2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #6

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

Sun Feb 5, 2017

Turnbull's new climate and energy adviser worked for coal industry lobby group by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Feb 2, 2017
Dakota Access Pipeline: Army Corps Is Ordered to Comply With Trump's Order by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Feb 3, 2017
Don’t expect climate action from Rex Tillerson. He’s a lukewarmer. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 2, 2017
Climate Change’s Bottom Line by Burt Helm, Energy & Environment, New York Times, Jan 31, 2017
Mail on Sunday launches the first salvo in the latest war against climate scientists by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 5, 2017
Trump's Choices 'Detrimental to the Planet and People,' Environmental Sociologists Say by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Feb 3, 2017
Greenland Ice Sheet Melting 600 Percent Faster Than Predicted by Current Models by Dimitri Lascaris, The Real News Network, Feb 3, 2016
A punchy climate book from a citizen scientist by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 3, 2017
Scott Pruitt Is Seen Cutting the E.P.A. With a Scalpel, Not a Cleaver, by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Feb 5, 2017

Mon Feb 6, 2017

An independent study confirms NOAA's conclusion that the Earth is getting warmer by Adam Wernick, Public Radio International (PRI), Feb 3, 2017
An ‘alternative facts’ South Dakota bill sparks fears for science education in the Trump era by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, Feb 5, 2017
Scientists debunk Daily Mail story claiming NOAA manipulated its data by Maria Gallucci, Mashable, Feb 5, 2017
Climate Scientists Challenge Conservatives' NOAA Suit, Fearing More to Come Under Trump by Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Feb 6, 2017
Repeal without replace: a dangerous GOP strategy on Obamacare and climate by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 6, 2017
We’re probably underestimating how quickly electric vehicles will disrupt the oil market by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 2, 2017
Sorry, climate change deniers, but the global warming 'pause' still never happened by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Syfy Wire, Feb 6, 2017

Tue Feb 7, 2017

Coal mine dust lowers spectral reflectance of Arctic snow by up to 84 percent, new study finds by Trent Knoss, GeoSpace, AGU Blogosphere, Feb 1, 2017
The Graph The Daily Mail Does Not Want You To See by Dan Satterfield, Dan's Wild Wild Journal, AGU Blogosphere, Feb 6, 2017
Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive by Ben Henley, Andrew King, David Karoly, Jaci Brown & Mandy Freund, The Conversation AU, Feb 6, 2017
More terrifying than Trump? The booming conspiracy culture of climate science denial by Graham Readfearn, Planet OZ, Guardian, Feb 6, 2017
The Winter of Blazing Discontent Continues in the Arctic by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 6, 2017
Scientists are going to march on Washington. Here’s why that’s awkward. by Brian Resnick, Vox, Feb 7, 2017
Michael Mann, climate scientist in the crosshairs, says fake news must be fought by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 7, 2017
Warming-Driven Heat Waves Could Tax U.S. Electrical Grid by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Feb 6. 2017

Wed Feb 8, 2017

Donald Trump reminiscent of Stalin says chief scientist Alan Finkel as science 'literally under attack' by Marcus Storm, Sydney Morning Herlad, Feb 6, 2017
Watchdog sues Trump EPA pick to disclose contact with companies by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Feb 7, 2017
‘A Conservative Climate Solution’: Republican Group Calls for Carbon Tax by John Schwartz, New York Times, Feb 7, 2017
There are now twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the US by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 7, 2017
The hearing was titled, ‘Making EPA great again.’ Scientists are afraid the opposite will happen. by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 7, 2017
Food Security, Forests At Risk Under Trump’s USDA by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Feb 7, 2017
Fake news, hacked mail, alternative facts – that’s old hat for climate scientists by Stefan Rahmstorf, Real Climate, Feb 8, 2017
In Australia and the US, sound climate policy is being held hostage by vested interests, Opnion by by Michael Mann & Christopher Wright, Guardian, Feb 6, 2017

Thu Feb 9, 2017

EPA Transition Leader, Longtime Foe of Regulation, to Stay on at Agency by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Feb 8, 2017
The dream of a conservative carbon tax will never die by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 8, 2017
Dakota Pipeline Greenlighted As Fossil Fuels Move to Fore by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Feb 8, 2017
Serving up a NOAA-thing burger by Gavin Schmidt, Real Climate, Feb 9, 2017
Arctic 2.0: What happens after all the ice goes? by Julia Rosen, Nature, Feb 8, 2017
Whistleblower: ‘I knew people would misuse this.’ They did - to attack climate science by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 9, 2017
Going to be a big day': Heatwave to strain hospitals, power supplies in NSW by Peter Hannam & Kate Aubusson, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 9, 2017
How a culture clash at NOAA led to a flap over a high-profile warming pause study by Warren Cornwall & Paul Voosen, Science (AAAS), Feb 8, 2017
How will California battle climate change? A new proposal revs up debate over cap-and-trade program by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, Feb 9, 2017

Fri Feb 10, 2017

So Long, La Niña; Arctic Temperatures Soar 63°F in 24 Hours by Jeff Masters, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Feb 9, 2017
Trump Names Industry Lobbyist and Climate Science Denier Mike Catanzaro as Top White House Energy Aide by Steve Horn, DeSmog, Feb 8, 2017
House Science Committee May Soon Try to Weaken the EPA by Annie Sneed, Scientific American, Feb 8, 2017
EU must shut all coal plants by 2030 to meet Paris climate pledges, study says by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, Feb 9, 2017
Coastal Cities Could Flood Three Times a Week by 2045 by John Upton, Climate Central, Feb 9, 2017
Retired NOAA Scientist Doubles Down on Climate Data Controversy by Nala Rogers, Inside Science, Feb 9, 2017
How the New Climate Denial Is Like the Old Climate Denial: Both are excuses for inaction. by Meehan Crist, The Atlantic, Feb 10, 2017
Suburbs Are Increasingly Threatened by Wildfires Due to Climate Change by Brittany Patterson, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 9, 2017

Sat Feb 11, 2017

4 ways to resist climate change deniers by Vaidehi Shah, Eco-Business, Feb 10, 2017
Scientists solve ocean ‘carbon sink’ puzzle by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 8, 2017
It’s about 50 degrees warmer than normal near the North Pole, yet again by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 10, 2017
What do gorilla suits and blowfish fallacies have to do with climate change? by John Cook, The Conversation US, Feb 10, 2017
NSW heatwave: Unprecedented fire conditions are 'as bad as it gets' by Eryk Bagshaw, Megan Levy & Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 11, 2017
Renewables can’t deliver Paris climate goals, The Japan Times, Feb 11, 2017
Jimmy Carter Makes a Stand for Solar, Decades After the Cardigan Sweater by Alan Blinder, New York Times, Feb 11, 2017
Climate change and fishing lay ‘ecological trap’ for African penguins by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 9, 2017

Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 12 February, 2017

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