2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #47

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

Sun Nov 13, 2016

Trump win opens way for China to take climate leadership role by Valerie Volcovici & Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters, Nov 11, 2016
Kerry urges global warming activists to march in streets in battle against climate change in visit to Antarctica, AP/South China Morning Post, Nov 12, 2016
Trump's climate change denialism portends dark days, climate researchers say, RT, Nov 11, 2016
Bill McKibben: Trump's Presidency Comes When the Warming World Can Least Afford It by Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman, Democarcy Now!, Nov 10, 2016
The Road Ahead in Saving the Climate by Hunter Cutting, Nexus Media, Nov 9, 2016
Image of the Week – Climate Change and the Cryosphere by Sophie Berger, Cryosphere Division, EGU Blogs, Nov 11, 2016
Warming up: new research points to a more sensitive climate to rising CO2 by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 13, 2016
Climate science’s long history matters—and so does the history of news reporting about it by Steven T. Corneliussen, Physics Today, Nov 11, 2016

Mon Nov 14, 2016

Climate Change: Interview with Dr. (Ben) Santer by Jeff Garberson, The Independent (Alameda County, CA), Nov 10, 2016
9 Infuriating Things You Need to Know About the Man Donald Trump Is Appointing to Protect the Environment by Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, Nov 12, 2016
INTERVIEW-U.S. will be 'rogue' state if it ditches climate accord - UN envoy by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Reuters, Nov 13, 2016
Here’s What Happens When You’re a Republican and You Defy the Koch Brothers by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Nov 13, 2016
On Trump and climate, America is split in two by these demographics by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 14, 2016
2016 ‘very likely’ to be the hottest year on record, U.N. agency declares by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 14, 2016
INTERVIEW-Trump's climate plan "catastrophic" - France's Royal by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Nov 11, 2016
Climate finance: the challenge of ‘shifting the trillions’ by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Nov 14, 2016

Tue Nov 15, 2016

The Agonizing Wait For Trump to Speak on Climate Policy by John Upton, Climate Central, Nov 14, 2016
World CO2 emissions stay flat for 3rd year, helped by China falls - study by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Nov 14, 2016
Most people are wildly underestimating what Trump’s win will mean for the environment by David Roberts & Brad Plumer, Vox, Nov 14, 2016
Forty years of measuring the world’s cleanest air reveals human fingerprints on the atmosphere by Melita Keywood, Paul Fraser, Paul Krummel, & Sam Cleland, Converstion AU, Nov 15, 2016
Why Donald Trump Is Wrong About Climate and China by Barbara Finamore & Alvin Lin, Expert Blog, NRDC, Nov 14, 2016
How To Fight For The Climate During A Trump Administration by Jamie Henn, Huffington Post, Nov 14, 2016
Here's how Obama's trying to persuade Trump not to abandon the Paris climate deal by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Nov 15, 2016
Why the Arctic waters are reluctant to freeze by Kate Ravilious, Weatherwatch, Guardian, Nov 15, 2016

Wed Nov 16, 2016

Australian faith leaders call for movement of gov't-controlled investments into renewable energy, Christian Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Why President-Elect Trump Could Disappoint the Coal Miners Counting on Him, Commentary by David Spence, Fortune Magazine, Nov 14, 2016
Evangelical Scientist Katharine Hayhoe Targets Climate Skeptics in ‘Global Weirding’ Series by Julie Brown Patton, The Gospel Herald, Nov 14, 2016
Exxon Widens Climate Suit to Fight New York Attorney General's Probe by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Nov 14, 2016
We can fix climate change, but only if we refuse to abandon hope, Op-ed by Zoe Williams, Guadian, Nov 14, 2016
Paris Climate Deal Is Too Weak to Meet Goals, Report Finds by John Schwartz, Science, New York Times, Nov 16, 2015
Obama administration completes rule to curb methane from federal oil, gas production by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Nov 15, 2016
China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented by Jessica Shankelman, Bllomberg News, Nov 16, 2016
Now, More Than Ever, We Must Stand Up for Science by Dan Rather, Guest Blog, Scientific American, Nov 14, 2016
Global warming doesn’t care about the election': Nasa scientist warns Donald Trump over interference by Ian Johnston, The Independent, Nov 16, 2016

