2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17

Editor's Pick

It’s Easy to be Tricked by a Climate Denier

Here’s what to watch out for…"

My father has an MBA from Harvard, an engineering degree from Cornell, and has been CEO of half a dozen companies. He’s smart, accomplished, and well-read. He’s also an open-minded man willing to adjust his own opinions in light of new information he encounters. Prior to reading this book, he believed that climate change was real, man-made, and required urgent attention. He and I even started a solar company together, both of us motivated by the desire to help address climate change.

My initial response to my father’s assertions about the book was surprise that he would question the truth about climate change. But then, as I thought about it, I became excited that maybe it could be true, and the world is, in fact, not heading toward climate disaster. I have a lot of fears about what we are doing to our world, and I hoped that Wrightstone was actually right. Maybe he had written the most important expose in modern times. Wouldn’t that be wonderful for us all? So, I read the book.

It’s Easy to be Tricked by a Climate Denier by Willard MacDonald, Environment, Medium, Apr 20, 2019

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Sun Apr 21, 2019

• A permafrost meltdown in Alaska is happening now and rapid changes are coming with it by John Tetpon, Native Nation, Anchorage Press, Apr 16, 2019
• New research, April 8-14, 2019 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Apr 19, 2019
• How climate change could trigger the next financial crisis, Opinion by Pedro Nicolaci Da Costa, MarketWatch, Apr 18, 2019
• Climate change: Do you know the basics? by Ryan Smith, Health, CNN, Apr 19, 2019
• Extinction Rebellion: police to forcibly clear protesters from London sites by Vikram Dodd & Damien Gayle, Environment, Guardian, Apr 21, 2019
• The most effective ways to curb climate change might surprise you by Drew Kann, Will Houp, Judson Jones, and Sean O'Key, Interactive Specials, CNN, Apr 19, 2019
• The dirt on soil loss from the Midwest floods by Jim Ippolito &amp Mahdi Al-Kaisi, The Conversation US, Apr 16, 2019
• Dutch engineers build world's biggest sun-seeking solar farm by Daniel Boffey, World, Guardian, Apr 21, 2019

Mon Apr 22, 2019

• Rising Methane Emissions Could Derail the Paris Agreement by Emily Underwood, EOS/AGU, Apr 19, 2019
• Slow burn? The long road to a zero-emissions UK, Opinion by Robin MCkie, Comment is Free, Observer/Guardian, Apr 21, 2019
• Earth Day 2019: High temperatures, rising waters, wild weather — who is to blame? We are. by Doyle Rice and Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, Apr 21, 2019
• Hey Earthling, how much do you know about this planet? by Michelle Lou & Saeed Ahmed, CNN, Apr 22, 2019
• 7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 22, 2019
• Greenland is melting even faster than experts thought, study finds by Jen Christensen, CNN, Apr 22, 2019
• Food, fuel, and the future of human development, Opinion by Craig Hanson, Devex, Apr 22, 2019
• 15 great reads for your Earth Day week, NOAA, Apr 21, 2019

Tue Apr 23, 2019

• Don’t Fall for Political Distractions. Saving Our Planet Must Come First, Opinion by Robert Redford, Time Magazine, Apr 22, 2019
• The Observer view on climate change protesters: their voice must be heard, Editorial, Comment is Free, Observer/Guardian, Apr 21, 2019
• Most Teachers Don't Teach Climate Change; 4 In 5 Parents Wish They Did by Anya Kamenetz, Morning Edition, Apr 22, 2019
• Longtime Columbia meteorologist Jim Gandy announces his retirement by Noah Feit, The State (Columbia, SC), Apr 17, 2019
• Vietnam just observed its highest temperature ever recorded: 110 degrees, in April by Matthew Cappucci, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Apr 22, 2019
• More than a thousand arrested in ‘Extinction Rebellion’ protests against climate change by Kyle Swensen, Morning Mix, Washington Post, Apr 23, 3029
• These grandparents are dropping everything to fight climate change by Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, Apr 23, 2019
• Climate’s Troubling Unknown Unknowns, Opinion by William B. Gail, New York Times, Apr 21, 2019

