2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #8

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

Sun Feb 19, 2017

EPA Nominee Pruitt Ordered to Produce Documents About Fossil Fuel Ties by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Feb 17, 2017
Protected areas found to be ‘significant’ sources of carbon emissions by Benji Jones, Mongabay, Feb 17, 2017
Australia positioned to be renewable energy superpower, Comment by Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 18, 2017
Superbugs, Climate Chaos Have Bill Gates and the UN Worried by Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg News, Feb 18, 2017
Analysis: How important is Moorside new nuclear plant to UK climate plans? by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Feb 15. 2017
Are fossil fuel companies telling investors enough about the risks of climate change? by Paul Griffin & Amy Myers Jaffe, The Conversation US, Feb 15, 2017
‘We did not start this fight': In Trump era’s dawn, scientists rally in Boston by Chris Mooney, energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 19, 2017
‘Excessive rainfall,’ flooding threatens Central and Northern California by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 19, 2017

Mon Feb 20, 2017

Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death by Elle Hunt, Guardian, Feb 19, 2017
Experts paint a dire portrait of climate change’s public health impacts, but leave a little room for hope. by Peter Dykstra, The Daily Climate, Feb 16, 2017
Europe Pushes Ahead with Controversial Canadian Trade Deal, Opens Door for Tar Sands by Christine Ottery, DeSmog UK, Feb 15, 2017
A Government Website for Kids Scrubbed Its Climate Warnings by Patrick G Lee, Pro Publica/The Atlantic, Feb 17, 2017
Researcher's 1979 Arctic Model Predicted Current Sea Ice Demise, Holds Lessons for Future by Sabrina Shankman, Inside Climate News, Feb 20, 2017
Atmospheric River Brings Historic Flood Risk to California by Eric Holthaus, Pacific Standard, Feb 20, 2017
Trump to roll back Obama’s climate, water rules through executive action by Juliet Elperin and Steven Munson, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 20, 2017
Expect to see more emergencies like Oroville Dam in a hotter world by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 20, 2017

Tue Feb 21, 2017

As Arctic warms, Canada's glaciers playing major role in sea level rise by Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News, Feb 20, 2017
Swiss ski resorts could see 70% drop in snow cover as climate warms by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 16, 2017
Fears Grow That Climate Conflicts Could Lead to War by Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg News, Feb 19, 2017
How an Interoffice Spat Erupted Into a Climate-Change Furor by Hiroko Tabuchi, Energy & Environment, New York Times, Feb 20, 2017
Singapore Plans Southeast Asia's First Carbon Tax From 2019 by Dan Murtaugh, Bloomberg News, Feb 20, 2017
Scientists Got a New Look at the Growing Larsen C Crack by Brian Kahn, ClimateCentral, Feb 21, 2017
El Niño Could Return During the 2017 Hurricane Season by Jonathan Belles, Wunderblog, WeatherUnderground, Feb 20, 2017
Aerosol study to look at great unknown in climate science by Calla Wahlquist, Guardian, Feb 21, 2017

Wed Feb 22, 2017

Trump's potential science adviser William Happer: hanging around with conspiracy theorists by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Guardian, Feb 20, 2017
Brazil races against time to save drought-hit city, dying crops by Anthony Boadle, Reuters, Feb 17, 2017
Scott Pruitt Laid Out A Vision For The EPA That Contradicts Its Mission by Eric Mack, Forbes, Feb 21, 2017
The Paris Agreement is bigger than Trump ... isn't it by John Sutter, CNN, Feb 22, 2017
Trump can save his presidency with a great deal to save the climate by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 22, 2017
Levee system battered by record rainfall from 'atmospheric river' by Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, Feb 21, 2017
Climate scientists face harassment, threats and fears of 'McCarthyist attacks' by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Feb 22, 2017
In the Face of a Trump Environmental Rollback, California Stands in Defiance by Jacques Leslie, Yale Environment 360, Feb 21, 2017

Thu Feb 23, 2017

In-depth: The whole system costs of renewables by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Feb 22, 2017
Thousands of emails detail EPA head’s close ties to fossil fuel industry by Brady Dennis & Steve Mufson, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 22, 2017
Oil Industry, in Court, Claims Ignorance about CO2 by Benjamin Hulac, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 21, 2017
Researchers Warn UK Must Increase Power System Flexibility by Joshua Hill, CleanTechnica, Feb 22, 2017
A huge Antarctic glacier just lost another chunk of ice — and we know because of NASA by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 22, 2017
Deep sea life faces dark future due to warming and food shortage by Nicola Davis, Guardian, Feb 23, 2017
The great Greenland meltdown by Eli Kintisch, Sience (AAAS), Feb 23, 2017
In hot water: Climate change harms hot spots of ocean life by Seth Borenstein, AP Big Story, Feb 22, 2017

Fri Feb 24, 2017

Stanford researcher examines moral significance of actions causing climate change by Alex Shashkevich, Stanford News, Feb 23, 2017
Updated: Major U.S. science groups endorse March for Science by Lindzi Wessel, Science (AAAS), Feb 23, 2017
Can Australia's wicked heat wave convince climate change deniers? by Melanie Hall, Deutsch Welle (DW), Feb 22, 2017
Flotilla of tiny satellites will photograph the entire Earth every day by Mark Strauss, Science (AAAS), Feb 23, 2017
Why Trump’s EPA is far more vulnerable to attack than Reagan’s or Bush’s by Walter Rosenbaum, The Conversation US, Feb 23, 2017
As Coral Reefs Continue to Struggle in Warming Oceans, a Group Forms to Save Them by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Feb 24, 2017
OMG measurements of Greenland give us a glimpse of future sea rise by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 24, 2017
Stark warning on Atlantic cooling by Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, Feb 24, 2017

Sat Feb 25, 2017

The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse by Michael LePage, New Scientist, Feb 23, 2017
How electric utilities could revive their sagging fortunes and decarbonize the country by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 22, 2017
Before Becoming Trump's Top Energy Aide, Mike Catanzaro Peddled Climate Change Denial as a Writer by Steve Horn, DeSmog, Feb 23, 2017
Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back by Hiroko Tabuchi & Claire Rigby, New York Times, Feb 24, 2017
Newest Trump Executive Order Pushes His Anti-Regulatory Agenda Further by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Feb 24, 2017
Study: Global warming is drying up the Colorado River — vital to 40 million people by Dan Elliott, AP/Denver Post, Feb 24, 2017
Marine ‘hotspots’ under dual threat from climate change and fishing by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 22, 2017
This is What 4 Million Solar Panels Look Like From Space by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 22, 2017

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 25 February, 2017

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