2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #32

A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.

Sun, Aug 2

Obama's clean energy plan expected to boost renewables by Matt McGrath, BBC News, July 31, 2015
GOP hopefuls not embracing climate change by Matt Viser, Boston Globe, Aug 1, 2015
India and Myanmar monsoon rains leave dozens dead, BBC News, Aug 1, 2015
Dry days bring ferocious start to fire season by by Fernanda Santos, New York Times, Aug 1, 2015
Scientists fear toxic algae bloom spreading on Pacific coast by Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera, Aug 1, 2015
Is New Orleans Safe? by John M Barry, New York Times, Aug 2, 2015

Mon, Aug 3

Politics aside, a simple carbon tax makes more sense than a convoluted emissions trading scheme by David Hodgkinson & Rebecca Johnston, The Conversation AU, July 31, 2015
Obama Policy Could Force Robust Climate Discussion From 2016 Candidates by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Aug 2, 2015
Winners and Losers In President Obama’s Global Warming Rule by Clare Foran & Jason Plautz, National Journal, Aug 2, 2015
Statistics says the long-term global warming trend continues by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 3, 2015
Obama's Clean Power Plan Gets a Jolt of Support from Corporations by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, July 31, 2015
High-altitude climate change to kill cloud forest plants, James Cook University News, Aug 3, 2015
Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, July 31, 2015

Tue, Aug 4

Did the EPA Bulletproof the Clean Power Plan? by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Aug 3, 3015
Two degree climate target not possible without 'negative emissions', scientists warn by Roz Pidcock, The Carbon Brief, Aug 3, 2015
As Ocean Waters Heat Up, A Quest to Create ‘Super Corals’ by Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360, Aug 4, 2015
Busted: 3 myths about Obama's climate plan by Van Jones, CNN, Aug 3, 2015
Stop burning fossil fuels now: there is no CO2 'technofix', scientists warn by Tim Radford, The Guardian, Aug 3, 2015
Fact or Fiction?: Natural Gas Will Reduce Global Warming Pollution by David Biello, Scientific American, Aug 3, 2015
Methane Leaks May Greatly Exceed Estimates, Report Says by John Schwartz, New York Times, Aug 4, 2015
Super Typhoon Soudelor is the strongest storm on Earth this year by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Aug 3, 2015

Wed, Aug 5

A detailed Q&A on Obama's Clean Power Plan by Simon Evans, The Carbon Brief, Aug 4, 2015
Coal is choking India’s cities, economy and the world’s climate by Ed King, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 3, 2015
Category 5: Super Typhoon Soudelor is world’s most powerful storm, NEWS.COM.AU, Aug 5, 2015
The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here by Eric Holthaus, Rolling Stone, Aug 4, 2015
Earth's Ice Is Melting Much Faster Than Forecast. Here's Why That's Worrying. by Jason Box, The Huffington Post, Aug 5, 2015
Adani and Commonwealth Bank part ways, casting further doubt on Carmichael coal project by Michael West and Lisa Cox, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 5, 2015
GOP candidates range from hopeless to hapless on climate change, Op-ed by Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, Aug 3, 2015

Thu, Aug 6

Climate change could give San Francisco the climate of San Diego, scientists say by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 4, 2015
Temp in India increased by 0.6 degree Celsius over the last 110 years by Vishwa Mohan,TNN/Times of India, Aug 5, 2015
Just 5 questions: Sea surface topography, Interview by Jeanette Kazmierczak,
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Aug 4, 2015
The world’s biggest river deltas are in trouble by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 6. 2015
Killer Heat Grows Hotter around the World by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 6, 2015
The US Forest Service Is Burning Through Its Budget Fighting Wildfires by Matt Smith, Tipping Point, VICE News, Aug 6, 2015
How Far Does Obama's Clean Power Plan Go in Slowing Climate Change?, by Davide Biello, Scientific American, Aug 6, 2015

Fri, Aug 7

Taiwan braces for arrival of powerful Typhoon Soudelor by Jethro Mullen, CNN, Aug 7, 2015
Trans Fat Substitute May Lead to More Deforestation by Zhai Yun Tan, Inter Press Service (IPS), Aug 6, 2015
US carbon pollution from power plants hits 27-year low by Seth Borenstein, AP/Detroit News, Aug 5, 2015
Republican Candidates Avoid Climate Change in First Debate by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 7, 2015
The Great Victorian Climate Debate, Op-ed by Peter Moore, Sunday Review, New York Times, Aug 7, 2015

Sat, Aug 8

France hails ‘considerable common ground’ on UN climate plan by Ed King, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 5, 2015
New Zealand About to Say Adios to Coal by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Aug 7, 2015
The reality of global warming: We’re all frogs in a pot of slowly boiling water by Roz Pidcock, The great Debate, Reuters, Aug 7, 2015
Overpopulation Is Bad for People and the Planet by Robert Walker/Population Institue, Alternet, Aug 4, 2015
Revolutionary tidal fence is set to trap the sea’s power by Alex Kirby, Climate News Network/The Guardian, Aug 7, 2015
Obama Climate Plan: Testament to People Power, But Much More to Do by Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams, Aug 3, 2015
What Is Nature Worth to You? by Paul Glimcher & Michael A Livermore, Sunday Review, New York Times, Aug 8, 2014
How to make sense of ‘alarming’ sea level forecasts by Andrew Glikson, The Conversation, Aug 7, 2014

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 8 August, 2015

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