2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #6
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Feb 3 through Sat, Feb 10, 2019
Editor's Pick
Seven take-aways from the Green New Deal launch
Sweeping in scope, an agenda to transform the US into a green leader has been launched in Washington DC, here are the key points
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and senator Ed Markey present their Green New Deal resolution to reporters on Thursday (Photo: 350.org)
On Thursday, congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and senator Ed Markey presented an outline of a sweeping federal programme aiming at decarbonising the US economy.
The text makes for the most earnest attempt yet to define a concept that has been backed by many a Democratic presidential candidate, often with little detail.
The agenda would touch every aspect of the US economy and calls for carbon emissions and inequality to be tackled as one.
“Today is the day we truly embark on a comprehensive agenda of economic, social and racial justice in the United States of America,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a press conference launching the resolution.
There are many legislative hurdles for the deal to leap if it is ever to become US policy – not least the Republican-controlled senate and White House.
The plan was the beginning of a phase of “political education”, said Markey, that would eventually lead to the adoption of the package. The pair said the document had attracted 60 Democrats as cosponsors, from across the party.
Seven take-aways from the Green New Deal launch by Natalie Sauer, Climate Home News, July 2, 2019
Links posted on Facebook
Sun Feb 3, 2019
- Queensland floods: Townsville reels under record water levels as more rain arrives by Luke Henriques-Gomes, Guardian, Feb 1, 2019
- Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay by Carol Rasmussen, NASA's Vital Signs of the Planet, Jan 30, 2019
- Are We Headed Toward the Worst-Case Climate Change Scenario? by Kate Wheeling, Pacific Standard, Jan 25, 2019
- ‘The devastation of human life is in view’: what a burning world tells us about climate change, Edited extract from "The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story Of The Future" by David Wallace-Wells, Environment, Guardian, Feb 2, 2019
- Why Can’t Rich People Save Winter?, Opinion by Porter Fox, Sunday Review, New York Times, Feb 2, 2019
- Using the big freeze to deny climate change... stupidity or cynicism?, Opinion by Michael Mann, Comment is Free, Observer/Guardian, Feb 2, 2019
- Risk of sea level rise ‘hasn’t hit home’ for coastal R.I. property owners, experts say by Alex Kuffner, Providence Journal, Feb 2, 2019
- Australia Just Had Its Hottest January Ever Recorded by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Feb 1, 2019
Mon Feb 4, 2019
- Silent majority' of Canadians wants more government action on climate change by Andre Mayer, What on Earth, CBC News, Feb 1, 2019
- Part of eastern Australia hit by once-in-a-century floods, braces for more rain by Will Ziebell, Reuters, Feb 2, 2019
- The Next Financial Crisis Could Be Caused by Climate Change by Geoff Dembicki, Climate Change, Vice, Jan 28, 2019
- Major study uncovers ‘sea change’ in world’s understanding of Atlantic conveyor belt by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Jan 31, 2019
- David Wallace-Wells on climate: ‘People should be scared – I'm scared’, Interview by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, Feb 3. 2019
- Government Says Kids Have No Right to Sue Over Climate Change by Karen Savage, Climate Liability News, Feb 4, 2019
- Climate change 2020: can the Democrats make it an election issue? by Emily Holden & David Smith, Guardian, Feb 3, 2019
- Climate change will even change the color of the oceans, study says by Jen Christensen, CNN, Feb 4, 2019
Tue Feb 5, 2019
- Earth’s oceans are routinely breaking heat records by Dana Nuccitelli, Yale Climate Connections, Feb 4, 2019
- Overweight and underwater: obesity and climate change by Matt Field, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Feb 4, 2019
- A terrifying assessment of Himalayan melting by Kunda Dixit, Nepali Times, Feb 4, 2919
- Michigan's New Governor Puts Climate Change at Heart of Government by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, Feb 5, 2019
- These governors are showing what happens when you campaign on climate action and win by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 5, 2019
- Climate change will be the subtext of the State of the Union. It should be the headline. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 5, 2019
- As Trump Spreads 'Division' and 'Denial' in SOTU Address, Sunrise Movement Will Present Plan to Achieve Green New Deal by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams, Feb 5, 2019
