Posted on 10 December 2016 by John Hartz

Sun Dec 4, 2016

• Push to lock in fuel efficiency standards central to President Obama's climate policy before Trump administration takes over by David Shepardson, Reuters, Nov 30. 2016
• Canada Approves Two Pipelines, Axes One, Calls it a Climate Victory by Zahri Hirji & Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Nov 30, 2016
• Truth vs post-truth: What’s causing our record-shattering global temperatures? by Dana Nuccitelli, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Dec 2, 2016
• Germany tells World Bank to quit funding fossil fuels by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Dec 1, 2016
• Cashing In on Climate Change, Opinion by Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Sunday Review, New York Times, Dec 3, 2016
• Is Florida’s climate change model — denial at the Capitol, frantic action at the beach — in store for the U.S. under Trump?, Opinion by David Helvarg, Los Angeles Times, Dec 2, 2016
• Indigenous peoples of the world’s coastlines are losing their fisheries — and their way of life by Daryl Fears, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 2, 2016
• ACT leaves most of Australia behind on climate change initiatives: report by Katie Burgess, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 2, 2016

Mon Dec 5, 2016

• Through climate change denial, we're ceding global leadership to China, Opinion by Daniel K. Gardner, Los Angeles Times, Dec 4, 2016
• 'Everyone is under great threat': Call for cyclone-like categories for heatwaves by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 2, 2016
• Earth, the Final Frontier, Opinion by Adam Frank, New York Times, Dec 2, 2016
• Despite Climate Change Vow, China Pushes to Dig More Coal by Keith Bradsher, New York Times, Nov 30, 2016
• Every Insane Thing Donald Trump Has Said About Global Warming by Jeremy Shulman, Climate Desk/Mother Jones, Dec 5, 2016
• Scientists and environmentalists are bracing for a clash with Trump by Juliet Elperin & Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 4, 2016
• Fake news tries to blame human-caused global warming on El Niño by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 5, 2016
• Sad about climate change? There's a support group for that. by Daisey Simmons, Yale Climate Connections, Nov 28, 2016

Tue Dec 6, 2016

• How Warming Is Threatening The Genetic Diversity of Species by Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360, Nov 28, 2016
• Trump brings Koch network's green-energy foes from the fringe to the center of power by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Dec 5, 2016
• Extreme rainfall risks could triple in the U.S. under climate change, scientists warn by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 5, 2016
• Climate Action Is Up to the Rest of Us Now by Emily Schwartz Greco, Bill Moyers & Company, Nov 29, 2016
• Donald Trump met with Al Gore to discuss “climate issues.” We have many, many questions. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 5, 2016
• It’s likely Earth’s hottest year on record — and some people are already talking about cooling by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 6, 2016
• Brazil to restore huge tract of degraded land in largest pledge of its kind by Chris Arsenault, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Dec 5, 2016
• Note to Breitbart: Earth Is Not Cooling, Climate Change Is Real and Please Stop Using Our Video to Mislead Americans, The Weather Channel, Dec 5, 2016

Wed Dec 7, 2016

• Indonesia just made a huge move to protect the climate by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 6, 2016
• Chilling climate revelations from a previous ice age by David Colgan, University of California News, Dec 2, 2016
• A Climate Denier is Leading the NASA Transition by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Dec 6, 2016
• More terrifying than Trump? The booming conspiracy culture of climate science denial by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Guardian, Dec 6, 2016
• Polar sea ice the size of India vanishes in record heat by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Dec 5, 2016
• Trump to name Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA by Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 7, 2016
• Trump's pick of Pruitt to run the EPA spells disaster for the environment, Opinion by Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times, Dec 7, 2016
• Can Democrats Block Trump’s EPA Nominee? by Evan Lehmann & Benjamin Storrow, Climate Wire/Scientific American, Nov 30, 2016
• An Open Letter from Scientists to President-Elect Trump on Climate Change by Michael Lemonick, Scientific American, Dec 6, 2016

Thu Dec 8, 2016

• Exxon Wins Latest Legal Round in Climate Fight With Mass. AG by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Dec 7, 2016
• Green Groups Subpoenaed by Exxon Say They 'Must Be Doing Something Right' by Deirdre Fuller, Common Dreams, Dec 7, 2016
• The Teen-Agers Suing Over Climate Change by Michelle Nijhuis, The New Yorker, Dec 6, 2016
• Sea-level expert John Church resurfaces at University of NSW amid new warning signs from Greenland by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 8, 2016
• History Reveals Greenland Ice Might Melt Much Faster Than Believed by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Dec 7, 2016
• Trump names climate change skeptic and oil industry ally to lead the EPA by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Dec 7, 2016
• Environmentalists Outraged Over Trump’s EPA Pick, Scott Pruitt by Douglas Main, Newsweek, Dec 7, 2016
• Climate protection gap widening, warns insurance report by Mark Kinver, Science & Environment, BBC News, Dec 7, 2016
• Climate shenanigans at the ends of the Earth: why has sea ice gone haywire? by Nerilie Abram, The Conversation AU, Dec 8, 2016
• Ecologists publish research on soil's potential to increase the Earth's CO2 by John Blair, Kansas State University News, Dec 7, 2016
• Did Al Gore get played? Engaging with Trump brings risk for the left by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Dec 8, 2016
• Pruitt, Trump’s EPA pick, has both sides of climate divide girding for a major fight by Brady Dennis & Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 8, 2016

Fri Dec 9, 2016

• Report helps scientists communicate how global warming is worsening natural disasters by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 8. 2016
• Solar panels have been benefitting the climate ‘since 2011’ by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Dec 6, 2016
• What can Australia learn from Germany’s remarkable energy transition? by Anne Kallies, The Conversation AU, Dec 5, 2016
• Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings by Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 9, 2016
• Trump Team’s Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy by Catherine Treywick & Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg News, Dec 8, 2016
• Why Scientists are Scared of Trump: A Pocket Guide by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, Dec 8, 2016
• Fear and Loathing at Koch-Funded Trump “Shadow Transition Team” Event by Philip Newell, Nexus Media, Dec 8, 2016
• At EPA: Trump’s nominee and 15,000 or so counterweights by Zack Colman, Christian Science Monitor, Dec 9, 2016
• Unhealthy forests affect distant ecosystems by Tim Radford, Climae News Network, Dec 9, 2016
• CNN Anchor Denies That Trump EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Has “Denied Global Warming” by Andrew Seifter, Media Matters for America, Dec 8, 2016

Sat Dec 10, 2016

• Clean Energy ‘Moving Forward’ Despite Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Experts Say by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Dec 8, 2016
• Climate Deniers’ Top 3 Tactics by Tamino, Open Mind, Dec 7, 2016
• Trump Tabs Another Climate Denier, This Time for Interior by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Dec 9, 2016
• More dire data, less climate change concern? by Dave Keating, Deutsche Welle (DW), Dec 9, 2016
• Climate Change Likely Caused Deadly 2016 Avalanche In Tibet, Eurasia Review, Dec 9, 2016
• Mass. AG Appeals Exxon Ruling, Wants New Judge to Throw Out Oil Giant's Case by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Dec 9, 2016
• Exxon's Rex Tillerson, leading climate villain, to be named secretary of state by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Dec 10, 2016
• Offshore Wind Project to Go Live as Industry Eyes Trump by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Dec 8, 2016