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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #1
Posted on 7 January 2017 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Jan 1, 2017
- The 15 Most Ridiculous Things That Media Figures Said About Environmental Issues In 2016 by Kevin Kalhoefer & Andrew Seifter, Media Matters, Dec 28, 2017
- 2016, the year that was: Environment & Energy by Michael Hopkin, The Conversation AU, Dec 27, 2016
- Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says by Emma Bryce, Environment, Guardian, Dec 27, 2016
- Conservationist Terry Tempest Williams puts herself on frontline of climate fight by Ben Goldfarb, Environment, Guardian, Dec 31, 2016
- Happy New Tropical Earth Orbital Period! Kinda! by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Jan 1, 2017
- Heat Is On for 2017, Just Not Record-Setting by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Dec 30, 2016
- Can a federal government scientist in California convince Trump that climate change is real? by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, Jan 1, 2017
- ‘Complex’ Climate Fund Procedures Hindering Development by Mahfuzur Rahman, Inter Press Service (IPS), Dec 20, 2016
Mon Jan 2, 2017
- 'This is possible. We did it': the week Portugal ran on renewables by Sam Jones, Guardian, Dec 26, 2016
- US Doubles Down On Wave Energy, $40 Mil For New Test Bed by Tina Casey, Clean Technica, Dec 31, 2016
- Madhya Pradesh plans to develop 1,100 'climate-smart' villages, Times of India, Dec 30, 2016
- 4 reasons not to completely despair about climate change in 2017 by Neil Bhatiya, The Week, Jan 2, 2017
- Climate change in 2016: the good, the bad, and the ugly by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 2, 2017
- Donald Trump makes top Republican fear environmental future by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Jan 2, 2017
- The hottest year in history sees the election of a new president who questions climate science by William Yardley, Los Angeles Times, Dec 29, 2016
- Alberta 'still standing' on Day 2 of carbon tax as opposition promotes climate denial by Rob Drinkwater, National Observer, Jan 2, 2017
Tue Jan 3, 2017
- Why People Resist Changing Their Political Beliefs When Confronted with Counterevidence by Mary West, Psych2Go, Dec 30, 2016
- Can Carbon Capture Technology Prosper Under Trump? by John Schwartz, Science, New York Times, Jan 2, 2017
- Weak Federal Powers Could Limit Trump’s Climate-Policy Rollback by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Jan 2, 2017
- Where to Follow the Climate Action in 2017 by John Upton, Climate Central, Jan 2, 2017
- Climate change hits home as rivers and taps dry up by Bernadine Mutano, Daily Nation, Jan 2, 2017
- 2017: Pipeline Resistance Gathers Steam From Dakota Access, Keystone Success by Lisa Song, InsideCliamte News, Jan 2, 2017
- Climate Change Is Raising Flood Risk in the Northern U.S. by Erika Bolstad, ClimateWire/Scientificc American, Jan 3, 2017
- A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change by Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, Jan 2, 2017
Wed Jan 4, 2017
- Why don’t people get it? Seven ways that communicating risk can fail by Rod Lamberts, The Conversation AU. Jan 3, 2016
- 15 before-and-after images that show how we're transforming the planet by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 2, 2017
- Attacking Science in Week One: How Congress is Trying to Dismantle Public Protections by Yogin Kothari, Union of Concerned Scientists, Jan 3, 2017
- 2017: Agriculture Begins to Tackle Its Role in Climate Change by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Jan 4, 2017
- A trigger action from sea-level rise? by Rasmus Benestad, Real Climate, Jan 2, 2017
- NOAA challenged the global warming ‘pause.’ Now new research says the agency was right by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 4, 2017
- The underestimated danger of a breakdown of the Gulf Stream System by Stefan Rahmstorf, Real Climate, Jan 4, 2017
- The Republicans Who Want Trump to Fight Climate Change by Kate Aronoff, The Atlantic, Jan 4. 2017
- Endangered Species Under GOP? Climate Change Information on the Web by Andrew Revkin, ProPublica, Jan. 4, 2017
- New study confirms NOAA finding of faster global warming by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 2, 2017
Thu Jan 5, 2017
- All the state energy legislation from 2016, in one place by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 20, 2016
- Here’s what optimistic liberals get wrong about Trump and climate change by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 4. 2017
- Flooding in Denmark becoming the norm by Christian W, CPH Post Online, Jan 5, 2017
- Conditions That Form More Hurricanes Also Protect U.S., Study Finds by Henry Fountain, Science, New York Times, Jan 4, 2017
- Federal Climate Investigation of Exxon Likely to Fizzle Under Trump by David Hasmyer, InsideClimate News, Jan 5, 2017
- New Study Confirms Sea Surface Temperatures Are Warming Faster Than Previously Thought by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Jan 5, 2017
- China to plough $360 bln into renewable fuel by 2020 by Meng Meng and Beijing Monitoring Desk, Reuters, Jan 5, 2017
- Low sea ice extent continues in both poles, National Snow & Ice Data Center, Jan 5, 2017
Fri Jan 6, 2017
- Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Jan 4, 2017
- Exxon’s $180 Million Deal With Trump’s Pick for State by John Upton, Climate Central, Jan 4, 2017
- Where did the myth of a climate change 'pause' come from? by Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Christian Science Monitor, Jan 4, 2017
- Ocean data upgrade confirms pace of recent warming by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 4, 2017
- James Delingpole article calling ocean acidification 'alarmism' cleared by press watchdog by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Jan 5, 2017
- World heat shatters records in 2016 in new sign of global warming by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Jan 5, 2016
- Prepare for reanimation of the zombie myth ‘no global warming since 2016’ by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 6, 2017
- The fire through the smoke: Working for transparency in climate projections, News Release, Princeton University, Jan 4, 2017
Sat Jan 7, 2017
- On Climate Change, Higher Education Leaders Call on Trump to Reverse Course by Zahra Hirji, Climate Central, Jan 6, 2017
- As Donald Trump Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die of It, Opinion by Nicholas Kristof, Sunday Review, New York Times, Jan 6, 2017
- Climate Change Might Make Birds Mis-Time Their Migrations by Kavya Balaraman, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Jan 6, 2017
- Get a look at the innards of a 270-foot wind turbine by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 5, 2017
- The crack in this Antarctic ice shelf just grew by 11 miles. A dramatic break could be imminent. by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 6, 2017
- The Very Real Threat of Trump’s Climate Denialism by Paul Offit, The Daily Beast, Jan 7, 2017
- Fossil leaves suggest global warming will be harder to fight than scientists thought by Eric Hand, Science, Jan 4, 2017
- Global warming turns up the heat on glacial lake risk in the Himalayas by Nabin Baral, IRIN, Jan 5, 2017
Apparently, Judith Curry has retired. The interview in the article was interesting. On one hand, she thinks scientists are overstating the human effect on global warming, and then admits they may be right, in which case the Paris Agreement falls way short of what would be necessary to effectively change anything. She doesn't then say what should be done. Seems a bit strange to me.
Sorry if the link is not working.
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060047798
rkrolph@1,
It would be good (for AGW mitigation efforts) if Judy retired completely (i.e. do not utter any word about climate science anymore and spend the rest of life e.g. fishing) but that's not the case according to this article:
So, now she's going to be a consultant for energy companies, likely downplaying the impact of their business, like Bjorn is doing. Cross "agriculture" from the above because it may not work due to conflict of interests.