2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43

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

Sun Oct 16, 2016

Paris Becomes One of the Most Garden-Friendly Cities in the World by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Oct 11, 2016
The $50 billion plan to save Louisiana's coast gets a rewrite by Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune, Oct 13, 2016
As long as we have Citizens United, the polluters are going to be in charge of our country by Robert F Kennedy Jr, Guardian, Oct 11, 2016
Nevada wildfire destroys 22 homes by Pete Burn and Joe Sutton, CNN, Oct 16, 2016
How a tax on carbon has divided Northwest climate activists by William Yardley, Los Angeles Tiems, Oct 13, 2016
Pope: to fight hunger combat climate change by Lydia O’Kane, Vatican Radio, Oct 14, 2016
A collapse in Arctic sea ice volume spells disaster for the rest of the planet by Joe Romm, Think Progress, Oct 14, 2016
Trump and the Truth: Climate-Change Denial by Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker Magazine, Oct 13, 2016

Mon Oct 17, 2016

Typhoon Haima May Become a Super Typhoon; Northern Philippines, Taiwan, Southeast China Threat Late in the Week by John Erdman, The Weather Channel, Oct 16, 2016
We should be putting the brake on the Carmichael coalmine, not hitting the accelerator by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Guardian, Oct 13, 2016
How the Chemical Industry Joined the Fight Against Climate Change by Hiroko Tabuchi & Danny Hakim, New York Times, Oct 16, 2016
How climate change triggers earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes by Bill McGuire, Observer/Guardian, Oct 16, 2016
In New Ozone Alert, A Warning Of Harm to Plants and to People by Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360, Oct 17, 2016
25 myths and bad arguments about climate change by Fallacy Man, Logic of Science, Oct 17, 2016
Finance for deep-rooted prosperity is coming by Joseph Robertson, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Oct 17, 2016

Tue Oct 18, 2016

The debate over saving rain forests has gotten ugly. Now a Brazilian environmental official is dead by Vincent Bevins, Los Angeles Times, Oct 14, 2016
The gap between ambition and action in tackling global warming by Sabine Fuss & Jan Minx, Guardian, Oct 17, 2016
In Pennsylvania, One Senate Seat With Big Climate Implications by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Oct 17, 2016
Make America Scientific Again! by Natalie Jacewicz, Scientific American, Oct 17, 2016
Climate change could drive 122m more people into extreme poverty by 2030 by Claire Provost, Guardian, Oct 17, 2016
The past two weeks are a perfect illustration of what “solving” climate change will look like by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Oct 18, 2016
Super Typhoon Haima (Lawin) Reaches Category 5 Strength; Targets Northern Philippines by Jon Erdman, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Oct 18, 2016
Earth's streak of record warm months is coming to an end... but it will be back by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Oct 18, 2016
In wake of Wikileaks, Clinton’s campaign chair seeks to reassure climate activists by Ben Adler, Grist, Oct 17, 2016
Climate lessons from Matthew, Op-ed by Dana Beach, Post & Courier, Oct 16, 2016
Sea Level Rise Upping Ante On ‘Sunny Day’ Floods, Climate Cental Research Report, Oct 17, 2016

Wed Oct 19, 2016

The Conservative Christian Case for Climate Change Action, Op-ed by Mitchell C. Hescox, Time Magazine, Oct 17, 2016
The Scientist Who Cracked Iran Has a Plan for Climate Change by Eric Roston, Bloomberrg News, Oct 18, 2016
Nations agree landmark deal to cut HFCs, potent greenhouse gases by Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, Oct 15, 2016
Donald Trump Isn’t the Only Enemy on the Ballot by Bill McKibben, New Republic, Oct 17, 2016
Climate Change Will Change How We Grow Food by Daniel Stone, National Geographic, Oct 17, 2016
Greenland is Melting by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, Oct 24, 2016 Print Issue
Global Temperature Just Short of Record in September, Says NOAA by Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, Wunderlog, Weather Underground, Oct 18, 2016
No longer taken seriously, we're seeing the last gasp of climate denial groups by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Oct 19, 2016
Where is climate change in the Trump v Clinton presidential debates? by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Oct 19, 2016
After Lean Years, Big Oil May Emerge Stronger Than Ever by Nelson D Schwartz, New York Times, Oct 19, 2016
Super Typhoon Haima slams into the Philippines as a Category 4 by Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 19, 2016
Missing from the debates: Climate change, Op-ed by Derrick Z Jackson, Boston Globe, Oct 18, 2016
Indonesia's Parliament Ratifies Paris Climate Change Deal, AP/ABC, Oct 19, 2016