Thu Nov 17, 2016

Southeast's Air Quality Is Worse Than Some Chinese Cities Right Now, Thanks to Wildfire Smoke by Jon Erdman, Weather Channel, Nov 16, 2016
The untruths we're being told about coal and renewable power by Peter Martin, Brisbane Times, Nov 16, 2016
Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds by Steven Mufson & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 16, 2016
Mysterious Winds Cause Rapid Melting of Antarctic Ice by Douglas Fox, National Geographic, Nov 15, 2016
Canada gives $3.3bn subsidies to fossil fuel producers despite climate pledge by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Nov 15, 2016
This is where Obama’s hugely ambitious climate policies were headed — before Trump came along by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 16, 2016
Every climate protection is in Trump's crosshairs. We must fight now, Op-ed by Annie Leonard (Greenpeace USA), Guardian, Nov 15, 2016
Climate Advocates Get a Huge Donation Trump Bump, Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Nov 15, 2016
How much longer can Antarctica’s hostile ocean delay global warming? by Jeff Tollefson, Nature, Nov 16, 2016
Could Donald Trump Kill the EPA? Probably Not, but He Could Cripple It by Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News, Nov 14, 2016
The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends by Chris Mooney & Jasaon Samenow, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 17, 2016
La Niña cycle halfway complete - what's next? by Karen Braun, Reuters, Nov 16, 2016

Fri Nov 18, 2016

Donald Trump, Help Heal the Planet’s Climate Change Problem, Op-ed by Thomas Friedman, New York Times, Nov 16, 2016
Trump begins filling environmental posts with clowns by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 17, 2016
Germany Becomes First Country to Release a 2050 Emissions-Reduction Plan by Taryn Fransen & Kelly Levin, World Resources Institute (WRI), Nov 16, 2016
White House Releases Wishful Climate Change Plan Before Trump Takes Office by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Nov 17, 2016
Plants’ carbon hunger won’t halt warming by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 18, 2016
Post-Election 'New Realities' by Bud Ward, Yale Climate Connections, Nov 17, 2016
Poor nations pledge deep emissions cuts at Marrakech summit by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, Nov 18, 2016
If Trump quits, California could apply to join UN climate talks by Ed King, Climate Home, Nov 17, 2016
They may save us yet: Scientists found a way to turn our carbon emissions into rock by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 18, 2016
"We call for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, as a matter of urgent priority" by Alister Doyle and Nina Chestney, Reuters, Nov 17, 2016
What will the world actually look like at 1.5°C of warming? by Richard Betts, Conversation UK, Nov 18, 2016
Crazy Cryosphere: Record Low Sea Ice, An Overheated Arctic, and a Snowbound Eurasia by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Nov 18, 2016

Sat Nov 19, 2016

Inside the climate movement’s Trump-fighting strategy by Rebecca Leber, Grist, Nov 17, 2016
At COP22 and on Capitol Hill, faith groups step up climate efforts by Brian Rowe, National Catholic Reporter, Nov 17, 2016
Young Climate Researchers Are Facing a Trump Reality by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Nov 18, 2016
The Supermoon and Global Warming: A Taste of Things to Come by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Nov 17, 2016
COP22 headlines: what did Marrakech climate summit deliver? by Megan Darby, Karl Mathiesen, Ed King & Lou Del Bello, Climate Home, Nov 18, 2016
Donald Trump’s first staff picks all deny the threat of climate change by Natasha Geiling, Think Progress, Nov 18, 2016
Trump looks to Bush-era for new head of U.S. environmental agency by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Nov 15, 2016
Obama Halts Arctic Oil Leases and Undoing It Won't Be Simple for Trump by Phil Mckenna, InsideClimate News, Nov 18, 2016
102 million dead California trees 'unprecedented in our modern history,' officials say by Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times, Nov 18, 2016
Power of images to shape climate change perceptions, by Adam Corner, Carbon Brief, Nov 16, 2016
COP22: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Marrakech by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Nov 19, 2016
U.S. launches next-generation weather satellite that will revolutionize forecasting by Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang, Washigton Post, Nov 19, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 19 November, 2016

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