2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #51

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

Sun, Dec 13

All the Reasons the Paris Agreement is a Huge Freaking Deal for the Climate by Carol Linnitt, DeSmog Canada, Dec 12, 2015
Paris Accord Considers Climate Change as a Factor in Mass Migration by Sewell Chan, New York Times, Dec 12, 2015
World leaders hail Paris climate pact, Deutsche Welle, Dec 13, 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger just came up with a climate change argument that’s hard to argue with by Alan Martin, alphr, Dec 12, 2015
Now comes the tough part: The world's carbon diet starts by Seth Borenstein, AP, Dec 13, 2015
Leaders Move to Convert Paris Climate Pledges Into Action by Sewell Chan & Melissa Eddy, New York Times, Dec 13, 2015
World leaders adopt 1.5 C goal — and we’re damn well going to hold them to it by Bill McKibben, Grist, Dec 12, 2015
The oceans are coming for us: how should we plan for dire sea level forecasts? by Filippo Dall'Osso, Dale Dominey-Howes & Tom FitzGerald, The Conversation, Dec 13, 2015

Mon, Dec 14

John Kerry rejects leading climate scientist's claim Paris talks were 'fraud' by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Dec 13, 2015
A Signal to Industry to Go Green in an Era of Carbon Reduction by Clifford Krause & Keith Bradsher, New York Time, Dec 13, 2015
Republican Lawmakers Vocal In Opposition To Climate Deal by Kevin Freking, AP/The Huffington Post, Dec 13, 2015
Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Dec 12, 2015
Republicans on Campaign Trail Largely Ignore the Climate Deal by Thomas Kaplan, New York Times, Dec 13, 2015
The Paris agreement signals that deniers have lost the climate wars by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus,- the 97%, The Guardian, Dec 14, 2015
WATCH: Stars spoof Koch Brothers in new climate change music video by Juliet Elperin, Washington Post, Dec 10, 2015
How the world learned its lesson and got a climate deal by Richard Valdmanis & Emmauel Jarry, Reuters, Dec 14, 2015

Tue, Dec 15

'The Warning Bells are Deafening': Super El Niño Threatening Global Hunger Crisis by Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, Dec 14, 2015
Past climate treaties failed. So the Paris deal will try something radically different. by Brad Plumer, Vox, Dec 14, 2015
The Globe’s Hottest Year Just Keeps Getting Hotter by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Dec 14, 205
The Siege of Miami by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, Dec 21, 2015 Print Issue
India says Paris climate deal won't affect plans to double coal output by Krishna N. Das & Tommy Wilkes, Reuters, Dec 14, 2015
The Paris Climate Deal Is President Obama’s Biggest Accomplishment by Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine, Dec 14, 2015
Seven Wrinkles in the Paris Climate Deal by Oscar Reyes, Foreign Policy in Focus, Dec 14, 2015
What Happens When Mother Earth Gets Angry, Op-ed by Keith Schneider, New York Times, Dec 15, 2015

Wed, Dec 16

A Turning Point in Combating Climate Change May Be Here by Shannon Hall, Scientific American, Dec 14, 2015
The world just adopted a tough new climate goal. Here’s how hard it will be to meet by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 15, 2015
Record high Arctic temperatures in 2015 having 'profound effects' on region by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Dec 15, 2015
Not Just for Paris, but for the Future: How the Paris Agreement Will Keep Accelerating Climate Action by Eliza Northrop, World Resources Instittue (WRI), Dec 14, 2015
Greenland has lost a staggering amount of ice — and it’s only getting worse by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 16, 2015
Will Global Warming Heat Us Beyond Our Physical Limits? by Cheryl Katz, National Geographic, Dec 15, 2015
Polar bears travel further as Arctic sea-ice drifts by Jonathan Amos, BBC News, Dec 16, 2015

Thu, Dec 17

Scientists may have just solved one of the most troubling mysteries about sea-level rise by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 11, 2015
San Diego Vows to Move Entirely to Renewable Energy in 20 Years by Matt Richtel, New York Times, Dec 15, 2015
New NASA Satellite Maps Show Human Fingerprint on Global Air Quality, NASA, Dec 14, 2015
2016 set to be hottest year on record globally by Damien Carrington, The Guardian, Dec 17, 2015
Haitians are noticing climate change impacts on extreme weather and agriculture by John Abraham, Climate Consensus,- the 97%, The Guardian, Dec 14, 2015
Have we hit "the end of the fossil fuel era"? Not even close. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 14, 2015
NASA Examines Global Impacts of the 2015 El Niño, NASA, Dec 15, 2015
The conceptual breakthrough behind the Paris climate treaty by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 14, 2015

Fri, Dec 18

Environmentalists condemn budget deal that lifts US oil export ban by David Smith, The Guardian, Dec 16, 2015
The budget bill will unleash wind and solar. Here’s what that means for the climate by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 17, 2015
Centuries of Melting Already Locked in for Polar Ice, Scientists Say by Phil Mckenna, InsideClimate News, Dec 17, 2015
Melbourne and Adelaide to sweat it out as temperatures climb past 40C by Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian, Dec 17, 2015
UK cuts to renewable energy make a mockery of its pledge at Paris climate talks by Dsmien Carrington, The Guardian, Dec 17, 2015
Republicans still hope to throw a wrench in the Paris climate deal by Ben Adler, Grist, Dec 16, 2015
Even the charts used by climate-change deniers show that temperatures are getting warmer by Jim Edwards, Business Insider, Dec 18, 2015
Why the Paris agreement could be the beginning of the end for global warming denial by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 17, 2015

Sat, Dec 19

We’ve got a climate goal of 1.5 degrees – so how do we get there? by Kate Dooley & Doreen Stabinsky, The Conversation, Dec 19, 2015
Engaging civil society will help ensure transparent and credible review of climate pledges by Valerie J Karplus & Michael Davidson, The Conversation AU, Dec 16, 2015
New Method Unlocks Climate Change Secrets From Tibetan Ice, Eurasia Review, Dec 19, 2015
Govt awards new oil permits straight after COP21 by Gary Farrow, New Zealand Herald, Dec 17, 2015
Paris Climate Agreement: Between the Lines by Daniel Grossman, Yale Climate Connections, Dec 17, 2015
Climate Accord Mobilizes Health Industry by Sam Ross-Brown, The American Prospect, Dec 18, 2015
Newspapers' and Scientists' Views on COP21, Yale Climate Connections, Dec 16, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 19 December, 2015

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