Thu Oct 20, 2016

Donald Trump Is the First Demagogue of the Anthropocene by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Oct 19, 2016
Q&A: Land Degradation Could Force 135 Million to Migrate in Next 30 Years by Manipadma Jena, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 18, 2016
Wind could supply fifth of world electricity by 2030 - group by David Stanway, Reuters, Oct 18, 2016
Historical records may underestimate sea level rise, NASA News, Global Climate Change, Oct 19, 2016
Marco Rubio Once Again Denies Climate Change as Florida’s King Tides Inundate Streets by Dan Zukowski, EcoWatch, Oct 18, 2016
The Debates Are Over, and No One Asked About Climate Change by Adam Johnson, FAIR, Oct 19, 2016
Six-year-old Australian Girl Uses Video to Reach out to World about Climate Issues by Dan Bloom, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 18, 2016
After 16 Months of Record Heat, It’s Time to Elect a President by Tom Randall, Bloomberg News, Oct 18, 2016
‘How Do We Get to a Conversation in This Country About Climate?’ by Janine Jackson, FAIR, Oct 14, 2016
This Antarctic glacier is the biggest threat for rising sea levels. The race is on to understand it by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 20, 2016
Review: 7 key scenes in Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate film Before the Flood by Leo Hickman, Carbon Brief, Oct 20, 2016
Florida Ballot Measure Could Halt Rooftop Solar, but Do Voters Know That? by Martin Lamonica, InsideClimate News, Oct 20, 2016

Fri Oct 21, 2016

Scientists find 500 U.S. seabed vents of powerful greenhouse gas by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Oct 19, 2016
Q&A: We Won’t Go Far Until Climate Issues Are Mainstreamed in Policy by Charles Mkoka, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 14, 2016
The WikiLeaks emails reveal why Hillary Clinton wouldn’t support a carbon tax by Brad Plumer, Vox, Oct 18, 2016
Where should you live to escape climate change? Welcome to Boise! by Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times, Oct 20, 2016
The Climate Questions the Next President Should Answer by Brian Kahn & Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Oct 20, 2016
Stronger-than-expected La Niña may be brewing, Op-ed by Karin Braun, Reuters, Oct 20, 2016
Climate Change Health Risks: Are Insurance Companies Taking Global Warming Seriously? by Clark Mindock, International Business Times (IBT), Oct 20, 2016
U.S. Energy Shakeup Continues as Solar Capacity Triples by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Oct 20, 2016
Typhoon kills 12, destroys rice fields in Philippines, takes aim at Hong Kong by Erik de Castro, Greg Torode & Farah Master, Reuters, Oct 21, 2016
Environmentalists’ Disdain for Washington’s Carbon Tax by Shi-Ling Hsu, Slate, Oct 20, 2016
Scientists just showed what it truly means when a huge Antarctic glacier is unstable by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 21, 2016
Renewable Energy Is About to Get Supersized by John Platt, TakePart, Oct 21, 2016

Sat Oct 22, 2016

Clinton says the ‘clean energy economy’ will create millions of jobs. Can it? by Heidi Garrett-Peltier, The Conversation US, Oct 20, 2016
Beijing is ramping up a years-long effort to shift to cleaner fuels by Meng Meng, Reuters, Oct 20, 2016
One Nation's Malcolm Roberts asks chief scientist for proof humans cause climate change, AAP/Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 21, 2016
For European Wind Industry, Offshore Projects Are Booming by Christian Schwägerl, Yale Environment 360, Oct 20. 2016
Snow Leopards Could Lose Two-Thirds of Their Habitat due to Climate Change by John R Platt, Extinction Countdown, Scientific American, Oct 30, 2016
Lack of safe walking, cycling infrastructure leading to millions of deaths: UN by Mayank Aggarwal, Live Mint, Oct 21, 2016
Bolivian glaciers melt at alarming rate by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Oct 22, 2016
Global wine production expected to fall by 5% due to 'climatic events' by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Guardian, Oct 20, 2016
Ice detectives race against time as climate change destroys evidence of itself by Dhananjay Khadilkar, Scientific American/PBS News Hour, Oct 20, 2016
Before the Flood review – DiCaprio's level-headed climate change doc by Peter Bradshaw, Guardian, Oct 20, 2016
Global warming continues; 2016 will be the hottest year ever recorded by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Oct 21, 2016
Remember When We Thought Climate Change Would Matter This Election? by Sarah Emerson, Motherboard, Oct 20, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 22 October, 2016

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