2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #39

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

Sun Sep 18, 2016

After a decade, UN chief disappointed in many world leaders by Edith M Lederer, AP Big Story, Sep 13, 2016
Lamar Smith Hearing Attempts to Bolster Legal Argument for Subpoenas by David Hasemyer, Inside Climate News, Sep 14, 2016
Trump's climate science denial clashes with reality of rising seas in Florida by Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, Sep 18, 2016
"It's Time We Were Heard": Another Day in Court for Climate Kids by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, Dec 13, 2016
Is La Niña Here? Depends Who You Ask by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Sep 16, 2016
Does Climate Change Affect Our Weather? Yes. Yes, It Does. by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Sep 17, 2016
'No time to waste': climate changes for films on global warming by Fiona Harvey, Guardian, Sep 18, 2016
In Toronto, Leonardo DiCaprio delivers 'Before the Flood,' a documentary rallying cry about climate change by Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times, Sep 13, 2016

Mon Sep 19, 2016

Carbon capture and storage could be cheaper than nuclear, says report by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Sep 12, 2016
CarbonTracker Declares Renewable Power As Today’s Cheapest Option by Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, Sep 14, 2016
John Kerry Says Saving the Oceans Is a ‘Life or Death’ Issue by Laura Parker, National Geographic, Sep 16, 2016
Typhoon Malakas Nearing Landfall in Southern Japan; Heavy Rain and Flooding Expected by Tom Moore, Weather Channel, Sep 19, 2016
There are two sides to the climate argument, the facts and the falsehoods, Op-ed by Tom Toles, Washington Post, Sep 19, 2016
New study undercuts favorite climate myth ‘more CO2 is good for plants’ by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Sep 19, 2016
Countries Will Ratify Climate Agreement at the U.N. by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Sept 19, 2016
Canada Scrambles to Create National Climate Plan, But May Sign COP21 Without One by Nika Knight, Common Dreams, Sep 19, 2016

Tue Sep 20, 2016

Liberals back away from setting tougher carbon targets by Laura Payton, CTV News, Sep 18, 2016
AFL-CIO to Planet Earth: Drop Dead by Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, Sep 19, 2016
Breaking the Climate Procrastination Habit: How to Bring on America the Sustainable by Emily Schwartz Greco, Moyers & Company, Sep 19, 2016
Heatwaves in the ocean – a risk to ecosystems? by Dr. Thomas Frölicher, ETH Zürich, Sep 19, 2016
Watch this law professor try to convince a physicist that Greenland’s melt won’t raise seas by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 19, 2016
Scientists: How the new focus on 1.5C is reshaping climate research by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Sep 20, 2016
Is the media scaring the public too much about climate change and extreme weather? Op-ed by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Sep 19, 2016
Can a blanket violate the second law of thermodynamics? by Stefan Rhamstorf, Real Climate, Sep 20, 2016
The key to tackling climate change: electrify everything by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Sep 19, 2016

Wed Sep 21, 2016

Cheapest Solar on Record Offered as Abu Dhabi Expands Renewables by Anthony Dipaola, Bloomberg News, Sep 19, 2016
U.N. Chief Wants Paris Climate Deal to Take Effect This Year by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 20, 2016
The Earth is soaking up less carbon than we thought — which could make it warm up even faster by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 22, 2016
March … I Mean April … I Mean May … I Mean June … I Mean July... I MeanAugust 2016 Is the Sixth … I Mean Seventh … I Mean Eighth … I Mean Ninth … I Mean 10th … I Mean 11thTemperature Record-Breaking Month in a Row by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Sep 20, 2016
More than 300 scientists warn over Trump's climate change stance by Ian Simpson, Reuters, Sep 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton 'dropped climate change from speeches after Bernie Sanders endorsement' by Karl Mathiesen, Guardian, Sep 20, 2016
Military Officials: Climate Change Could Ensnare Nation In Humanitarian Issues And Armed Conflicts by Ken Silverstein, Forbes, Sep 19, 2016
Scientists may have solved a key riddle about Antarctica — and you’re not going to like the answer by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 20, 2016
U.N. Signals That Climate Deal Has Backing Needed to Enter Force by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 20, 2016
A vote for Trump is a vote for climate catastrophe, Op-ed by Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, Sep 19, 2016
Greenland ice loss 40 trillion pounds bigger than thought by Seth Borenstein AP Science, Sep 21, 2016
Mapped: How Germany generates its electricity by Simon Evans & Rosamund Pearce, Carbon Brief, Sep 20, 2016
Paris Climate Deal Passes Milestone as 20 More Nations Sign On by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 21, 2016

