2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #36

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

Sun Aug 21, 2016

US EIA: Natural Gas CO2 Emissions Surpassing Coal Emissions by Aisha Abdelhamid, Clean Technica, Aug 27, 2016
To combat climate change, these scientists are turning CO2 into rock, PBS News Hour, Aug 23, 2016
Seals help scientists get to the bottom of Antarctic changes by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Aug 23, 2016
Can progress on climate change keep up with its quickening pace?, Op-ed by Tom Styer, Washington Post, Aug 26, 2016
Climate science debates find their place in the Sun by Robert Matthews, The National (AUE), Aug 28, 2016
Coordinator of UK Ocean Acidification Research Attacks The Spectator for 'Willfully Misleading' James Delingpole Column by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Aug 26, 2016
Electric airplanes (batteries included) by Bob Silberg, JPL/NASA Global Climate Change, Aug 23, 2016
Hurricane Gaston Reforms in Atlantic Ocean by Phil Helsel, NBC News, Aug 28, 2016

Mon Aug 29, 2016

Myrtle Beach town hall meeting addresses climate change and rising sea levels by Elizabeth Townsend, The State, Aug 27, 2016
US election: Nobody is talking about climate change by Edward Luce, Financial Times, Aug 28, 2016
With echoes of Wounded Knee, tribes mount prairie occupation to block North Dakota pipeline by William Yardley, Los Angeles Times, Aug 27, 2016
Climate change predicted to halve coffee-growing area that supports 120m people by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Aug 29, 2016
5 facts on the World Risk Report, Institute for Environment & Human Security, UN University, Aug 16, 2016
California has urged President Obama and Congress to tax carbon pollution by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Aug 29, 2016
Grasping Climate Change by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Aug 29, 2016
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age by Damien Carrington, Guardian, Aug 29, 2016

Tue Aug 30, 2016

A climate of cash in votes on global warming by Alec Goodwin, OpenSecrets.org, Aug 29, 2016
We've Been Arguing About Climate Change For Centuries by Erik Mack, Forbes, Aug 29, 2016
Scientists have identified a key way the Amazon’s forests may adapt to climate change by Chelsea Havey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 29, 2016
The Toughest Question in Climate Change: Who Gets Saved?, Op-ed by Christopher Flavelle, View, Bloomberg News, Aug 29, 2016
Insurers call on G20 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Aug 29, 2016
The Challenge of Cutting Coal Dependence by Eduardo Porter, New York Times, Aug 30, 2016
B.C. Climate Plan Subsidizes Fossil Fuels (Yes, You Read That Correctly) by James Wilt, DeSmog Canada, Aug 30, 2016

Wed Aug 31, 2016

Climate change high on the agenda for John Kerry at the second US-India Strategic Dialogue by&Urmi Goswami, Economic Times, Aug 30, 2016
By wide margin, voters add solar tax break to state Constitution by Steve Bosquet, Miami Herald, Aug 30, 2016
Two hurricanes on course for historic encounter with Big Island of Hawaii by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Aug 30, 2016
Hurricane watch issued for Florida Gulf Coast from Anclote River to Panhandle by Sara DiNatale, Tampa Bay Times, Aug 30, 2016
Climate Change Authority splits over ETS report commissioned by Coalition by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Aug 30, 2016
Lamar Smith Seeks to Affirm Exxon Climate Subpoenas With Hearing by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Aug 31, 2016
Climate Change Jeopardizes National Security by Kaitlin Lavinder, The Cipher Brief, Aug 31, 2016

Thu Sep 1, 2016

Mass adoption of electric vehicles is “much sooner than most people realize” by Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, Aug 31, 2016
Watch Bubbling Alaska Lakes Catch on Fire by Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, Aug 30, 2016
Rare Double Hurricane May Be Good News for Hawaii by Willie Drye, National Geographic, Aug 31, 2016
Josh Frydenberg plays down Climate Change Authority call for tougher emissions limits by Paul Karp, Guardian, Aug 31, 2016
Americans Now More Politically Polarized On Climate Change Than Ever Before, Analysis Finds by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Aug 31, 2016
'Life-threatening' Hurricane Hermine aims at Florida by Jason Hanna, Faith Robinson & Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, Sep 1, 2016
The Southern Ocean is getting less salty. Here’s what that could mean for the rest of the world by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 31, 2016
Australia among the climate laggards as G20 action falls far short of goals by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 1, 2016

Fri Sep 2, 2016

UN body says Sioux must have say in pipeline project by Michael Astor, The Big Story AP, Aug 31, 2016
Pope urges Christians to save planet from “debris, desolation and filth” by Crispian Balmer, Reuters, Sep 1, 2016
Leading insurers tell G20 to stop funding fossil fuels by 2020 by Karl Mathiesen, Guardian, Aug 30, 2016
D.C. hits 90 degrees for 50th time this year; most 90s on record in July and August by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Aug 30, 2016
Obama makes climate change personal with call for action in home state Hawaii by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Sep 1, 2016
India Ganges floods 'break previous records' by Navin Singh Khadka, BBC News, Aug 30, 2016
Despite Major Melt, Arctic Sea Ice Will Miss Record Low by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Aug 31, 2016
Sadiq Khan and megacity mayors urge G20 climate change action, Press Association, Guardian, Sep 2, 2016

Sat Sep 3, 2016

U.S. and China to lead push on climate change at G20 summit by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sep 1, 2016
EU a potential stumbling block for Paris climate change deal by Pilita Clark, Financial Times, Sep 2, 2016
Protected areas are effective conservation tools, but even they can’t keep out rising temperatures by Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay, Aug 30, 2016
Tropical Storm Hermine a Dangerous Storm Surge Threat for Virginia Tidewater Saturday, Weather Channel, Sep 3, 2016
China ratifies Paris climate change agreement ahead of G20 by Tom Phillips, Guardian, Sep 3, 2016
Obama and Xi Formally Commit U.S. and China to Paris Climate Accord by Mark Landler & Jane Perlez, New York Times, Sep 3, 2016
The U.S. and China just ratified the Paris climate deal — which could be bad news for Donald Trump by Chris Mooney, Steven Mufson & William Wan, Washington Post, Sep 3, 2016
High Winds From Hermine Lash Mid-Atlantic, Drive Dangerous Storm Surge by Bob Henson & Jeff Masters, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Sep 3, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 3 September, 2016

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