rules: White House by Richard Valdmanis, Reuters, Mar 1, 2017
Fri Mar 3, 2017
- EU calls on Canada to defend Paris climate accord against global 'uncertainties' by Mike Blanchfield, Canadian Press/National Observer, Mar 2, 2017
- Why Scientists Should Speak Out by Jeremy Deaton, Nexus Media, Mar 2, 2017
- Trump Wants to ‘Zero Out’ EPA Programs by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Mar 2, 2017
- Explainer: How much did climate change ‘cost’ in the 20th century? by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Mar 1. 2017
- The Heritage Foundation has a plan for gutting EPA and the Energy Department. It’s eerily plausible. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 1, 2017
- Is it bad news for the Himalayan glaciers? by Daniele Pagani, WIO News, Mar 3. 2017
- White House proposes steep budget cut to leading climate science agency by Steven Mufson, Jason Samenow & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 3, 2017
- UN climate chief unable to secure meeting with US state department by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Mar 2, 2017
Sat Mar 4, 2017
- Electric Cars are the Missing Link to a Zero Carbon Energy Grid by Ryan Logtenbeg, Skeptical Science, Mar 2, 2017
- The End of Range Anxiety by Marlene Cimons, Nexus Media, Mar 1, 2017
- As Budget Cuts Loom, Former EPA Officials Make Plea to Trump to Continue Agency's Work by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Mar 2, 2017
- Trudeau’s government just spoke to the Trump administration about climate change by Carl Meyer, National Observer, Mar 3, 2017
- Climate Bet for Charity, 2017 update by Rob Honeycutt, Skeptical Science, Mar 3, 2017
- Trump to Undo Vehicle Rules That Curb Global Warming by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Mar 3, 2017
- Global warming is increasing forest fire risk in the Alps by Bob Berwyn, Deutshe Welle (DW), Mar 2, 2017
- Climate science denier Darrell Issa joins House climate change caucus by Joe Romm, Think Progress, Mar 3, 2017
While not directly related to climate science, it is a fair indication of the quality of science reporting by The Australian Newspaper that they reported today that Isaac Newton discovered the laws of thermodynamics. C.P.Snow would be rolling in his grave.
This atrocity of fake facts should at least illustrate the quality of reporting in The Australian with regards to science in general, even when they find The Australian's reporting of climate science so genial to their prejudices.
OMFG :-(
Nice catch Tom.