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2013 SkS Weekly Digest #44
Posted on 3 November 2013 by John Hartz
SkS Highlights
US school infiltration attempt by Heartland’s IPCC Parody by gpwayne generated the most comments of the articles posted during the past week. Many commenters advocated the need for someone to create detailed rebuttal of the faux report distributed to elementary and high school teachers throughout the U.S. by the infamous climate denier think-tank, the Heartland Institute.
Toon of the Week
h/t to I Heart Climate Scientists
Quote of the Week
But indigenous peoples in Canada blocking fossil fuel developments are taking the lead in combatting climate change, he said. (Noam) Chomsky highlighted indigenous opposition to the Alberta tar sands, the oil deposit that is Canada's fastest growing source of carbon emissions and is slated for massive expansion despite attracting international criticism and protest.
"It is pretty ironic that the so-called 'least advanced' people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction," said Chomsky.
Noam Chomsky slams Canada's shale gas energy plans by Martin Lukacs, The Guardian, Nov 1, 2013
SkS Week in Review
- Thawing Permafrost: The speed of coastal erosion in Eastern Siberia has nearly doubled (John Hartz)
- 2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #44C (John Hartz)
- How we discovered the 97% scientific consensus on man-made global warming (MarkR)
- 2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #44B (John Hartz)
- Hans Rosling: 200 300 years of global change (Andy Skuce)
- ONLY HOURS Left to Be Part of a New Collaborative Approach to Media Coverage of Climate (Stephen Leahy)
- US school infiltration attempt by Heartland’s IPCC Parody (gpwayne)
- What’s Funnier than a Climate Denier at a Science Fair? (Greenman)
- 2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #44A (John Hartz)
- Escaping the warmth: The Atlantic cod conquers the Arctic (John Hartz)
- The Sun Has Cooled, So Why Are The Deep Oceans Warming? (Rob Painting)
Coming Soon on SkS
- Climate Science History - interactive style(Paul D)
- 2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #45A (John Hartz)
- Oceans heating up faster now than in the past 10,000 years, says new study(John Abraham)
- Climate Change: Years of Living Dangerously (Rob Painting)
- 2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #45B (John Hartz)
SkS In the News
Ben at Wotts Up with That draws heavily from Climate Change Cluedo: Anthropogenic CO2 in his essay, Henry's Law.
In his Planet OZ/Guardian blog post, Missing logic of Australian prime minister's denial of climate change link to bushfires, Graham Readfern writes:
Popular debunking websiteSkeptical Science also looks in detail at climate sceptic myths and ranks "climate has changed before" as the most popular of all denier talking points.
The TCP is referenced and linked to in Oliver Milman's Guardian article,One third of Australia's media coverage rejects climate science, study finds:
There were 97% of comment pieces in the Herald Sun which either questioned or rejected the view of the vast majority of climate scientists – which has ironically also been measured at 97%
The TCP is also referenced and linked to in Graham Readfern's DeSmog Blog post, Australia's Murdoch Newspapers Lying to Public About Climate Change, Says Study Author.
In the Media Matters article,Climate Denial Letters In Top US Newspapers, the SKS rebuttal article,Sun and climate moving in opposite directions is referenced and linked to.
SkS Spotlights
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EJN has also organized its own Earth Journalism Awards program, in which over 900 journalists from 148 countries participated, and 15 journalists were honored for producing some of the year’s best climate change stories, focusing on key related themes, and hailing from different regions of the world. We’ve partnered with other non-profits to carry out Fellowship programs to crucial events – including summits on climate change, biodiversity and water – where journalists from developing countries benefit from capacity-building activities and reporting opportunities. Finally, EJN's online network connects hundreds of journalists from around the world with an interest in covering environmental issues.
You know, of course, that Dr. Frankenstein was an accomplished scientist and the "monster's" name was Bert (I'm sure it's "Bert" at the medium-low confidence level).