2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #50

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

Sun Dec 4, 2016

Push to lock in fuel efficiency standards central to President Obama's climate policy before Trump administration takes over by David Shepardson, Reuters, Nov 30. 2016
Canada Approves Two Pipelines, Axes One, Calls it a Climate Victory by Zahri Hirji & Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Nov 30, 2016
Truth vs post-truth: What’s causing our record-shattering global temperatures? by Dana Nuccitelli, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Dec 2, 2016
Germany tells World Bank to quit funding fossil fuels by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Dec 1, 2016
Cashing In on Climate Change, Opinion by Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Sunday Review, New York Times, Dec 3, 2016
Is Florida’s climate change model — denial at the Capitol, frantic action at the beach — in store for the U.S. under Trump?, Opinion by David Helvarg, Los Angeles Times, Dec 2, 2016
Indigenous peoples of the world’s coastlines are losing their fisheries — and their way of life by Daryl Fears, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 2, 2016
ACT leaves most of Australia behind on climate change initiatives: report by Katie Burgess, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 2, 2016

Mon Dec 5, 2016

Through climate change denial, we're ceding global leadership to China, Opinion by Daniel K. Gardner, Los Angeles Times, Dec 4, 2016
'Everyone is under great threat': Call for cyclone-like categories for heatwaves by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 2, 2016
Earth, the Final Frontier, Opinion by Adam Frank, New York Times, Dec 2, 2016
Despite Climate Change Vow, China Pushes to Dig More Coal by Keith Bradsher, New York Times, Nov 30, 2016
Every Insane Thing Donald Trump Has Said About Global Warming by Jeremy Shulman, Climate Desk/Mother Jones, Dec 5, 2016
Scientists and environmentalists are bracing for a clash with Trump by Juliet Elperin & Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 4, 2016
Fake news tries to blame human-caused global warming on El Niño by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 5, 2016
Sad about climate change? There's a support group for that. by Daisey Simmons, Yale Climate Connections, Nov 28, 2016

Tue Dec 6, 2016

How Warming Is Threatening The Genetic Diversity of Species by Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360, Nov 28, 2016
Trump brings Koch network's green-energy foes from the fringe to the center of power by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Dec 5, 2016
Extreme rainfall risks could triple in the U.S. under climate change, scientists warn by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 5, 2016
Climate Action Is Up to the Rest of Us Now by Emily Schwartz Greco, Bill Moyers & Company, Nov 29, 2016
Donald Trump met with Al Gore to discuss “climate issues.” We have many, many questions. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 5, 2016
It’s likely Earth’s hottest year on record — and some people are already talking about cooling by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 6, 2016
Brazil to restore huge tract of degraded land in largest pledge of its kind by Chris Arsenault, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Dec 5, 2016
Note to Breitbart: Earth Is Not Cooling, Climate Change Is Real and Please Stop Using Our Video to Mislead Americans, The Weather Channel, Dec 5, 2016

Wed Dec 7, 2016

Indonesia just made a huge move to protect the climate by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 6, 2016
Chilling climate revelations from a previous ice age by David Colgan, University of California News, Dec 2, 2016
A Climate Denier is Leading the NASA Transition by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Dec 6, 2016
More terrifying than Trump? The booming conspiracy culture of climate science denial by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Guardian, Dec 6, 2016
Polar sea ice the size of India vanishes in record heat by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Dec 5, 2016
Trump to name Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA by Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 7, 2016
Trump's pick of Pruitt to run the EPA spells disaster for the environment, Opinion by Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times, Dec 7, 2016
Can Democrats Block Trump’s EPA Nominee? by Evan Lehmann & Benjamin Storrow, Climate Wire/Scientific American, Nov 30, 2016
An Open Letter from Scientists to President-Elect Trump on Climate Change by Michael Lemonick, Scientific American, Dec 6, 2016

Thu Dec 8, 2016

Exxon Wins Latest Legal Round in Climate Fight With Mass. AG by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Dec 7, 2016
Green Groups Subpoenaed by Exxon Say They 'Must Be Doing Something Right' by Deirdre Fuller, Common Dreams, Dec 7, 2016
The Teen-Agers Suing Over Climate Change by Michelle Nijhuis, The New Yorker, Dec 6, 2016
Sea-level expert John Church resurfaces at University of NSW amid new warning signs from Greenland by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 8, 2016
History Reveals Greenland Ice Might Melt Much Faster Than Believed by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Dec 7, 2016
Trump names climate change skeptic and oil industry ally to lead the EPA by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Dec 7, 2016
Environmentalists Outraged Over Trump’s EPA Pick, Scott Pruitt by Douglas Main, Newsweek, Dec 7, 2016
Climate protection gap widening, warns insurance report by Mark Kinver, Science & Environment, BBC News, Dec 7, 2016
Climate shenanigans at the ends of the Earth: why has sea ice gone haywire? by Nerilie Abram, The Conversation AU, Dec 8, 2016
Ecologists publish research on soil's potential to increase the Earth's CO2 by John Blair, Kansas State University News, Dec 7, 2016
Did Al Gore get played? Engaging with Trump brings risk for the left by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Dec 8, 2016
Pruitt, Trump’s EPA pick, has both sides of climate divide girding for a major fight by Brady Dennis & Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 8, 2016

Fri Dec 9, 2016

Report helps scientists communicate how global warming is worsening natural disasters by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Dec 8. 2016
Solar panels have been benefitting the climate ‘since 2011’ by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Dec 6, 2016
What can Australia learn from Germany’s remarkable energy transition? by Anne Kallies, The Conversation AU, Dec 5, 2016
Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings by Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 9, 2016
Trump Team’s Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy by Catherine Treywick & Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg News, Dec 8, 2016
Why Scientists are Scared of Trump: A Pocket Guide by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, Dec 8, 2016
Fear and Loathing at Koch-Funded Trump “Shadow Transition Team” Event by Philip Newell, Nexus Media, Dec 8, 2016
At EPA: Trump’s nominee and 15,000 or so counterweights by Zack Colman, Christian Science Monitor, Dec 9, 2016
Unhealthy forests affect distant ecosystems by Tim Radford, Climae News Network, Dec 9, 2016
CNN Anchor Denies That Trump EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Has “Denied Global Warming” by Andrew Seifter, Media Matters for America, Dec 8, 2016

Sat Dec 10, 2016

Clean Energy ‘Moving Forward’ Despite Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Experts Say by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Dec 8, 2016
Climate Deniers’ Top 3 Tactics by Tamino, Open Mind, Dec 7, 2016
Trump Tabs Another Climate Denier, This Time for Interior by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Dec 9, 2016
More dire data, less climate change concern? by Dave Keating, Deutsche Welle (DW), Dec 9, 2016
Climate Change Likely Caused Deadly 2016 Avalanche In Tibet, Eurasia Review, Dec 9, 2016
Mass. AG Appeals Exxon Ruling, Wants New Judge to Throw Out Oil Giant's Case by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Dec 9, 2016
Exxon's Rex Tillerson, leading climate villain, to be named secretary of state by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Dec 10, 2016
Offshore Wind Project to Go Live as Industry Eyes Trump by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Dec 8, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 10 December, 2016

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