2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11

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

Sun Mar 12, 2017

NSW increases renewable energy but lags behind other states and national target by Harriet Alexander, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 12, 2017
Musk Says He Can Solve Australia Grid Storage Problem In 100 Days Or Fewer (#ElonTweets) by Steve Hanley, Clean Technica, Mar 10, 2017
The Creeping, Quiet Gaslighting of the EPA by Nick Stockton, Wired, Mar 9, 2017
Arctic sea ice may vanish even if world achieves climate goal: study by Alister Doyle, Reuters/Climate Central, Mar 11, 2017
Acclaimed climate science expert to visit Weber State sustainability summit by Leia Larsen, Standard-Examiner, Mar 6, 2017
Most people don’t know climate change is entirely human-made by Michel Le Page, New Scientist, Mar 8, 2017
The ‘Spiral of Silence’ Theory Explains Why People Don’t Speak Up on Things That Matter by Olga Meking, The Science of Us, New York Magazine, Mar 10, 2017
Scott Pruitt denies basic climate science. But most of the outrage is missing the point. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 11, 2017

Mon Mar 13, 2017

Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world’s coral reefs by Elena Becatoros, AP/Washington Post, Mar 12, 2017
Ireland’s climate-change plan: hot air or real action? by Sylvia Thompson, Irish Times, Mar 11, 2017
Scottish Government Approves 48 Megawatt Floating Offshore Wind Farm by Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, Mar 10, 2017
Native Americans Bring Dakota Pipeline Protest To Trump’s Doorstep by Chris D’Angelo, Huffington Post, Mar 10, 2017
The fossil fuel industry's invisible colonization of academia by Benjamin Franta & Geoffrey Supran, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Mar 13, 2017
From recycling royalty to smart buildings, Stockholm mayor takes on climate change by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 6, 2017
If the EPA doesn't believe in science, what is it good for? by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Popular Science, Mar 10, 2017
Trump’s Climate Agenda: Do Less, With Less by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Mar 13, 2017

Tue Mar 14, 2017

Curbing climate change has a dollar value — here’s how and why we measure it by Joseph Aldy, The Conversation US, Mar 12, 2017
One big thing that Trump’s government is missing: Scientists by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 13, 2017
Humans causing up to two-thirds of Arctic summer sea ice loss, study confirms by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Mar 13, 2017
British scientists face a ‘huge hit’ if the US cuts climate change research by Anna Fazackerley, Guardian, Mar 14, 2017
A Perfect (Twitter) Storm by Rob Honeycutt, Skeptical Science, Mar 14, 2017
Now under attack, EPA’s work on climate change has been going on for decades by Greg Dotson, The Conversation US, Mar 9, 2017
Predictable and unpredictable behaviour by Rasmus Benestad, Real Climate, Mar 13, 2017
Changing climate could worsen foods’ nutrition by Susan Milius, Science News, Mar 13, 2017

Wed Mar 15, 2017

California to fight if EPA eases emissions rule by Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 11, 2017
Trump’s Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as National Security Challenge by Andy Revkin, ProPublica, Mar 14, 2017
Trump is poised to issue a sweeping order dismantling Obama’s climate plan this week by Juliet Elperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 14, 2016
Despair is not an option when it comes to climate change, Opinion by Tim Winton, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15, 2017
Obama left Trump a major climate-change report — and independent scientists just said it’s accurate by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 15, 2016
Politicians Shouldn’t Troll through Scientists’ E-mails, Op-ed by Kevin Cowtan & Zeke Hausfather, Scientific American April 2017 Issue
Global Warming Concern at Three-Decade High in US by Lydia Saad, Gallup, Mar 14, 2017
Americans Tilt Toward Protecting Environment, Alternative Fuels by Frank Newport, Gallup, Mar 15, 2017

Thu Mar 16, 2017

Trump to roll back use of climate change in policy reviews: source by David Shepardson, Reuters, Mar 14, 2017
In Trump era, cities must amp up battle vs climate change - official by Ellen Wulfhorst, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 15, 2017
'Are we there yet?': Fears that 'significant' coral mortality still to come by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 16, 2016
Global Heat Continues With Second-Hottest February by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Mar 16, 2017
March Madness: Trump Proposes 31% Cut to EPA and Big Cuts to Climate Change Programs by Jeff Masters, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Mar 16, 2017
Trump budget: US to stop funding UN climate process by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Mar 16, 2017
Trump and Automakers Target EPA Mileage Rules by John Upton, Climate Central, Mar 15, 2017&

Fri Mar 17, 2017

Growing algae bloom in Arabian Sea tied to climate change by Sam McNeil, AP/Washington Post, Mar 15, 2017
Ben Santer on Seth Meyer’s Late Show – How Climate Deniers Lie by Peter Sinclair, Climate Crocks of the Week, Feb 23, 2017
Residual heat from last El Niño could spark new one this year by Brooks Hays, UP, Mar 15, 2016
President Trump Has a Wrecking Ball (and it’s Aimed at the Climate) by Ken Kimmel, Union of Concerned Scientists, Mar 16, 2017
Burning wood for energy ignites fierce academic row by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Mar 15, 2017
Trump seeks input from U.S. energy companies on Paris climate pact by Valerie Volcovici & Timothy Gardner, Reuters, Mar 15, 2017
Trump Budget Blueprint Eviscerates Energy Programs by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Mar 16, 2017
Analysis of “Why are climate-change models so flawed? Because climate science is so incomplete”, Climate Feedback, Mar 16, 2017

Sat Mar 18, 2017

Climate change financing dropped from G20 draft statement by Jan Strupczewski and Michael Nienaber, Reuters, Mar 17, 2017
Former EPA Officials: Trump Budget Is Even Worse Than It Seems by Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News, Mar 17, 2017
Paced version of Denial101x starting on March 21! by Baerbel W, Skeptical Science, Mar 16, 2016
Doctors Warn Climate Change Threatens Public Health by Kavya Balaraman, E&E News/Scientfic American, Mar 17, 2017
Climate Change Has ‘Permanently’ Changed the Great Barrier Reef by Eric Holthaus, Pacific Standard, Mar 16, 2017
UK energy bills have fallen since 2008, says CCC by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Mar 16, 2017
In-depth: What Donald Trump’s budget means for US spending on climate change by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Mar 17, 2017

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 18 March, 2017

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