Wed Apr 24, 2019

• The Greta Thunberg effect: at last, MPs focus on climate change by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, Apr 23, 2019
• Climate change makes poor countries poorer, widening global inequality, researchers say by Lydia DePillis, CNN Business, Apr 22, 2019
• Melting permafrost in Arctic will have $70tn climate impact – study by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, Apr 23, 2019
• Greenland Is Falling Apart by Robinson Meyer, Science, The Atlantic, Apr 23, 2019
• These Scientists Are Radically Changing How They Live To Cope With Climate Change by Zahra Hirji, BuzzFeed News, Apr 23, 2019
• 'My nightmare has already happened' by Daniel Cusick, Climatewire, E&E News, Apr 24, 2019
• State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Apr 23, 2019
• Greta Thunberg is right – only a general strike will force action on climate change, Opinion by McEver Dugan & Evan Cholerton, Comment is Free, Guardian, Apr 24, 2019

Thu Apr 25, 2019

• Support for Extinction Rebellion soars after Easter protests by Matthew Taylor & Molly Blackall, Environment, Guardian, Apr 24, 2019
• Ocean species are disappearing faster than those on land by Christina Nunez, Environment, National Geographic, Apr 28, 2019
• Oilsands CO2 emissions may be far higher than companies report, scientists say by Zach Dubinsky, Technology & Science, CBC News, Apr 23, 2019
• A toxic microbe lurks on the SC coast. Older fat men should worry most by Sammy Fretwell, South Carolina, The State, Apr 24, 2019
• World’s second largest emperor penguin colony ‘disappeared overnight’ with thousands of chicks wiped out by Harry Cockburn, environment, Independent, Apr 24, 2019
• Librarian rushes to archive Alberta’s climate change data before change in government by Sarah Lawrynuik, The Narwhal, Apr 18, 2019
• Deforestation: Tropical tree losses persist at high levels by Matt McGrath, Science & Environment, BBC News, Apr 25, 2019
• Cyclone Kenneth: Thousands evacuated as Mozambique is hit with the strongest storm in its history by Brandon Miller &  Bukola Adebayo, CNN, Apr 25, 2019
• Global Climate Coalition: Documents Show How a Fossil Fuel Lobby Group Manipulated UN Climate Negotiations by Karen Savage & Mat Hope, Climate Liability News, Apr 25, 2019

Fri Apr 26, 2019

• Why the climate protests disrupting London are different by Eliza Barclay & Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 25, 2019
• Climate-change activists worldwide look to courts as a powerful new ally by Rick Noack & A. Odysseus Patrick, Europe, Washington Post, Apr 24, 2019
• World's oceans are becoming stormier, researchers discover by Hannah Devlin, Environment, Guardian, Apr 25, 2019
• Why Climate Action Plans are not Good Enough to Deliver a Low-Carbon Future in Cities, Opinion by Karishma Asarpota, Inter Press Service (IPS), Apr 23, 2019
• More nuclear means more waste disposal: the options, science, engineering by James Conca, Energy Post, Apr 26, 2019
• How a New White House Memo Could Undermine Science in U.S. Policy by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Apr 25, 2019
• U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast Facing High Threat of Sea-Level Rise in Next 10 Years by Robert Wells, University of Central Florida (UCF) Today, Apr 23, 2019
• Cyclone Kenneth: Flooding feared as heavy rains hit Mozambique, BBC News, Apr 26, 2019

Sat Apr 27, 2019

• Climate Action Now: 3 U.S. States, 3 Cities and Puerto Rico Lead the Way by Dan Lashof and Tyler Clevenger, World Resources Institute (WRI) Apr 22, 2019
• Trump's massive off-shore drilling plan in limbo after court ruling upholds exploration ban by Ledyard King, USA Today, Apr 25, 2019
• North American drilling boom threatens big blow to climate efforts, study finds by Oliver Milman, Environment, Guardian, Apr 25, 2019
• Heavy rains lash Mozambique after cyclone, death toll rises to five by Emma Rumney , Reuters, Apr 27, 2019
• It’s Easy to be Tricked by a Climate Denier by Willard MacDonald, Environment, Medium, Apr 20, 2019
• We're probably not going to hit the world's most important climate goal by Mark Kaufman, Science, Mashable, Apr 24, 2019
• The science behind Extinction Rebellion’s three climate change demands by Adam Vaughan, Environment, New Scientist, Apr 25, 2019
• Our school climate strikes have been a success and we’re only getting started, Opinion by Anna Taylor, Comment is Free, Guardian, Apr 25, 2019

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 27 April, 2019

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