2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #5

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

Sun Jan 29, 2017

World Bank disputes report tying Peru loans to Amazon destruction by Chris Arsenault, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Jan 26, 2017
Global warming could increase levels of toxic mercury in fish, experts warn by John von Radowitz, Environment, The Independent, Jan 27, 2017
The challenge of defining the ‘pre-industrial’ era by Ed Hawkins, Carbon Brief, Jan 25, 2017
It's possible to 'vaccinate' Americans against fake news, experiment shows by Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, Jan 26, 2017
Analysis: BP Energy Outlook sees coal demand peaking for first time by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Jan 27, 2017
Dante's Inferno" in Chile: All-Time National Heat Record Smashed by 6°F by Jeff Masters, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Jan 27, 2017
“God Bless Trump”: 25 Years Ago This Man Kick Started the First Fossil Fuel–Funded Campaigns to Attack Climate Science by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Jan 29, 2017
As the White House changes course on climate change, California stubbornly presses forward by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, Jan 29, 2017

Mon Jan 30, 2017

Trump’s EPA pick stonewalls senators questioning his industry ties by Samantha Page, Think Progress, Jan 27, 2017
Prince Charles may raise climate change during Trump's visit to Britain by Robert Booth, Guardian, Jan 29, 2017
How Trump’s travel ban could hurt science by Sarah Kaplan, Speaking of Scince, Washington Post, Jan 29, 2017
Here’s how we know Trump’s cabinet picks are wrong on human-caused global warming by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consenus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 30, 2017
Trump 'will definitely pull out of Paris climate change deal' by Tom Batchelor, The Independent, Jan 30, 2017
Green movement 'greatest threat to freedom', says Trump adviser by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Jan 30, 2017
Anxiety Mounts at National Labs Over Future of Climate Research by Umair Irfan, E&E News/Scientific American, Jan 30, 2017
Absence of carbon capture and storage is ‘biggest challenge to’ 2C limit by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 30, 2017

Tue Jan 31, 2017

Scotland eyes 50% renewable energy by 2030 in shift away from North Sea oil by Severen Carrell, Guardian, Jan 24, 2017
Trump's Promise to Pay for Infrastructure With Fossil Fuel Revenue Rings Hollow by Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News, Jan 30, 2017
President Trump’s First Week: Is Environmental Democracy in Jeopardy? by Elizabeth Moses and Carole Excell, World Resources Instittue (WRI), Jan 30, 2017
Another alarm for scientists: Trump’s pick to guide NOAA transition by Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy, Jan 30, 2017
Storms preview sea-rise damage to California roads, cities by Ellen Knickmeyer, AP/Salon, Jan 31, 2017
Delays to government's climate change-fighting plan 'deeply concerning' by Ian Johnston, The Independent, Jan 30, 2017
A new battle over politics and science could be brewing. And scientists are ready for it by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 31, 2017
Judge in environmental activist's trial says climate change is matter of debate by Sam Levin, Guardian, Jan 31, 2017

Wed Feb 1, 2017

The UK's main climate sceptic club's membership is dwindling – yet they still hold power in certain arenas, Opinion by Bob Ward, Independent, Jan 30, 2017
“Planned Retreat” Enters the Climate Dialogue by Erika Bolstad, E&E News/Scientific American, Jan 31, 2017
India shows it's serious about solar with giant power plant by Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Jan 26, 2017
Trump is copying the Bush censorship playbook. Scientists aren't standing for it by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consenus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 30, 2017
Democrats boycott controversial EPA nominee Scott Pruitt’s committee confirmation vote by Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney & David Weigel, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 1, 2017
How Trump Transition Officials Are Privately Explaining the Chaos at the EPA by Tim Sohn, Science, Slate, Feb 1, 2017
Coal could get clean-energy subsidy under new Turnbull focus by Mark Kenny, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 1, 2017
Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal tipping point by Amitav Ghosh & Aaron Savio Lobo, Guardian, Jan 31, 2017

Thu Feb 2, 2017

Antarctic Bottom Waters Freshening at Unexpected Rate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Feb 1, 2017
Trump official: Climate change doubter no longer part of NOAA transition by Stuart Leavanworth, McClatchy/Chicago Tribune, Feb 1, 2017
‘Listen to Evidence’: March for Science Plans Washington Rally on Earth Day by Nicholas St Fleur, New York Times, Feb 1, 2017
Senate Republicans suspend committee rules to approve Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA nominee by Brady Dennis & Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 2, 2017
‘Beyond the extreme’: Scientists marvel at ‘increasingly non-natural’ Arctic warmth by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 1, 2017
Future of Paris Accord Uncertain as Tillerson Becomes Secretary of State by Benjamin Hulac, Jean Chemnick, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 2, 2017
The EPA Has Started to Remove Obama-era Information by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 2, 2017

Fri Feb 3, 2017

E.U. Looks to China for Climate Leadership by Alissa de Carbonnel, Scientific American by Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters/Scientific American, Feb 1, 2017
Republicans Try a New Tack on Climate Change by Justin Gillis, Science, New York Times, Feb 2, 2017
Scientists Say They Now Know Why Antarctic Meltwater Stays Below Ocean Surface by Kevin Krajik, Sate of the Planet, Earth Institute, Columbia University, Feb 2, 2017
EPA Nominee Pruitt Downplays Climate Change Threat to Oceans by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Feb 1, 2017
Survey: Only a quarter of Trump voters believe in human-caused climate change by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Envronment, Washingto Post, Feb 2, 2017
Just in Time for Trump, Jury Says Defense of Planet Is No Crime by Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, Feb 2, 2017
The Free Flow of Scientific Information Is Critical for Democracy, Opinion by Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, Feb 3, 2017
Sweden criticises US climate stance as it reveals ambitious carbon emissions law, Agencies, Guardian, Feb 3, 2017

Sat Feb 4, 2017

Mayans Have Farmed The Same Way For Millennia. Climate Change Means They Can't by Gabriel Popkin, NPR, Feb 3, 2017
Wetlands Can Help Fight Climate Change by Brittany Patterson, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 3, 2017
Forest fires cause national emergency in Chile by Jan Rocha, Climate News Network, Feb 3, 2017
How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands by Adrian Wood, The Conversation UK, Feb 1, 2017
Seawater dents delta rice production by Paul Brown, Climate News Network, Feb 4, 2017
'We should assume our worst fears will be realised': climate scientist on Donald Trump by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 5, 2017
Why Environmentalists Are So Worried About Trump's Supreme Court Pick by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Feb 1, 2017

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 4 February, 2017

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