2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #49

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

Sun Nov 27, 2016

The DWP is expanding its rooftop panel program to the 'solar desert' to meet its energy goals by Ivan Penn, Los Angeles Times, Nov 23, 2016
Here are 9 Obama Environmental Regulations in Trump's Crosshairs by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Nov 22, 2016
Anti-Elon Musk Campaign Has Big Ties to Big Energy by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Nov 25, 2016
EU in danger of missing its own climate targets by Terry Macalister, Climate News Network, Nov 24, 2016
Carbon Farming: Hope for a Hot Planet by Brian Barth, Modern Farmer, Nov 25, 2016
Exxon’s Accountants Are Experts in Climate Risk. What Did They Tell Exxon? by John H Cushman Jr, Inside Climate News, Nov 23, 2016
Fish found to thrive in high levels of CO2 by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 24, 2016
'Remarkable year': What's behind the record low sea ice in Antarctica by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 27, 2016

Mon Nov 28, 2016

Thunderstorm asthma: 'You're talking an event equivalent to a terrorist attack' by Melissa Davey, Guardian, Nov 26, 2016
Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans by Benji Jones, Mongabay, Nov 24, 2016
EU requires pension funds to assess climate change risks by Francesco Guarascio, Reuters, Nov 24, 2016
Jerry Brown finds himself at forefront of climate-change battle by Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 26, 2016
Scientists rate Canadian climate policies by James Byrne and Catherine Potvin, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 28, 2016
Trump’s Promises Will Be Hard to Keep, but Coal Country Has Faith by Sheryl Gay Stoleberg, New York Times, Nov 28, 2016
Pope urges world leaders not to hobble climate change pact by Philip Pullella, Reuters, Nov 28, 2016
West Antarctic ice shelf breaking up from the inside out by Pam Frost Gorder, Ohio State University News Room, Nov 28, 2016

Tue Nov 29, 2016

Farmers demand the Coalition government does more on climate change by Fergus Hunter, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 29, 2016
China risks wasting $490bn on new coal plants, say campaigners, Agence France-Presse, Guardian, Nov 28, 2016
More company climate votes ahead, as Trump may loosen energy rules by Ross Kerber, Reuters, Nov 25, 2016
Why extreme weather is the new normal by Judson Jones & Jennifer Gray, CNN, Nov 28, 2016
Follow-Up: More on Trump’s Catastrophic Plan to Gut NASA’s Earth Science by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Nov 28, 2016
Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst die-off on record by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Nov 28, 2016
Trump's Koch-Connected Rumored Pick to Run EPA: Renewables Are 'a False Hope That Simply Won't Work' by Jeremy Symons, Trump Watch, EcoWatch, Nov 29, 2016
This is what it would take for Trump to truly damage the planet’s climate by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 29, 2016

Wed Nov 30, 2016

Captain Scott’s expedition logs reveal Antarctic sea ice history by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Nov 24, 2016
Misleading media coverage of Antarctic sea ice paper, Guest Post by Jonathan Day, Carbon Brief, Nov 29, 2016
Trump and the GOP may be trying to kneecap climate research by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 30, 2016
How China's climate revolution can stop global warming by Wesley Rahn, Deutshce Welle (DW), Nov 30, 2016
Over 2,000 scientists urge Trump to respect ‘scientific integrity and independence’ by Chris Mooney & Juliet Elperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
Trump’s First 100 Days: Climate and Energy by Annie Sneed, Policy & Ethics, Scientific American, Nov 29, 2016

Thu, Dec 1, 2016

Drought-fueled wildfire 'apocalypse' hits Tennessee by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Nov 29/30, 2016
‘Prepared for the worst’: Bolivians face historic drought, and global warming could intensify it by Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
Economists Agree: economic models underestimate climate change by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Nov 25, 2016
Cities and States Lead on Climate Change, Opinion by Jeff Biggers, New York Times, Nov 30, 2016
Scientists have long feared this ‘feedback’ to the climate system. Now they say it’s happening by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
Ivanka Trump, climate czar? by Annie Karni, Politico, Dec 1, 2016
Earth’s temperature has not plunged at record clip and nationwide record cold not coming by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Dec 1, 2016

Fri, Dec 2, 2016

What You Should Know About Trump’s Cabinet & Climate by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Nov 30, 2016
How Obama's climate change legacy is weakened by US investment in dirty fuel by Asaf Shalev, Michael Phillis, Elah Feder & Susanne Rust, Guardian, Nov 30, 2016
He created a beloved blog about the melting Arctic. But it got harder and harder to write by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 30, 2016
Fires and drought cook Tennessee - a state represented by climate deniers by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 2, 2016
The House Science Committee’s tweets are an embarrassment to science by Laurel Raymond, Think Progress, Dec 1, 2016
Global Warming May Send More Hurricanes to Northeast U.S. by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Dec 1, 2016

Sat, Dec 2, 2016

U.S. daily record highs beat record lows by a staggering 51-to-1 ratio in November by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Dec 1, 2016
Fearful of Trump, environmentalists call on his children to help save the planet by Juliet Elperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 1, 2016
Climate change will stir 'unimaginable' refugee crisis, says military by Damien Carrington, Guardian, Dec 1, 2016
How to Save the Planet From President Trump by Bill McKibben, Moyers & Company, Dec 1, 2016
Gutting NASA's Earth Science Division Would Send Research Back to the Dark Ages by Maddie Stone, Gizmodo, Dec 3, 2016
Factcheck: Newspaper claim about global temperature is ‘deeply misleading’, Guest Post by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Dec 3, 2016
Groups Raise Alarm Over Climate Denial Creeping into Trump's Team by Marianne Lavelle. InsideClimate News, Dec 2, 2016
Extreme Tornado Outbreaks Are Becoming More Extreme by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Dec 1, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 3 December, 2016

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