2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #42

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

Sun, Oct 11

'We Will Stand for Ourselves': Global Movement Stakes Claim for COP21 by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, Oct 8, 2015
New UN climate deal text: what's in, what's out by Sophie Yeo, The Carbon Brief, Oct 7, 2015
Exxon's Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming Decades Ago by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song & David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Sep 21, 2015
Exxon Believed Deep Dive Into Climate Research Would Protect Its Business by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song & David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Sep 21, 2015
Exxon Confirmed Global Warming Consensus in 1982 with In-House Climate Models by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song & David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Sep 22, 2015
South Carolina's Catastrophic Floods Caused By One of the Most Prolific Rainfall Events in Modern U.S. History by Nick Wiltgen, Weather Underground, Oct 8, 2015
Area leaders fail to take serious action in face of rising threats from above and below by Doug Pardue and Tony Bartelme, Charleston Post & Courier, Oct 10, 2015

Mon, Oct 12

Exxon's Business Ambition Collided with Climate Change Under a Distant Sea by Neela Banerjee & Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Oct 8, 2015
Highlighting the Allure of Synfuels, Exxon Played Down the Climate Risks by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Oct 8, 2015
Opinion: Five Key Takeaways from India’s New Climate Plan by Apurba Mitra, Thomas Damassa, Taryn Fransen, Fred Stolle & Kathleen Mogelgaard, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 8, 2015
Why the Earth’s past has scientists so worried about the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2015
Strong El Niño Expected to Last Through Winter and Into Spring, NOAA Says by Jon Erdman, Chris Dolce and Linda Lam, The Weather Channel , Oct 8, 2015
Paris climate talks should not put figure on finance, says World Bank vice-president by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Oct 7, 2015
When the Indian Ocean and El Niño join forces, things can get hot and dry by Andrew B. Watkins, David Jones & Karl Braganza, The Conversation US, Oct 11, 2015
The Rapid and Startling Decline Of World’s Vast Boreal Forests by Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360, Oct 12, 2015

Tue, Oct 13

Climate change is getting worse — and U.N. climate reports are getting harder to understand by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2015
This is how rising seas will reshape the face of the United States by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2015
After the VW scandal, how can we trust business to act on climate change? by Adam Corner, The Guardian, Oct 13, 2015
Marine food chains at risk of collapse, extensive study of world's oceans finds by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Oct 13, 2015
Ex-Republican meteorologist calls for end to partisan divide over climate science by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2015
Bringing Republicans to the Climate Change Table by Eduardo Porter, New York Times, Oct 13, 2015
Methane release from melting permafrost could trigger dangerous global warming by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 13, 2015

Wed, Oct 14

With no sanctions, can pledges save the Earth from climate change? by Evan Botkin-Kowacki, The Chrisitan Monitor, Oct 13, 2015
More Than 400 U.S. Cities May Be 'Past The Point Of No Return' With Sea Level Threats by Lydia O'Connor, The Huffington Post, Oct 13, 2015
New international climate chief faces a serious communication challenge by James Painter, The Conversation US, Oct 13, 2015
Exxon's climate lie: 'No corporation has ever done anything this big or bad' Bill McKibben, The Guardian, Oct 14, 2015
Climate Change Gets Its Due In The Democratic Debate by Kate Shepard, The Huffington Post, Oct 14, 2015
2015 Closes in on Becoming the Warmest Year Yet by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Oct 14, 2015

Thu, Oct 15

Under water? New sea rise study paints doomsday scenario for Charleston, other low-lying cities by Tony Bartelme, Charleston Post & Courier, Oct 14, 2015
Sixty Years of Data Show Waves are Getting Stronger, Threatening Coastlines and Infrastructure by The Nature Conservancy’s Dr. Borja G. Reguero and Dr. Michael W. Beck, National Geographic, Oct 14, 2015
Propaganda trumps journalism in conservative media climate reporting by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 15, 2015
How Indonesia’s staggering fires are making global warming worse by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 15, 2015
As Paris talks approach, not even Donald Trump's fringe can hide desperation of climate science denialists by Graham, Readfearn, Planet Oz, The Guardian, Oct 15, 2015

Fri, Oct 16

Solar Power Lights the Way to a Cleaner Economy in Chile by Ines Perez, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Oct 8, 2015
Earth just had its warmest September on record — by a long shot by Deborah Lawrence, The Guardian, Oct 16, 2015
Voters to GOP: 'I'm not a scientist' won't cut it on climate change, Op-ed by Edward Maibach, The Guardian, Oct 16, 2015
The rainforests hold the key to taming El Niño's destruction by Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Oct 16, 2015
Canada's frozen north feels financial burn of global warming by Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Oct 16, 2015
In a major setback for Arctic drilling, the Obama administration cancels two oil lease sales by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 15, 2015

Sat, Oct 17

Congressmen want probe of Exxon Mobil 'failing to disclose' climate change data by Michael Phillis and Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, Oct 15, 2015
Marco Rubio’s Energy Policy Centers on Drilling and Reversing Obama Rules by Jeremy W Peters, New York Times, Oct 16, 2015
On the coast, a warm and wet future unfolds by Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, Oct 17, 2015
Energy Industries Invest in Contest to Recycle Emissions by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Oct 15, 2015
A Mysterious Epidemic Plaguing Central America May Be Linked To Climate Change by Lila Shapiro, The Huffington Post, Oct 16, 2015
French president Hollande in Iceland to see global warming's damage on shrinking glacier, AP/CBC News, Oct 16, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 17 October, 2015

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