- Green New Deal won't call for end to fossil fuels by Zack Colman, Energy & Environment, Politico, Feb 4, 2019
- An Energy Wish List for Congress, Opinion by Justin Gillis & Hal Harvey, New York Times, Feb 5, 2019
Wed Feb 6, 2019
- Governments not keeping pace with climate change impacts: scientist by Tony Moore, Environment, Brisbane Times, Feb 5, 2019
- Analysis: Why the UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 38% since 1990 by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Feb 4, 2019
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal would reshape the economy in 10 years. That could shock the energy sector by Tom DiChristopher, CNBC, Feb 5, 2019
- 5 Science Teams Racing Climate Change as the Ecosystems They Study Disappear by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Feb 6, 2019
- Youth Climate Strike Coming to U.S. Next Month by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Feb 4, 2019
- 2018 was 4th warmest, but next 5 years could break records by Seth Borenstein, AP News, Feb 6, 2019
- Met Office: global warming could exceed 1.5C within five years by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, Feb 6, 2019
- States, Organizations, Scientists Urge Court to Keep Climate Suits in State Court by Dana Drugmand, Climate Liability News, Jan 31, 2019
Thu Feb 7, 2019
- Today’s Earth looks a lot like it did 115,000 years ago. All we’re missing is massive sea level rise. by Chris Mooney, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 6. 2019
- Q&A: Continuous Struggle for the Caribbean to be Heard in Climate Change Discussions by Desmond Brown, Inter Press Service (IPS), Feb 5, 2019
- Wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather cost the nation 247 lives, nearly $100 billion in damage during 2018 by Brady Dennis & Chris Mooney, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 6, 2019
- Studies shed new light on Antarctica’s future contribution to sea level rise by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 6, 3019
- There’s now an official Green New Deal. Here’s what’s in it. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 7, 2019
- The Energy 202: Ocasio-Cortez, Markey unveil Green New Deal with backing of four presidential candidates by Dino Grandoni, PowerPost, Washington Post, Feb 7, 2019
- The Millennial Era of Climate Politics Has Arrived by Robinson Meyer, Science, The Atlantic, Feb 7, 2019
- As Congress Launches Month of Climate Hearings, GOP Bashes Green New Deal by Nicholas Kusnetz & John H Cushman Jr., InsideClimate News, Feb 6, 2019
- A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It’s Coming To The US Next. by J Lester Feder, Zahra Hirji & Pascale Miller, BuzzFeed News, Feb 7, 2019
Fri Feb 8, 2019
- Can Lettuce Survive Climate Change by Maryn McKenna, Wired, Feb 7, 2019
- One of UK's last coal power stations to close due to rising costs by Adam Vaughn, Environment, Guardian, Feb 7, 2018
- Hurricanes are strengthening faster in the Atlantic, and climate change is a big reason why, scientists say by Chris Mooney & Brady Dennis, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 7, 2019
- To keep the planet flourishing, 30% of Earth needs protection by 2030 by Emma Marris, Environment, National Geographic, Jan 31, 2019
- The Green New Deal Lands in Congress by Marianne Lavelle & John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Feb 7, 2019
- The fight against global warming: How Brussels became the new frontline by Dafydd ab Iago, The Brussels Times, Feb 7, 2019
- Corsia: The UN’s plan to ‘offset’ growth in aviation emissions after 2020 by Jocelyn Temperley, Carbon Brief, Feb 4, 2019
- America’s trains are a drag. The Green New Deal wants to fix that. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 8, 2019
Sat Feb 9, 2019
- Australian Judge Rejects Coal Mine on Climate Grounds by Karen Savage, InsideClimate News, Feb 8, 2019
- Australia on track to meet Paris Agreement targets five years earlier than expected, research finds, by Gary-Jon Lysaght, ABC News (Australia), Feb 7, 2019
- Melting Ice Sheets Could Worsen Extreme Weather by Chelsea Harvey, E& E News/Scientific American, Feb 7, 2019
- The U.S. climate became afflicted by split personality disorder in 2018 by Tom Yulsman, Discover, Feb 8, 2019
- Seven take-aways from the Green New Deal launch by Natalie Sauer, Climate Home News, July 2, 2019
- As the Planet Warms, Who Should Get to Drive? by Laura Bliss, Transportation, City Lab, Feb 8, 2019
- The repression of environmental activists fuels climate change, Opinion by Amelie Canonne & Rubens Born, Reuters, Feb 8, 2019
- New research, January 28 - February 3, 2019 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Feb 8, 2019
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 9 February, 2019
