2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #37

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

Sun, Sep 6

At UN climate talks, growing frustration at "snail's pace" by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Sep 4, 2015
America’s birds flying into climate danger zone by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Sep 5, 2015
Listen up, Ted Cruz: Here’s what you don’t understand about climate change and science by Paul Rosenberg, Salon, Sep 5, 2015
Kiwi climate change documentary premieres in New Zealand by Laura Walters, stuff.co.nz, Sep 7, 2014
6 Ways Climate Change in Alaska Will Affect You by Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists, Aug 31, 2015
Australia's inaction on climate change set to dominate Pacific Island talks, Australian AP/The Guardian, Sep 5, 2015
Catholic leaders make climate change plea to California lawmakers by Anita Chabria, The Guardian, Sep 5, 2015
Climate change dramatically shrinking Glacier's namesakes by Rob Chaney, The Montana Standard, Sep 5, 2015

Mon, Sep 7

The state of the Greenland ice sheet in 2015 by Dr Ruth Mottram & Dr Peter Langen, The Carbon Brief, Sep 4, 2015
The Key Role of Conservatives in Taxing Carbon by N. Gregory Mankiw, New York Times, Sep 4, 2015
Failure to act on climate change means an even bigger refugee crisis by Craig Bennett (CEO of Friends of the Earth), The Guardian, Sep 7, 2015
Emma Thompson got right and wrong on climate change by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 7, 2015
Central Asia to experience water crisis in 35 years by Vusala Abbasova, Azernews, Sep 7, 2015
World Running Out of Time to Save Oceans by Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 7, 2015
Paris climate talks could fail, warns Francois Hollande by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Sep 7, 2015
GOP to attack climate pact at home and abroad by Andrew Restuccio, Politico, Sep 7, 2015

Tue, Sep 8

Mining industry's new 'coal is amazing' TV ad labelled desperate by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Sep 6, 2015
New studies deepen concerns about a climate-change ‘wild card’ by Joby Warrick, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 7, 2015
The Sunniest Climate-Change Story You've Ever Read: This is the year humans finally got serious about saving themselves from themselves by Jon Chait, New York magazine, Sep 7, 2015
Spectacular Large-Scale Solar Growth In The Netherlands, Finally by Rogier van Rooij, CleanTechnica, Sep 8, 2015

Wed, Sep 9

Progress in Climate Talks Attracts Attack Dogs by Hunter Cutting, The Huffington Post, Sep 8, 2015
Climate-smart cities could save the world $22tn, say economists by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Sep 8, 2015
World's Leading Polluters Have Racked Up a $10 Trillion Carbon Debt by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Sep 8, 2015
Oceans warming 20x faster than they cooled in past millenium by Aisha Sharipzhan, The Diamondback (U of Maryland), Sep 7, 2015
Europe is parched, in a sign of times to come by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 9, 2015
The simple statistic that perfectly captures what climate change means by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 9, 2015
#Coalisamazing… at Embarrassing Coal Industry, DailyKos, Sep 9, 2015
A personal perspective on the ethics of climate change by Martin Rees, Green Economy Coalition, Sep, 2015

Thu, Sep 10

Mental Health Another Casualty of Changing Climate by Jed Alegado and Angeli Guadalupe, Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 8, 2015
Mitch McConnell Is Powerless to Block Obama’s Climate Change Deal by Rebecca Leber, New Republic, Sep 9, 2015
G20 Finance Ministers Committed to Sustainable Development by Jaya Ramachandran, Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 9, 2015
Climate Expert James Hansen: “We’ve Got An Emergency” by Anne Meador & John Zangas, DCMediaGroup, Sep 10, 2015
Moral case to tackle climate change overwhelming, says Lord Stern by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian, Sep 10, 2015

Fri, Sep 11

Southern Ocean showing 'remarkable' revival in carbon absorption ability by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Sep 10, 2015
Province could target coal-fired power plants for early closure, says environment minister by Shelia Pratt, Edmonton Journal, Sep 9, 2015
Japan floods: More than 100,000 flee after torrential rain unleashes flooding, people rescued from roofs in Joso City, ABC News (Australia), Sep 10, 2015
Solar energy is poised for yet another record year by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 9, 2015
Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet by Michael Mann, EcoWatch, Sep 11, 2015
Republican leaders should take their own advice and listen to climate scientists by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 11, 2015
Your climate change questions answered, two^o , CNN, Sep 11, 2015
Shell leaves climate project it helped set up amid Arctic drilling row by Terry Macalister, The Guardian, Sep 10, 2015

Sat, Sep 12

'Off/On': Climate Leaders Present Next Bold Phase for Global Action by John Queally, Common Dreams, Sep 11, 2015
Threat to oceans from climate change must be key to Paris talks, say scientists by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Sep 11, 2015
California Gov. Jerry Brown Sends Ben Carson The Climate Evidence He Couldn't Find by Dhyana Taylor, The Huffington Post, Sep 11, 2015
The rise, fall and future of the cleantech industry by Sophie Yeo, The Carbon Brief, Sep 10, 2015
President Trump and Sec. Palin Vs People of Faith on Care of Creation by Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie, Director of the Center for Peace and Spirituality and University Chaplain at Pacific University, The Huffington Post, Sep 11, 2015
Tony Abbott faces down Pacific island nations' calls for tougher action on climate change by Eric Tlozek, ABC News (Australia), Sep 11, 2015
Pope Francis warns of ‘grave consequences’ if climate change is ignored, CNA Daily News/Patheos, Sep 11, 2015
The Climate Story Nobody Talks About by Adam Frank, NPR, Sep 10, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 12 September, 2015

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