2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #40

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

Sun, Sep 27

The Pope Wants Climate to Be a Human Rights Issue by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Sep 25, 2015
Beijing Puts Ball Back in Washington’s Court on Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 25, 2015
China announces national emissions trading scheme – experts react, by John Mathews, Anita Talberg, David Hodgkinson, and Peter Christoff, The Conversation, Sep 26, 2015
Rising Emissions Threaten Goal of Poverty-Free World by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Climate Central, Sep 26, 2015
Obama Says Paris Climate Talks Bound to ‘Fall Short’ by Roberta Rampton, Reuters/Climate Central, Sep 27, 2015
Divestment efforts starting to hit coal and oil firms by Shawn McCarthy, The Globe & Mail, Sep 24, 2015
France's Hollande says climate talk promises must now become action by John Irish, Reuters, Sep 27, 2015

Mon, Sep 28

Brazil pledges to slash emissions, but will count old reductions by Marcelo Teixeira, Reuters, Sep 27, 2015
Today's U.S.-China Announcement is the Most Significant Milestone to Date for Battling Global Climate Change, RMI Outlet, Sep 25, 2015
Why Do We Need Pope Francis to Tell Us What We Know About the Climate? by Katy Lederer, The New Yorker, Sep 25, 2015
Limited Progress Seen Even as More Nations Step Up on Climate by Justin Gillis & Somni Sengupta, New York Times, Sep 28, 2015
Shell abandons Alaska Arctic drilling by Terry Macalister, The Guardian, Sep 28, 2015
Survey of Republican Voters Shows a Majority Believe in Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 28. 2015
Glacier melt shows a climate change tipping point. We must pay attention, Op-ed by Wendell Tangborn, The Guardian, Sep 28, 2015
Scientists say New York City already faces much worse flood risks due to rising seas by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 28, 2015

Tue, Sep 29

Using Music to Inspire a Generation to Save the World by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Sep 28, 2015
Despite Shell’s about-face, interest in Arctic oil grows by Brian C Black, The Conversation AU, Sep 29, 2015
Is the fossil fuel industry, like the tobacco industry, guilty of racketeering? by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 29, 2015
Even if Every Nation Meets Its Pledge to Fight Climate Change, We’re Still Fried by Brian Merchant, Motherboard, Sep 28, 2015
People around the world will act on climate change to create a better society: study by Paul Bain, The Conversation US, Sep 28. 2015
Modi calls for climate change agenda that helps developing countries by David Brunnstrom and Jeff Mason, Reuters, Sep 29, 2015
Carney warns of risks from climate change 'tragedy of the horizon' by Larry Elliott, The Guardian, Sep 29, 2015
The tropical steam-engine: how does El Niño warm the entire globe? by Nicholas Tyrrell and Dietmar Dommenget, The Conversation US, Sep 29, 2015

Wed, Sep 30

Thu, Oct 1

World's energy systems at risk from warming, say leading firms by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Sep 30, 2015
Ex-climate negotiator hopes for 'miracle' on people's pilgrimage by Rosie Scammell, The Guardian, Sep 30, 2015
Could Hurricane Joaquin be another Superstorm Sandy? by Ed Payne, CNN, Oct 1, 2015
Federal education data shows OISM’s climate change denying Petition Project actually a tiny minority, Scholars & Rouges, Oct 1, 2015
No Doubt About It: People Who Mislead the Public About Climate Change Are Deniers by Brant Olson, Campaign Director at ClimateTruth.org, The Huffington Post, Oct 1, 2015
Millions face hunger due to climate change, "super El Nino" - Oxfam by Joseph D'Urso, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Oct 1, 2015
EBRD to raise financing for climate projects to 18 bln euros by Aister Doyle, Reuters, Sep 30, 2015

Fri, Oct 2

India Announces Plan to Lower Rate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Ellen Barry & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Oct 1, 2015
Food Giants Align For Climate Action by Kate Shepard, The Huffington Post, Oct 1, 2015
Big Trees First to Die in Severe Droughts by Brittany Patterson, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Oct 1, 2015
China’s Climate Policies: How Have They Performed, and Where Do They Need to Go? by Ranping Song and Qi Ye, World Resources Institute (WRI), Sep 29, 2015
Clean energy growth is ‘off track’ to avert climate change, says energy agency by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 2, 2015
Why cheap natural gas is thwarting the battery and energy storage revolution by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 2, 2015
Scientists: Offshore Wind a ‘Missed Opportunity’ in U.S. by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Sep 30, 2015
Brazil’s Expanded Climate Targets Frustrate Environmentalists by Mario Osava, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 2, 2015

Sat, Oct 3

Paris tracker: Who has pledged what for 2015 UN climate pact?, Climate Home, Oct 2, 2015
East Coast Is Extremely Vulnerable to Hurricane Flooding by Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, Oct 2, 2015
Emphasizing co-benefits motivates people to take action on climate change by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 1, 2015
Ex-French minister aims to launch $3 billion renewables fund for Africa by Saliou Samb, Reuters, Sep 30, 2015
India's pledge clears a significant hurdle towards a climate deal in Paris by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Oct 2, 2015
Defunding Climate Change by Katy Lederer, The New Yorker, Oct 2, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 3 October, 2015

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