2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #48
Posted on 28 November 2015 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun, Nov 22
- India backs 2 degree global warming limit - French ministry source by Emmanuel Jarry, Reuters, Nov 21, 2015
- Climate change boosted Australia’s 2010 floods by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 21. 2015
- Unmitigated Climate Change to Shrink Global Economy by Ben Gruber, Reuters/Climate Central, Nov 21, 2015
- Senate Republicans Just Promised To Undermine The Paris Climate Negotiations by Samantha Page, Climate Progress, Nov 19, 2015
- Conflict makes countries more vulnerable to climate change - index by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov 22, 2015
- Yes, the Paris climate change conference can save the planet, Op-ed by Ed Miliband, The Guardian, Nov 22, 2015
- Alberta launches $3 billion climate change strategy with carbon tax by Darcy Henton & Chris Varcore, Calgary Herald, Nov 22, 2015
Mon, Nov 23
- The Most Intense El Niño Ever Observed Is Already a Worldwide Disaster by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Nov 18, 2015
- Don't let Paris attacks stop COP21 climate change deal, pleads Obama by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Nov 22, 2015
- In-depth: UK pledges coal phase out by 2025, but uncertainty remains by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Nov 19, 2015
- Climate change: Trump says 'it's called weather', Obama says it 'will define this century' by Michael Vincent, ABC News (Australia), Nov 23, 2015
- More than 2,000 academics call on world heads to do more to limit global warming by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Nov 23, 2015
- Extreme Weather Tied to Over 600,000 Deaths Over 2 Decades by Nick Cummin Bruce, New York Times, Nov 23, 2015
- Paris climate summit should start a day early, say officials by Ed King, Climate Home, Nov 23, 2015
- Why are so many Americans skeptical about climate change? A study offers a surprising answer. by Joby Warrick, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 23, 2015
Tue, Nov 24
- Top lawmaker rebutted on climate study accusation by Lisa Rein, Federal Eye, Washington Post, Nov 23, 2015
- Alliance of 78 big firms urges carbon pricing to slow warming by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Nov 23, 2015
- AP FACT CHECK: Most GOP candidates flunk climate science by Seth Borensein, AP, Nov 22, 2015
- Global Warming Key Driver of 2015’s Record Heat by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Nov 24, 2015
- Study drives a sixth nail into the global warming ‘pause’ myth by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%. The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
- The $100 Billion Climate Question by John Upton, Climate Central, Nov 23, 2015
Wed, Nov 25
- Why Climate Skeptics Are Wrong by Michael Shermer, Scientific American, Dec 1, 2015 (Print Edition)
- COP21: Malawi's battle to hold on to forests by Roger Harrabin, Science & Environment, BBC News, Nov 24, 2015
- COP 21: 2015 likely to be warmest on record, says UN weather body Matt McGrath, Science & Environment, BBC News, Nov 25, 2015
- Developing countries will need $270bn more to adapt to climate change – study by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
- Two-faced Exxon: the misinformation campaign against its own scientists by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%. The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
- India opposes deal to phase out fossil fuels by 2100 at climate summit by Tommy Wilkes, Reuters, Nov 24, 2015
- Fossil fuel companies risk wasting $2tn of investors' money, study says by Damien Carington The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
- Global warming ‘pause’ was a myth all along, says new study by Stephan Lewandowsky, The Conversation, Nov 24, 2015
Thu, Nov 26
- Video: How Could Paris Climate Talks Ratchet Up To Success? by Elle Johnston, Climate Interactive, Nov 12, 2015>
- GOP Threatens To Disrupt Obama's Climate Agenda At Paris Summit by Laura Barron-Lopez, The Huffington Post, Nov 25, 2015
- Climate Refugees and a Collapsing City by Sohara Mehroze Shachi, Inter Press Service (IPS), Nov 25, 2015
- Hottest five-year period on record is 2011-2015, says WMO by Roz Pidcock, The Carbon Brief, Nov 25, 2015
- Indonesia: fires threaten to send even modest climate ambitions up in smoke by Sonny Mumbunan, The Conversation US, Nov 25, 2015
- Interactive: the Paris climate deal, The Carbon Brief, Nov 25, 2015
- Pope Francis delivers stern warning ahead of Paris climate conference by Faith Karimi, CNN, Nov 26, 2015
Fri, Nov 27
- Paris climate talks: powerful business lobbies seek to undermine deal by Pascoe Sabido, The Guardian, Nov 27, 2015
- Christiana Figueres: the woman tasked with saving the world from global warming by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Nov 27, 2015
- COP21: the tipping point for global warming? by Lara Marlowe, The Irish Times, Nov 26, 2015
- Carbon prices - work in progress, not panacea, for rich and poor by Barbara Lewis and Susanna Twidale, Reuters, Nov 27, 2015
- Bill Gates Expected to Create Billion-Dollar Fund for Clean Energy by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Nov 27, 2015
- Destruction of Brazil's Amazon forest jumps 16 pct in 2015, by Marcelo Teixeira, Reuters, Nov 27, 2015
Sat, Nov 28
- How Europe's Good Environmental Intentions are Inadvertently Destroying America's Forests by Reynard Loki, AlterNet, Nov 23, 2015
- Scientists say Paris climate pledges aren’t enough to save the planet’s ice by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 28, 2015
- Paris Climate Talks Avoid Scientists’ Idea of ‘Carbon Budget’ by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Nov 28, 2015
- Obama’s Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks on Climate Accord by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Nov 28, 2015
- COP21: Pope's adviser urges Catholics to join climate marches by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Nov 28, 2015
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