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2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #41
Posted on 10 October 2015 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun, Oct 4
- Why You Should Care About Climate Change: Part 1 by Rosaly Byrd, The Huffington Post, Oct 2, 2015
- India’s Climate-Change Plan Means Your Grandkids Might Not Be Underwater by John Chait, New York Magazine, Oct 2, 2015
- Historic Rainfall Pummels the Carolinas and Floods Charleston by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Oct 3, 2015
- SolarCity to Make High-Efficiency Panel by Diane Caldwell, New York Times, Oct 2. 2015
- What motivates climate change deniers? by Frank Levin, Providence (RI) Journal, Oct 3, 2015
- Devastating Rains in South Carolina; Joaquin Lashing Bermuda by Bob Henson and Jeff Masters, Weather Underground, Oct 3, 2015
- French Riviera floods leave 16 dead and trail of destruction by Kim Willsher & Rob Harrison, The Guardian, Oct 4, 2015
Mon, Oct 5
- Alaska Seeks Federal Money to Move a Village Threatened by Climate Change, AP/New York Times, Oct 3, 2015
- Six experts vie for top U.N. climate science job by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Oct 4, 2015
- The Republican Party stands alone in climate denial by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
- The meteorology behind South Carolina’s catastrophic, 1,000-year rainfall event by Jeff Halverson, Captial Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 5, 2015
- South Carolina floods: climate change intensified conditions, scientists say by Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
- Records broken as temperatures soar up to 38 degrees across Australia by Bridie Jabour, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
- What the historic South Carolina floods can — and can’t — tell us about climate change by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 5, 2015
Tue, Oct 6
- Toughen climate action every five years, UN draft suggests by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Oct 5, 2015
- “Biblical” Flooding Devastates South Carolina by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Oct 5, 2015
- Wind and solar keep getting cheaper and cheaper by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 6, 2015
- S.C. flood is 6th 1,000-year rain since 2010 by Alister Doyle, USA Today, Oct 6, 2015
- A Korean Economist is Elected to Lead the U.N. Climate Change Panel by Andrew C Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times, Oct 6, 2015
- Western Canada's glaciers losing ice at near-record rates by Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, Oct 4, 2015
Wed, Oct 7
- UN publishes draft of slimmed-down Paris climate change deal by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
- Western Canada's glaciers losing ice at near-record rates by Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, Oct 4, 2015
- South Carolina flooding is the type of event climate scientists have warned about for years by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Oct 5, 2015
- Climate Scientist Faces Backlash for Urging Investigation of Fossil Fuel Companies by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Oct 7, 2015
- Almost two-thirds of climate fund for developing nations already pledged by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Oct 7, 2015
- UN drops plan to help move climate-change affected people by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Oct 6, 2015
Thu, Oct 8
- Indonesian forest fires on track to emit more CO2 than UK by Damien Carrington, The Guardian, Oct 7, 2015
- Less snow in Tibet means more heatwaves in Europe by Beth Walker, ChinaDialogue, Sep 28, 2015
- Study Ties Warming Temps to Uptick in Huge Wildfires by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Oct 5, 2015
- Will historic SC floods wash away state leaders' climate science denial? by Sue Sturgis, Facing South, Oct 8, 2015
- Welcome to a New Planet: Climate 'Tipping Points' and the Fate of the Earth by Tom Klare, TomDispatch/Common Dreams, Oct 8, 2015
- Indonesia urged to declare national disaster as haze worsens by Alex Pashley, Climate Home, Oct 10, 2015
Fri, Oct 9
- A carbon tax in waiting: we’re not adapting as fast as climate is changing by David Titley, The Conversation US, Oct 8, 2015
- Global warming will have us 'roasted and toasted,' says IMF chief Lagarde, Deutsche Welle (DW), Oct 8, 2015
- Guest Post: Understanding climate feedbacks by Eric Wollf, The Carbon Brief, Oct 8, 2015
- Global warming is shrinking California's critical snowpack by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 9, 2015
- China, California and Pope Francis make good news on climate change by David Horsely, Los Angeles Times, Oct 8, 2015
- What Exxon knew about the Earth's melting Arctic by Sara Jerving, Katie Jennings, Masako Mellissa Hirsch & Suzanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, Oct 9, 2015
Sat, Oct 10
- Exxon’s Climate Concealment, Op-ed by Naomi Orsekes, New York Times, Oct 9, 2015
- California enacts monumental climate change goals by Annita Fredrikson, AP/Christian Science Monitor, Oct 8, 2015
- The oceans are becoming too hot for coral, and sooner than we expected by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, The Conversation US, Oct 9, 2015
- 10 green leaders on the best ways you can fight climate change by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Oct 8, 2015
- World will pass crucial 2C global warming limit, experts warn by Robin McKie, The Observer, Oct 10, 2015
- Deforestation and Drought, Op-ed by Jim Robbins, Sunday Review, New York Times, Oct 9, 2015
A recent article in the NY Times "Faith in an unregulated free market? Don't fall for it." makes it clear that the power of deliberately unacceptable people to succeed through deliberately misleading marketing is a serious threat that has been understood for quite a while now.
The comments on the article add points about the long history of understanding that has never been able to effectively block the understood to be unacceptable pursuits of personal temporary prosperity or grandeur.
This is what 'fights' against the development of better understanding of climate science among the general population.