2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #25

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

Sun June 12, 2016

Will This Retired Lawyer Open the Floodgates of Divestment From Fossil Fuels? by David Sassoon, InsideClmate News, June 8, 2016
We need lots more power lines. Why are we so bad at planning them? by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, June 9, 2016
Movie Review: There’s a Vast Cowspiracy about Climate Change by Doug Boucher, Union of Concerned Scientists, June 10, 2016
The art of changing the climate debate by Paddy Woodworth, Irish Times, June 11, 2016
Water Scarcity Could Impact West Asian Credit Ratings by Manipadma Jena, Inter Press Service (IPS), June 9, 2016
The Mistrust of Science by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 10, 2016
Will Rwanda's push for prosperity be powered by the sun? by Karuma Njoroge, Thomson Reuters Foundation, June 10, 2016
How climate change could affect African migration patterns by Piers Forster & Evan Fraser, The Conversation UK, June 5, 2016

Mon June 13, 2016

Canada can transition to renewable energy in just a few decades, says Stanford University professor by Monique Muise, Global News, June 12, 2016
Arctic melting feeds on itself by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, June 12, 2016
Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change by Suzanne Goldenberg & Helena Bengtsson, Guardian, June 13, 2016
Climate Signals and “Demystifying Climate Models”: Two Great New Resources by Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground,June 10, 2016
The Grand Oil Party: House Republicans denounce a carbon tax by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, June 13, 2016
The atmosphere has hit a grim milestone — and scientists say we’ll never go back ‘within our lifetimes’ by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, June 13, 2016
Oregon Could Widen Carbon Trading across North America by Debra Kahn, ClimateWire/Scientific American, June 13, 2016
Climate, Consciousness and Social Change by Asoka Bandarage, Global Research, June 13, 2016

Tue June 14, 2016

Mapped: The Cosy Climate-Euro Sceptic Bubble Pushing for Brexit and Less Climate Action by Kyla Mande, DeSmog UK, June 13, 2016
Power plants are no longer America’s biggest climate problem. Transportation is. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, June 13, 2016
The Choctaw v climate change: 'The earth is speaking' by Emily Crane Linn, Al Jazeera, June 13, 2016
Planet's record hot streak extends another month as May sets new benchmark by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, June 13, 2016
The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity by Tom Randall, Bloomberg News, June 13, 2016
Revealed: first mammal species wiped out by human-induced climate change by Michael Slezak, Guardian, June 13, 2016
Big Banks Betting Against Climate Change Policies, Spending Billions On Fossil Fuel Projects: Report by Maria Gallucci, International Business Times, June 14, 2016
Low oil prices could ‘hamper’ action on climate change, say scientists by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, June 23, 2016

Wed June 15, 2016

Wall Street Journal accepts environmentalist ad but charges extra by Paul Farhi, Washington Post, June 14, 2016
Fort McMurray fire largely contained thanks to rain, firefighters' efforts by Wallis Snowdon, CBC News, June 13, 2016
Alpine soils storing up to a third less carbon as summers warm by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, June 13, 2016
Here Are the Trees That Will Start to Vanish Because of Climate Change by Alissa Walker, Gizmodo, June 14, 2016
8 Creative Ways Cities Are Combating Rising Temperatures by Edward Hart, Daily Intelligencer, New York Magazine, June 15, 2016
Norway pledges to become climate neutral by 2030 by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, June 15, 2016
Exxon asks U.S. court to throw out subpoena in climate change inquiry by Terry Wade, Reuters, June 15, 2016
Discovery exposes fragility of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, June 13, 2016

Thu June 16, 2016

Climate Impacts From Farming Are Getting Worse by John Upton, Climate Central, June 14, 2016
U.S. Heat Builds: Parts of Southwest May Approach All-Time June Highs by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, June 14, 2016
Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM For First Time in 4 Million Years by Brian Kahan, Climate Central, June 15, 2016
New study finds evidence for a 'fast' dinosaur extinction by Howrd Lee, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, June 15, 2016
The climate fight will be won or lost in India, in 8 charts by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, June 14, 2016
What Would a Global Warming Increase of 1.5 Degrees Be Like?, Analysis by Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360, June 16, 2016
The huge flaw in how Congress is approaching burning wood for energy by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Envronment, Washington Post, June 16, 2016
With May Record, Global Temps in ‘New Neighborhood’ by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, June 16, 2016

Fri June 17, 2016

Conservative Funders of Climate Denial Are Quietly Spending Millions To Generate More Partisan Journalism by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, June 15, 2016
Exxon Sues a Second Attorney General To Fight Off Climate Fraud Probe by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, June 16, 2016
Catholic orders take their lead from the pope and divest from fossil fuels by Michael Slezak, Guardian, June 15, 2016
Japan doubles down on coal power as trading houses curb investment by Aaron Sheldrick & Osamu Tsukimori, Reuters, June 16, 2016
Q&A: This Professor Talks Climate Change in the Oil Industry's Training Ground by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, June 17, 2016
U.K. Vote on Whether to Leave Europe Imperils Global Climate by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, June 17, 2016
Seven climate records set so far in 2016 by Adam Vaughan, Guardian, June 17, 2016
Shattered records show climate change is an emergency today, scientists warn by Damian Carrington, Guardian, June 17, 2016

Sat June 18, 2016

13 state AGs pen letter calling for end to climate change probe by James Osborne, Fuel Fix/Houston Chronicle, June 16, 2016
Russia significantly under-reporting wildfires, figures show by Alec Luhn & Damian Carrington, Guardian, June 16, 2016
Election 2016: Climate change - an election priority for women by Erin Stewart, ABC News, June 17, 2016
Obama heads to national parks with climate message in mind by Roberta Rampton, Reuters, June 17, 2016
Scientists Urge Obama to Halt Oil Leasing in the Arctic by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, June 16, 2016
The enormous threat to America’s last grasslands by Ryan Schuessler, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, June 16, 2016
How global warming may push the Southwest heatwave past an extremely rare threshold by Jason Samenow & Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, June 17, 2016
Ocean viruses may have impact on Earth’s climate by Jessica McDonald, Science, June 17, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 18 June, 2016

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