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2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #22
Posted on 1 June 2019 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, May 26 through Sat, June 1, 2019
Editor's Pick
12 books on how climate change is transforming businesses and the global economy
For some businesses and entrepreneurs, climate change isn't just a threat. It's an opportunity.
The significant transformations required to meet the challenges posed by climate change are, from another perspective, fabulous opportunities. Inventors, entrepreneurs, and business strategists recognized this fact many years ago. Their activities have since been chronicled and analyzed by reporters, researchers, and, in some cases, the entrepreneurs themselves.
For this month’s bookshelf on climate change and business, Yale Climate Connections has assembled two different lists. This first list covers books published in the last five years. The second list covers recent free reports on the same subject from international organizations, government agencies, and D.C.-based think tanks.
12 books on how climate change is transforming businesses and the global economy by Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections, May 31, 2019
Links posted on Facebook
Sun May 26, 2019
- U.S. teen poets find no rhyme or reason to climate peril by Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 24, 2019
- New research, May 13-19, 2019 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, May 23, 2019
- Climate change is driving plankton towards the poles, study says by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, May 25, 2019
- Climate crisis more politically polarizing than abortion for US voters, study finds by Oliver Milman, Guardian, May 22, 2019
- Swedish activist Greta Thunberg addresses climate march in Copenhagen by Lauren Chadwick, Euronews, May 25, 2019
- Why natural cycles only play small role in rate of global warming, Guest Post by Karsten Haustein, Friederike Otto, Zeke Hausfather & Peter Jacobs, Carbon Brief, May 24, 2019
- Climate Change Is Catching On With Voters. Why Isn’t Jay Inslee? by Trip Gabriel, US Politics, New York Times, May 24, 2019
- The Energy 202: Republicans vote against bill containing their key climate priority: researching energy innovation, Analysis by Dino Grandoni, PowerPost, Washington Post, May 23, 2019
Mon May 27, 2019
- “Tug-of-War” between Air Pollution and CO2 Masks Warming’s Impacts by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, May 24, 2019
- Experts call out Trump's EPA for redefining environmental standards to allow for more air pollution by Matthew Rozsa, Salon, May 20, 2019
- A vision of 2040: everything we need for a sustainable world already exists by Damon Gameau, Environment, Guardian, May 20, 2019
- Historic flooding expected as 3.6 million under flash flood watch by Susannah Cullinane, CNN, May 27, 2019
- An Even More Inconvenient Truth by Lisa Song, ProPublica, May 22, 2019
- 'Swarms' of tornadoes are on the rise, but the exact cause is unclear by Nancy Gaarda, Omaha World-Herald, May 27, 2019
- 'Death blow': Corals, algae don't acclimatise to more acidic seas by Peter Hannam, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, May 28, 2019
- South African carbon tax finally becomes law by Mfuneko Toyana, Reuters, May 26, 2019
Tue May 28, 2019
- Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen and prop up the marine food chain by Petra Cameran & Philippa Kearney, The Conversation UK, May 23, 2019
- EU plans first satellite fleet to monitor CO2 in every country by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home News, May 27, 2019
- Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science by Coral Davenport Mark Landler, Politics, New York Times, May 27, 2019
- Severe Weather, Flash Flood Saga Continues From the Midwest Into the Plains Through Midweek, Weather Underground, May 28, 2019
- Florida appoints first chief science officer to take on climate crisis by Richard Luscombe, US News, Guardian, May 28, 2019
- Europe's Greens Hope E.U. Election Triumph Will Be Turning Point for Climate Policy by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson. Time Magazine, May 28, 2019
- Trump is embracing climate destruction, Opinion by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post, May 21, 2019
- 11 Straight Days of Tornadoes Have U.S. Approaching ‘Uncharted Territory’ by Kevin Williams and Alan Blinder, New York Times, May 28, 2019
Wed May 29, 2019
- Mississippi River flood is longest-lasting in over 90 years, since 'Great Flood' of 1927 by Doyle Rice, USA Today, May 28, 2019
- Student climate strikes around the world – in pictures, Guardian, May 24, 2019
- 'Startling' inaction on climate change must end, pope says by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service, Environment, National Catholic Reporter, May 28, 2019
