2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #51

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

Sun Dec 11, 2016

Trump team wants 'lists' of Energy Department climate researchers by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Dec 9, 2016
Trump's EPA Pick Worries Renewable Fuel Proponents by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Dec 9, 2016
Climate Change Denial And The Rise Of Authoritarianism by Ralf Michaels, Huffington Post, Dec 10, 2016
Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real by Juliet Elperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 11, 2016
If Trump wants to dismantle Obama’s EPA rules, here are all the obstacles he’ll face by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 8, 2016
Record low volume highlights exceptional year for Arctic sea ice, Carbon Brief, Dec 7, 2016
The Rockefeller Family Fund Takes on ExxonMobil by David Kaiser and Lee Wasserman, The New York Review of Books, Dec 22, 2016 Print Edition

Mon Dec 12, 2016

In Vancouver, 50% of trips are by foot, bike, or transit. This video shows how they did it. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 9, 2016
Al Gore’s new climate change movie arrives just in time by Ellen McCarthy, Arts & Entertainment, Washington Post, Dec 10, 2016
Antarctica: Australian scientists prepare to unveil 'holy grail of climate change' amid $45m funding boost by Jane Norman, ABC News, Dec 12, 2016
On climate change, angels and demons are battling over Trump’s soul by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 12, 2016
Investment Funds Worth Trillions Are Dropping Fossil Fuel Stocks by John Schwartz, New York Times, Dec 12, 2016
Faith leaders urge sovereign wealth, pension funds to halt investments in fossil fuels by Chinedum Uwaegbulam, The Guardian (Nigeria), Dec 12, 2016
Does Connecticut's Green Bank Hold the Secret to the Future of Clean Energy? by Jan Ellen Spiegel, InsideClimate News, Dec 12, 2016
Rapid rise in methane emissions in 10 years surprises scientists by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Dec 12, 2016

Tue Dec 13, 2016

Trump's transition: sceptics guide every agency dealing with climate change by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Dec 12, 2016
Climate Denier David Does It Again by Tamino, Open Mind, Dec 12, 2016
Bill Gates Leads New Fund as Fears of U.S. Retreat on Climate Grow by Hiroko Tabuchi & Henry Fountain, Energy & Environment, New York Times, Dec 12, 2016
Mountain glaciers are showing some of the strongest responses to climate change by Hannah Hickey, UW (University of Washington) Today, Dec 12, 2016
Oil prices keep rising after Russia joins OPEC’s big deal to cut production by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 13, 2016
Energy Dept. rejects Trump’s request to name climate change workers, who remain worried by Joe Davidson, Federal Insider, Washington Post, Dec 13, 2016
The Arctic just had its warmest year on record ‘by far,’ scientists report by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washingto Post, Dec 13, 2016
Endangered Science: Why Global Warming Emissions Are Covered by the Clean Air Act by Rachel Cleetus, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dec 12, 2016
Trump Picks Energy Department Opponent Rick Perry for Energy Secretary: Sources by Hallie Jackson & Kristen Welker, NBC News, Dec 13, 2016
Trump's Election Leaves Scientists In A Climate Of Uncertainty by Christopher Joyce, NPR, Dec 13, 2016

Wed Dec 14, 2016

Climate Change Won’t Stop in 2016, Despite Misleading Report by Bob Henson & Jeff Masters, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Dec 6, 2016
Evangelicals are more skeptical of evolution than of climate change by Amy McCaig, Rice University News, Dec 13, 2016
Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump by Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 13, 2016
These are the climate myths guiding Trump’s EPA team by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 13, 2016
Exclusive: If Trump skews science, researchers must raise the alarm - Obama official by Patrick Rucker, Reuters, Dec 14, 2016
Churches step up action on climate change by Gavin Drake, Angleican Communion News Service (ACNS), Dec 13, 2016
Germany Sets High Bar for G20 Summit in July, Trump’s First Meeting with Global Leaders by Lawrence MacDonald, World Resources Institute (WRI), Dec 9, 2016
Geophysical Union scientists protest Trump appointments by Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 13, 2016
Rex Tillerson’s view of climate change: It’s just an ‘engineering problem’ by Chris Mooney, Energy & Envronment, Washington Post, Dec 13, 2016
Trump Adviser: Global Warming Could Be Disproven Just Like Flat Earth Theory (VIDEO) by Matt Shuham, TPM, Dec 14, 2016
Trump team disavows survey seeking names of climate workers by Timothy Gardner and Emily Stephenson, Reuters, Dec 13, 2016
IEA: China’s new coal plants make ‘no economic sense’ by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Dec 12, 2016