Thur Sep 22, 2016

Timeline: The past, present and future of Germany’s Energiewende by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Sep 21, 2016
US and China release fossil fuel subsidy peer reviews by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Sep 20, 2016
Our roads are choked. We’re on the verge of carmageddon, Op-ed by George Monbiot, Guardian, Sep 20, 2016
America's First Wave-Produced Power Goes Online in Hawaii by Cathy Bussewitz, AP/ABC News, Sep 19, 2016
The SEC is reportedly investigating Exxon by Samantha Page, Think Progress, Sep 21, 2016
375 top scientists warn of 'real, serious, immediate' climate threat by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Sep 21, 2016
Dire climate impacts go unheeded by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Sep 21. 2016
Fossil fuels investment takes nosedive by Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network, Sep 17, 2016
Obama Warns of "Mass Migrations" If Climate Change Is Not Confronted by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Sep 21, 2016
Paris climate goal will be 'difficult if not impossible to hit', Agence France-Presse, Guardian, Sep 22, 2016
Obama Warns of "Mass Migrations" If Climate Change Is Not Confronted by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Sep 21, 2016
Recalculating the Climate Math by Bill McKibben, New Republic, Sep 22, 2016

Fri Sep 23, 2016

An Exploding Volcano Slowed Global Warming. Briefly. by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Sep 22, 2016
‘It’s a depressing sight’: climate change unleashes ghostly death on Great Barrier Reef by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Sep 21, 2016
The Earth is soaking up less carbon than we thought — which could make it warm up even faster by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 22, 2016
Donald Trump, in Pittsburgh, Pledges to Boost Both Coal and Gas by Coral Davenpoirt, New York Times, Sep 22, 2016
Revealed: The renewable energy scam making global warming worse by Michael Le Page, New Scientist, Sep 21, 2016
Climate change could cross key threshold in a decade - scientists by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sep 22, 2016
Obama Just Tied Climate Change to National Security by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Sep 23, 2016
Dry tropical forests 'overlooked and under threat' by Mark Kinver, BBC News Sep 23, 2016
Indian Ocean sea level on the rise according to new study by Marcie Grabowski, University of Hawai?i News, Sep 21, 2016
How climate science deniers can accept so many 'impossible things' all at once by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Guardian, Sep 22, 2016
A weakening La Nina adds a lot of uncertainty to climate predictions by Robert Ferris, CNBC News, Sep 23, 2016

Sat Sep 24, 2016

Four Fifths Of Evangelical Christians Do Not Believe Humans Cause Climate Change by Harry Farley, Christian World, Sep 23, 2016
Hazelwood shutdown: Victoria's dirtiest power station set to close early next year by Josh Gordon & Adam Morton, The Age, Sep 24, 2016
Phaseout of Refrigerants Needed to Meet Paris Accord by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Sep 23, 2016
Increased Levels of Carbon Dioxide Could Drive Fish Crazy, Study Finds by Jamie Ayque, Nature World news, Sep 22, 2016
Debate moderators should ask Trump about his disastrous climate policy, Op-ed by John D Sutter, CNN, Sep 23, 2016
The Dakota Access Pipeline Fight: Where Does the Standoff Stand? by Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News, Sep 22, 2016
Starting Line Draws Nearer for Global Climate Agreement by Tharanga Yakupitiyage, Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 22, 2016
EU wants to speed up approval of Paris climate deal by Alissa de Carbonnel & Jason Hovet, Reuters, Sep 21, 2016
SEC Involvement Sharpens #ExxonKnew Focus on What Its Accountants Knew by John H Cushman Jr, Inside Climate News, Sep 21, 2016
The World Agreed to Tackle Climate Change, But What Comes Next? by Kelly Stone, The Huffington Post, Sep 24, 2016
As Tribes Fight Pipeline, Internal AFL-CIO Letter Exposes 'Very Real Split' by Jon Queally, Common Dreams, Sep 22, 2016
Facing The Change: 5 Canadian Communities Threatened By Climate Change Now by Laura Wright, CBC Radio, Sep 23, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 24 September, 2016

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