Posted on 29 May 2022 by BaerbelW

The following articles sparked above average interest during the week (bolded articles are from SkS authors): Australia’s rightwing government weaponised climate change – now it has faced its reckoning, International Commission Votes to Allow Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps, Planetary Dieticians, EGU2022 - A personal diary from a science enthusiast perspective, Planetary Diets, and Pakistan hits 120°F as climate trends drive spring heatwave.

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• Global heating is cutting sleep across the world, study finds by Damian Carrington, Environment, The Guardian, May 20, 2022
• Michael Bloomberg Plans a $242 Million Investment in Clean Energy by Maggie Astor, Climate, New York Times, May 17, 2022
• International Commission Votes to Allow Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps by Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News, May 22, 2022
• Australia’s rightwing government weaponised climate change – now it has faced its reckoning by Katharine Murphy, Australia News, The Guardian, May 22, 2022
• Pension Funds Exaggerate the Cost of Divestment by FFC staff & UC Berkeley faculty and students, Fossil Free California, May 13, 2022
• Smoke and Mirrors: The Legal Risks of Fossil Fuel Advertising by Nayantara Dutta, Clean Creatives, May 2, 2022
• Social Engagement with climate change: principles for effective visual representation on social media by León, Negredo & Erviti, Climate Policy, May 20, 2022
• In the Dark: How Social Media Companies’ Climate Disinformation Problem is Hidden from the Public by Friends of the Earth, Avaaz, Greenpeace USA, Friends of the Earth, Avaaz, Greenpeace USA, Apr 27, 2022
• Climate sceptic thinktank reported to charity commission over fossil fuel interest funding  by Helena Horton, Guardian, May 23, 2022
• Planetary Diets by Evan, Skeptical Science, May 23, 2022
• Climate change made India and Pakistan’s 2022 early heatwave ‘30 times more likely’ by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, May 23, 2022
• Pakistan hits 120°F as climate trends drive spring heatwave by Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, May 23, 2022
• Deadly Indian heatwave made 30 times more likely by climate crisis by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Mon 23 May 2022
• Planetary Dieticians by Evan, Skeptical Science, May 24, 2022
• The Heat Is Already On by Paul Krugman, New York Times, May 24, 2022
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #21 2022 by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, May 26, 2022
• EGU2022 - A personal diary from a science enthusiast perspective by Bärbel Winkler, Skeptical Science, May 27, 2022
• New study offers a glimmer of hope for climate solutions success by Dana Nuccitelli, Yale Climate Connections, May 24, 2022
• How an Organized Republican Effort Punishes Companies for Climate Action by David Gelles & Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, May 27, 2022
• Which solar panels are made in America? (2022 edition) by , The Solar Nerd, Feb 21, 2022
• The 'carbon footprint' was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame. Here's how it can serve us again by Marcelle McManus, Phys.org, May 27, 2022