Thu Dec 15, 2016

Oceanographers offer clues to Malaysian airlines crash by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 14, 2016
Jane Fonda targets Trump over climate and inequality: 'A boy in the bully pulpit' by Joanna Walters, Guardian, Dec 12, 2016
From Obama’s Top Scientist, Words of Caution on Climate by Elizabeth Kolbert, Yale Environment 360, Dec 8, 2016
The Climate Impacts of Trump’s ExxonMobil Pick for State by John Upton, Climate Central, Dec 13, 2016
Jerry Brown strikes defiant tone: ‘California will launch its own damn satellite’ by Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee, Dec 14, 2016
Climate Denial Rides Trump's Coattails to a Roaring Comeback by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Dec 15, 2016
NOAA Issues 'Jaw-Dropping' Assessment on 'Unprecedented' Arctic Warming by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Dec 14, 2016
Here is the worst defense of climate change skepticism that you will ever see by Philip Bump, The Fix, Washington Post, Dec 14, 2016
Climate Risk Experts: Transparency Should Be Fossil Fuel Companies' New Normal by John H Cushman Jr. InsideClimate News, Dec 15, 2016
California to Regulate Energy Use of Desktop Computers and Monitors by Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times, Dec 15, 2016
Climate scientists adjust as Trump builds team of oil allies by Peter Henderson, Reuters, Dec 15, 2016

Fri Dec 16, 2016

After an uproar, Trump’s team has disavowed its controversial climate questionnaire by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 14, 2016
Donald Trump’s Aide at EPA Myron Ebell Meets with Who’s Who of Climate Science Deniers by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Dec 13, 2016
Rick Perry, Trump's Energy Pick, on Climate Change: 'One Contrived Phony Mess' by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Dec 15, 2016
ANALYSIS-U.S. wind power enjoys a rebirth as solar's obstacles mount by Nichola Groom, Reuters, Dec 15, 2016
Donald Trump Should Know: This Is What Climate Change Costs Us, Opinion by Michael Greenstone & Cass R Sunstein, New York Times, Dec 15, 2016
Scientists are tying more and more extreme events to a changing climate by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 16, 2016
This is not normal – climate researchers take to the streets to protect science by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 16, 2016
Climate change denial in the Trump cabinet: where do his nominees stand? by Mazin Sidahmed, Guardian, Dec 15, 2016
Agriculture Eyed as Culprit in Global Methane Emissions Spike by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Dec 16, 2016
Trump Rejects Climate Change, but Mar-a-Lago Could Be Lost to the Sea by Michael Smith & John Levin, Bloomberg News, Dec 16, 2016
Scientists confirm that warm ocean water is melting the biggest glacier in East Antarctica by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 16, 2016

Sat Dec 17, 2016

Green Climate Fund misses 2016 target as US donation in doubt by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Dec 16, 2016
Inside the largest Earth science event: 'The time has never been more urgent' by Alan Yuhas, Guardian, Dec 15, 2016
India to halt building new coal plants in 2022 by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Dec 16, 2016
Analysis: What Trump — and his cabinet — get wrong on climate by John Sutter, CNN, Dec 16, 2016
World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind by Tom Randall, Bloomberg News, Dec 15, 2016
If You Want To See How Donald Trump Will Destroy the Environment, Read this Legislative Roadmap by Sharon Lerner, The Intercept, Dec 15, 2016
We Need to Accept That Oil Is a Dying Industry by Nafeez Ahmed, Motherboard, Dec 15, 2016
Conservatives can be convinced to fight climate change with a specific kind of language by Neha Thirani Bagri, Quartz, Dec 17, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 17 December, 2016

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