2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #38

A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook during the past week.

Sun, Sep 13

For California, El Niño’s Dark Clouds Could Mean Rain but Also Trouble by Adam Nagourney, New York Times, Sep 10, 2015
In Radical Shift, GOP Leaders Actively Embrace Catastrophic Climate Change by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Sep 11, 2015
The Big Read: Climate change and the fate of Antarctica&nbsp by Jamie Morton, New Zealand Herald, Sep 13, 2015
Learning From Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change by Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, Sep 4, 2015
The Next Genocide, Op-ed by Timothy Snyder, Sunday Review/New York Times, Sep 12, 2015
Jon Chait wrote an optimistic take on climate change. Is it justified? by David Roberts, Vox, Sep 13, 2015

Mon, Sep 14

Every inspiring story about climate change I hope to read by Lindsay Abrams, Salon, Sep 9, 2015
Africa Sees U.N. Climate Conference as “Court Case” for the Continent by Isaiah Esipisu. Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 10, 2015
Hundreds of homes go up in flames in California wildfires by Ed Payne, CNN, Sep 14, 2015
Republicans are becoming the party of climate supervillains by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 14, 2015
Scientists expect Hawaii's worst coral bleaching ever by Audrey McAvoy, Big Story/AP, Sep 12, 2015
Next two years hottest, says Met Office by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Sep 14, 2015
Why scientists are so worried about drylands — which make up 40 percent of the Earth’s land Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 14, 2015

Tue, Sep 15

Not Doomed Yet: A New Newsletter About Climate Change by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Sep 14, 2015
Global warming slowdown could be over as temperatures soar by Michael Le Page, New Scientist, Sep 14, 2015
U.S. and Chinese Climate Change Negotiators to Meet in Los Angeles by by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 15, 2015
Study Finds Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada to Be Lowest in 500 Years by Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, Sep 14, 2015
The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Caring for the Earth and One Another by Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Leonard Cohen, Ellen Page, Donald Sutherland, Common Dreams,. Sep 15, 2015

Wed, Sep 16

Carly Fiorina’s climate change nonsense: Let’s see the GOP candidates deny reality at California debate, while California burns by Paul Rosenberg, Salon, Sep 15, 2015
The Rev. Sally Bingham: Pope Francis' climate message speaks to all faiths by Rev Sally Bingham, EDF, Sep 15, 2015
Marine population halved since 1970 - report, BBC News, Sep 16, 2015
Global climate change pledges will not be enough-U.N. by Barbara Lewis, Reuthers, Sep 15, 2015
Exxon's Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming Decades Ago by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Sep 16, 2015
Time to sue governments for climate inaction? Dutch lawyer thinks so by Chris Arsenault, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Sep 16, 2015
Gov. Jerry Brown decries 'political pollution' on climate change by Chris Meregin, Los Angeles Times, Sep 15, 2015
The Carbon Brief Interview: Craig Bennett by Leo Hickman, The Carbon Brief, Sep 16, 2015

Thu, Sep 17

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Annual Minimum, 4th Lowest on Record by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Sep 15, 2015
Warming Casts Shadow Over Oil Leasing on Public Lands by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Sep 15, 2015
Which Cities In the World Are Closest to Nixing Fossil Fuels? by Wendy Koch, National Geographic, Sep 17, 2015
Obama Seeks Psychological Help with Climate Change by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Sep 16, 2015
As Presidential Debaters Dodge Climate, 10 House Republicans Resolve to Pursue “Environmental Stewardship” by Andrew C. Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times, Sep 17, 2015
Global warming's one-two punch: extreme heat and drought by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 17, 2015
California's new, unending fire season takes toll on firefighters by Tim Reid, Reuters, Sep 17, 2015
Somewhat. Very. Extremely. How likely is it that 2015 will be the new warmest year on record?, NOAA Climate.gov, Sep 17, 2015
Why the Arctic's Big Mosquito Problem Is Getting a Lot Worse by Craig Welch, National Geographic, Sep 15, 2015

Fri, Sep 18

We Fact-Checked What the Republicans Said About Climate Change During the Debate by James West, Mother Jones, Sep 17, 2015
Arctic sea ice minimum extent reached, El Niño link unclear by Maria-Jose Viñas, NASA Global Climate Change, Sep 15, 2015
How Do We Fix the Liberal Slant in Social Psychology? by Piercarlo Valdesolo, Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 5
Trump: Climate change is ‘not one of our big problems’ by Aliyah Frumin, MSNBC, Sep 17, 2015
Global warming ‘hiatus’ theory trashed by new study by Alex Pashley, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Sep 17, 2015
How Republicans Made Climate Change America's Most Divisive Political Issue by Reynard Loki, Alterrnet, Sep 15, 2015
Could Canadian Lawyers Replicate the Landmark Dutch Climate Victory? by Stephen Leahy, DeSmog Canada, Sep 17, 2015
The Role Of Climate Change In Utah And Arizona's Deadly Floods by Lydia O'Connor, The Huffington Post, Sep 17, 2015
What Exxon Knew About Climate Change by Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, Sep 18, 2015

Sat, Sep 19

Malcolm Turnbull's Faustian pact on climate change is heartbreaking, Op-ed by Mark Butler, The Guardian, Sep 17, 2015
Mobilizing the Masses Around Climate Change as We Count Down to COP21 by Iain Patton, The Huffington Post, Sep 17, 2015
8 Out of 10 Cats Wrong, Says Professor Richard Tol, Ingenious Pursuits, Sep 18, 2015
Climate Researchers Plan Glider Mission to Edge of Space by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Sep 18, 2015
In a blind test, economists reject the notion of a global warming pause by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 18, 2015
Coal industry losing the PR battle on climate change: BHP exec by David Lewis, ABC News (Australia), Sep 18, 2015
Is global warming's 'hiatus' really just a statistical error? (+video) by Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, Sep 17, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 19 September, 2015

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