2012 SkS Weekly News Round-Up #2
The large number of articles included in this week's round-up reflects how many stories about climate change broke during the week. What is captured in this document is, of course, just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Query: Does this edition contain too many articles? Too few? About right?
Note: Given the breadth of issues covered in the articles cited, the comment thread to this post is open ended. All comments posted must, however, conform to the SkS Comments Policy.
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Must Read
Alpine Glaciers
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarctic Sea Ice
Arctic Sea Ice
- Arctic sea ice thaw may be accelerated by oil, shipping by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Sep 18, 2012
- Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent for the year and the satellite record, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Sep 19, 2012
- It’s Official: Arctic Sea Ice Shatters Record Low by Michael Lemonick, Climate Central, Sep 19, 2012
- Earth's attic is on fire: Arctic sea ice bottoms out at a new record low by Jeff Masters, Weather Underground, Sep 22, 2012
Disease
Ethics
Food
New Normals
Ocean Acidification
Ocean Temperature
PBS Interview of Anthony Watts
- PBS NewsHour Falls Into “Balance” Trap, Provides Megaphone For Anthony Watts by Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, Sep 17, 2012
- PBS NewsHour's Climate Change Report Raises Eyebrows (VIDEO) by James Gerken, Huff Post Green, Sep 18, 2012
- PBS NewsHour Propagates Confusion On Climate Change by Shauna Theel, MediaMatters, Sep 18, 2012
- A PBS ‘NewsHour’ Blog Post and Broadcast Provoke Viewers’ Ire by Bud Ward, Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media, Sep 19, 2012
- PBS NewsHour Science Reporter Miles O’Brien: Climate Denier Segment A ‘Horrible, Horrible Thing’ by Brad Johnson, Climate Progress, Sep 21, 2012
Public Policy
- As climate change crisis looms, presidential campaigns stay quiet by Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers, Sep 17, 2012
- New study (part I of II): Feds underestimate costs of carbon pollution, low-balling climate change's impact on our children and grandchildren, by Laurie Johnson, Switchboard, NRDC, Sep 17, 2012
- Romney Cites Energy Report That Advocates Carbon Price by Michael Moyer, Sep 18, 2012
- Climate Conversations - Is progress on climate change an illusion? by David Hodgkinson, Alertnet, Sep 20, 2012
- House Passes Sweeping Anti-Environmental Bill As Final Business Before Elections by Jennifer Benery, The Huffington Post, Sep 21, 2012
- Elizabeth Warren Warns GOP-Controlled Senate Would Make Climate Denier Jim Inhofe Head Of Environment Committee by Stephen Lacey, Sep 21, 2012
Renewable Energy
Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 23 September, 2012