- Severe Thunderstorms and Flash Flooding to Threaten From Southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic Wednesday, Weather Underground, May 28, 2019
- The Wettest 12 Months: New Analysis Shows Spikes in Flood Alerts in the US by Juan Declet-Barreto, Union of Concerned Scientists, May 23, 2019
- Young people have led the climate strikes. Now we need adults to join us too, Opinion by Greta Thunberg & 46 youth activists, Comment is Free, Guardian, May 23, 2019
- Lobbying against key US climate regulation ‘cost society $60bn’, study finds by Josh Gabbatiss, Carbon Brief, May 28, 2019
- Tornado season in overdrive: What's behind the extreme weather hitting the Midwest? by Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, May 29, 2019
Thu May 30, 2019
- Warming may increase risk of rapidly intensifying hurricanes along U.S. East Coast by Rebecca Lindsey, NOAA's Climate.gov, May 24, 2019
- Philippines passes law requiring students to plant 10 trees if they want to graduate by Harry Cockburn, Independent (UK), May 29, 2019
- United Nations Says 80 Countries May Ramp Up Climate Pledges by Somini Sengupta, Climate, New York Times, May 28, 2019
- Extreme weather has made half of America look like Tornado Alley by Joel Achenbach & Jason Samenow, Science, Washington Post, May 29, 2019
- Humans and volcanoes caused nearly all of global heating in past 140 years by Dana Nuccitelli, Environment, Guardian, May 30, 2019
- US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom' by Luke O'Neil, Business, Guardian, May 29, 2019
- The End is In Sight for a Stunning Spell of Severe Weather by Bob Henson, Category 6, Weather Underground, May 29, 2019
- An Extinction Timeline and How We Can Alter It by David Helvarg, ECO Magazine, May 29, 2019
Fri May 31, 2019
- Rise of the Extinction Deniers by John R Platt, The Revelator, May 30, 2019
- Japan’s deadly 2018 heatwave ‘could not have happened without climate change’ by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, May 30, 2019
- Democratic hopes for climate policy may come down to this one weird Senate trick by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 28, 2019
- Hundreds of roads under water as historic flooding breaches levees and threatens communities by Madeline Holcombe and Joe Sutton, CNN, May 31, 2019
- A major US utility is moving toward 100% clean energy faster than expected by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 29, 2019
- 12 books on how climate change is transforming businesses and the global economy by Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections, May 31, 2019
- The Energy 202: Trump administration's 'molecules of U.S. freedom' come with a cost by Dino Grandoni, PowerPost, Washington Post, May 30, 2019
- Trump’s Latest Attack on Federal Climate Science May Backfire by Alexander C Kaufman, Science, Wired, May 31, 2019
Sat June 1, 2019
- Madrid could become first European city to scrap low-emissions zone by Arthur Neslen, Europe, Guardian, May 31, 2019
- Hurricane season is starting. And Hawaii has more reasons than ever to worry. by Raya Salter, Think, MSNBC, May 31, 2019
- Thousands of seabirds starved to death in the Bering Sea — and scientists see evidence of climate change by Brady Dennis, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, May 29, 2019
- May Rainfall Smashed Monthly Records, Leading to Record River Flooding in Parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas by Jonathan Erdman, News, Weather Underground, June 1, 2019
- 12 free reports on climate change and the economy by Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections, May 31, 2019
- Ohio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Balloons to Embrace Coal (while Killing Renewable Energy Rules) by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, May 31, 2019
- Sin taxes on meat or flying won’t change a climate hypocrite like me. Rationing might, Opinion by Sonia Sodha, Comment is Free, Guardian, June 1, 2019
"Climate crisis more politically polarizing than abortion for US voters, study finds"
So frustrating. Although Republicans rate the climate issue as very low priority compared to democrats, the article shows quite a number of Republicans want something done about it seemingly in contradiction, so perhaps the low priority ranking is just going along with the "approved tribal position" and their position on mitigation a better indicator of their real views. Although their real views are still rather lukewarm.
The cooperation on a carbon tax is still a long way away from achieving anything. Some say dont be judgemental of the other side in politics, work with them, be nice...but this does not seem to be yielding results when its tried. The grim reality is that on the climate, abortion, and guns issue both sides cannot be right.