2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #52

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

Sun, Dec 20

To Achieve Paris Climate Goals, U.S. Will Need New Laws by David Gelles, New York Times, Dec 18, 2015
Will Big Finance Join the Fight to Curb Global Warming? by Tara Lohan, The American Prospect, Dec 14, 2015
Daffodils in bloom, the warmest ever December: how worrying is the world’s strange weather by John Vidal, The Observer/Guardian, Dec 20, 2015
Republicans grope for way to kill Paris climate agreement by Devin Henry, The Hill, Dec 20, 2015
5 Climate And Clean Energy Charts From 2015 You Need To See by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Dec 17, 2015
George Mitchell, overlooked environmentalist, reflects on climate change by Mary Pols, Portland (Maine) Press Herald, Dec 20, 2015
Ed Miliband aims for cross-party coalition on climate change by Matthew Taylor, The Guadian, Dec 20, 2015
Decline of Tropical Animals Could Hasten Climate Change by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Dec 18, 2015

Mon, Dec 21

Solar power surges – slowly – in regulation-heavy Russia by Angelina Davydova, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Dec 21, 2015
People Who Were Certain Climate Change Is Fake Are Now Certain That Paris Can’t Stop It by Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine, Dec 20, 2015
New Report Warns Of Dramatic Changes For Arctic Under Global Warming by Chreyl Katz, The Huffington Post, Dec 18, 2015
The best of climate science and humanity come together at AGU by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Dec 21, 2015
The Top Ten Reasons to be Hopeful on Climate Change by Jeff Masters, Weather Underground, Dec 16, 2015
Bad news: Scientists say we could be underestimating Arctic methane emissions by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 21, 2015
It’s Official: None Of The Remaining Major GOP Candidates Accept Climate Science by Emily Atkin, Climate Progress, Dec 21, 2015
Freakish Winter Warmth: It’s NOT Not Global Warming by Erika Spanger-Siegfried, Common Dreams, Dec 21, 2015

Tue, Dec 22

As decision nears, opposition builds to offshore drilling along Atlantic Coast by Joby Warrick, Health & Science, Washington Post, Dec 20, 2015
Climate change and the Victorian bushfires: this is not a coincidence by Cabell Klose, The Guardian, Dec 21, 2015
Exxon's Support of a Tax on Carbon: Rhetoric or Reality? by David Hasemyer & Bob Simison, Dec 21, 2015
Scientists say climate change could cause a ‘massive’ tree die-off in the U.S. Southwest by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 21, 2015
'Worthless words' or 'diplomatic triumph'? Climate scientists weigh in on Paris agreement by Daniel Schwartz, CBC News, Dec 21, 2015
Please, Republicans, believe in science again: We need this climate deal, and can’t do it without you by Frederic C, Rich, Salon, Dec 22, 2015
Carbon Brief’s 15 numbers for 2015, Carbon Brief Staff, Dec 22, 2015
How Bad of a Greenhouse Gas Is Methane? by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Climate Wire/Scientific American, Dec 22, 2015

Wed, Dec 23

The state of India’s forests by Ananda Banerjee, LiveMint, Dec 22, 2015
After Paris accord, most U.S. Republicans back action on climate by Megan Cassella, Reuters, Dec 22, 2015
What Happened to the Polar Vortex? Kate Shepard, Climate Central, Dec 22, 2015
Exxon's Oil Industry Peers Knew About Climate Dangers in the 1970s, Too by Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News, Dec 22, 2015
ExxonMobil and Sierra Club Agreed on Climate Policy—and Kept It Secret by Eric Roston, Bloomberg Business News, Dec 22, 2015
Republican candidate ‘would pull US out of Paris climate deal’ by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Dec 23, 2015
How Close Are We to 'Dangerous' Planetary Warming? by Michael Mann, The Huffington Post, Dec 23, 2015

Thu, Dec 24

Oil prices keep falling — this is the reason why by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 23, 2015
Here's Yet Another Alarming Effect Of Melting Arctic Sea Ice by Jacqueline Howard, The Huffington Post, Dec 23, 2015
This is Why Scientists Have Hope for the Climate by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Dec 24, 2015
The Carbon Brief Interview: Michel Jarraud by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Dec 22, 2015
Carbon Emissions Link To Regional Impacts Is Clear, Study Says by Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Climate Progress, Dec 23, 2015
2015: The Year the Weather Took a Particularly Wild Ride by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Dec 23, 2015
Unusual winter has millennials concerned about climate change by Melissa Fares and Angela Moon, Reuters, Dec 23, 2015

Fri, Dec 25

This Freakishly Warm, Totally Wrong Christmas Eve Weather, Explained by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Dec 24, 2015
U.S. Bread Basket Shifts Thanks to Climate Change by Niina Heikkinen, ClimateWire, Dec 23, 2015
Records smashed on East Coast’s warmest ever Christmas Eve by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Dec 24, 2015
December heatwave shatters record temperatures in south-eastern Australia by Lucy Cormack, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 23, 2015
David Attenborough interview: 'We can't afford to be fatigued about climate change' by Jessamy Calkin, The Telegraph, Dec 19, 2015
Russia warming 'more than twice as fast' as rest of the world, Reuters/The Nation. Dec 25, 2015
A Fitting End for the Hottest Year on Record by Jonah Bromwich, New York Times, Dec 23, 2015
Insurance firm turns to planting trees in South Africa to combat drought risk by Jeff Barbee, The Guardian, Dec 23, 2015

Sat, Dec 26

'Unprecedented' gas leak in California is the climate disaster version of BP's oil spill by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Dec 24, 2015
Storm Eva: severe flood warnings in place as rain drenches northern Britain by Jessica Elgot, Damien Gayle & agencies, The Guardian, Dec 26, 2015
EPA sees exciting future for utilities as Clean Power Plan takes effect by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Dec 23, 2015
With CO2 Boost, Marshes Can Rise to Meet Flood Risks by John Upton, Climate Central, Dec 23, 2015
Australia's carbon emissions jump in 2015 by Latika Bourke, The Age, Dec 26, 2015
‘We’ve all lost’ in bet about climate change, says Durango man by Jonathan Romeo, The Durango Herald, Dec 24, 2015
The GOP vs. The Reality of Climate Change by James Resnick, The Huffington Post, Dec 22, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 26 December, 2015

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