Posted on 8 August 2015 by John Hartz

Sun, Aug 2

• Obama's clean energy plan expected to boost renewables by Matt McGrath, BBC News, July 31, 2015
• GOP hopefuls not embracing climate change by Matt Viser, Boston Globe, Aug 1, 2015
• India and Myanmar monsoon rains leave dozens dead, BBC News, Aug 1, 2015
• Dry days bring ferocious start to fire season by by Fernanda Santos, New York Times, Aug 1, 2015
• Scientists fear toxic algae bloom spreading on Pacific coast by Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera, Aug 1, 2015
• Is New Orleans Safe? by John M Barry, New York Times, Aug 2, 2015

Mon, Aug 3

• Politics aside, a simple carbon tax makes more sense than a convoluted emissions trading scheme by David Hodgkinson & Rebecca Johnston, The Conversation AU, July 31, 2015
• Obama Policy Could Force Robust Climate Discussion From 2016 Candidates by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Aug 2, 2015
• Winners and Losers In President Obama’s Global Warming Rule by Clare Foran & Jason Plautz, National Journal, Aug 2, 2015
• Statistics says the long-term global warming trend continues by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 3, 2015
• Obama's Clean Power Plan Gets a Jolt of Support from Corporations by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, July 31, 2015
• High-altitude climate change to kill cloud forest plants, James Cook University News, Aug 3, 2015 
• Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, July 31, 2015

Tue, Aug 4

• Did the EPA Bulletproof the Clean Power Plan? by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Aug 3, 3015
• Two degree climate target not possible without 'negative emissions', scientists warn by Roz Pidcock, The Carbon Brief, Aug 3, 2015
• As Ocean Waters Heat Up, A Quest to Create ‘Super Corals’ by Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360, Aug 4, 2015
• Busted: 3 myths about Obama's climate plan by Van Jones, CNN, Aug 3, 2015
• Stop burning fossil fuels now: there is no CO2 'technofix', scientists warn by Tim Radford, The Guardian, Aug 3, 2015
• Fact or Fiction?: Natural Gas Will Reduce Global Warming Pollution by David Biello, Scientific American, Aug 3, 2015
• Methane Leaks May Greatly Exceed Estimates, Report Says by John Schwartz, New York Times, Aug 4, 2015
• Super Typhoon Soudelor is the strongest storm on Earth this year by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Aug 3, 2015

Wed, Aug 5

• A detailed Q&A on Obama's Clean Power Plan by Simon Evans, The Carbon Brief, Aug 4, 2015
• Coal is choking India’s cities, economy and the world’s climate by Ed King, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 3, 2015
• Category 5: Super Typhoon Soudelor is world’s most powerful storm, NEWS.COM.AU, Aug 5, 2015
• The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here by Eric Holthaus, Rolling Stone, Aug 4, 2015
• Earth's Ice Is Melting Much Faster Than Forecast. Here's Why That's Worrying. by Jason Box, The Huffington Post, Aug 5, 2015
• Adani and Commonwealth Bank part ways, casting further doubt on Carmichael coal project by Michael West and Lisa Cox, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 5, 2015
• GOP candidates range from hopeless to hapless on climate change, Op-ed by Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, Aug 3, 2015

Thu, Aug 6

• Climate change could give San Francisco the climate of San Diego, scientists say by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 4, 2015
• Temp in India increased by 0.6 degree Celsius over the last 110 years by Vishwa Mohan,TNN/Times of India, Aug 5, 2015
• Just 5 questions: Sea surface topography, Interview by Jeanette Kazmierczak,
  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Aug 4, 2015
• The world’s biggest river deltas are in trouble by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 6. 2015
• Killer Heat Grows Hotter around the World by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 6, 2015
• The US Forest Service Is Burning Through Its Budget Fighting Wildfires by Matt Smith, Tipping Point, VICE News, Aug 6, 2015
• How Far Does Obama's Clean Power Plan Go in Slowing Climate Change?, by Davide Biello, Scientific American, Aug 6, 2015

Fri, Aug 7

• Taiwan braces for arrival of powerful Typhoon Soudelor by Jethro Mullen, CNN, Aug 7, 2015
• Trans Fat Substitute May Lead to More Deforestation by Zhai Yun Tan, Inter Press Service (IPS), Aug 6, 2015
• US carbon pollution from power plants hits 27-year low by Seth Borenstein, AP/Detroit News, Aug 5, 2015
• Republican Candidates Avoid Climate Change in First Debate by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 7, 2015
• The Great Victorian Climate Debate, Op-ed by Peter Moore, Sunday Review, New York Times, Aug 7, 2015

Sat, Aug 8

• France hails ‘considerable common ground’ on UN climate plan by Ed King, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 5, 2015
• New Zealand About to Say Adios to Coal by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Aug 7, 2015
• The reality of global warming: We’re all frogs in a pot of slowly boiling water by Roz Pidcock, The great Debate, Reuters, Aug 7, 2015
• Overpopulation Is Bad for People and the Planet by Robert Walker/Population Institue, Alternet, Aug 4, 2015
• Revolutionary tidal fence is set to trap the sea’s power by Alex Kirby, Climate News Network/The Guardian, Aug 7, 2015
• Obama Climate Plan: Testament to People Power, But Much More to Do by Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams, Aug 3, 2015
• What Is Nature Worth to You? by Paul Glimcher & Michael A Livermore, Sunday Review, New York Times, Aug 8, 2014
• How to make sense of ‘alarming’ sea level forecasts by Andrew Glikson, The Conversation, Aug 7, 2014