2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #21
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, May 19 through Sat, May 25, 2019
Editor's Pick
Why school strikers are guest editing Climate Home News
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Over the coming weeks (or months – let’s see how it goes) Climate Home News will host reporting, personal reflections and commentary written by a group of young people who have inspired the world.
It’s normal for us to host commentary from activists. But this is something different. Something we would never normally do. It’s an open offer to a group to use our site as a platform to express their ideas.
We aren’t doing it because we endorse everything the school strikes or Fridays for Future movement says, does or calls for. We are doing it because it’s our job to bring you the full picture.
Climate change is the archetypal issue of intergenerational justice. As the population ages in many countries around the world, the balance of power between young and old is becoming increasingly skewed. Given the complexion of the media, it is fair to question whether their voices and interests are being represented here.
These young people have shown they are masters of disruptive forms of social media and protest. In March, just a few months after forming, they held a global strike that surpassed every organised climate rally held before it. They achieved this with no pre-existing organisational apparatus, real funding or control of traditional media platforms. They are worth listening to.
Why school strikers are guest editing Climate Home News by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home News, May 23, 2019
Links posted on Facebook
Sun May 19, 2019
- As risks rise, too little is spent to avert disasters, say UN and Red Cross by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 14, 2019
- New research, May 6-12, 2019 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, May 18, 2019
- UN chief calls for ‘enlightened self-interest’ from world leaders to save ‘the whole planet’ from climate change, UN News, May 18, 2019
- 50 million under threat of severe weather as hail, rain and tornadoes move East by Madeline Holcombe & Christina Maxouris, CNN. May 19, 2019
- 12 Female Climate Activists Who Are Saving the Planet by Joe McCarthy & Erica Sanchez, Global Citizen, Apr 18, 2019
- Time to join up work on climate change, ocean conservation and biodiversity loss, Opinion by Tommy Remengesau Jr. & Robert Watson, Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 14, 2019
- The work of love in the face of doom: Christianity and the climate crisis, Opinion by Sarah Bachelard, ABC (Australia) Religion & Ethics, May 13, 2019
- Should short-haul flights be banned? Climate change is a major issue in elections in Europe and Australia. Analysis by Rick Noack, World, Washington Post, May 17, 2019
- It Was Supposed to Be Australia’s Climate Change Election. What Happened?, Analysis by Damien Cave, World, New York Times, May 19, 2019
Mon May 20, 2019
- One day we'll disappear': Tuvalu's sinking islands by Eleanor Ainge Roy, Seascape: the state of our oceans, Guardian, May 16, 2019
- Why The U.S. Just Had Its Wettest 12-Month Stretch On Record by Marshall Shepherd, Science, Forbes, ghMay 19, 2019
- How the Mental Health Community Is Bracing for the Impact of Climate Change by Andrea Marks, Culture, Rolling Stones Magazine, May 16, 2019
- 2 million people are at 'high' risk for catastrophic tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas by Holly Yan & Christina Maxouris, CNN, May 20, 2019
- BP headquarters in London blockaded by Greenpeace by Matthew Weaver, Business, Guardian, May 20, 2019
- Dr Jane Goodall urges climate change protesters to follow up marches with proactive action by Mark Quinlivan, Newshub (New Zealand), May 20, 2019
- The plastic industry is on track to produce as many emissions as 600 coal-fired power plants by Zoya Teirstein, Grist, May 16, 2019
- Are carbon offsets a scam?' by Sarah Peach, Ask Sarah, Yale Climate Connections, May 20, 2019
- Jay Inslee is writing the climate plan the next president should adopt by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 18, 2019
Tue May 21, 2019
- Earth's oceans could rise over 6 feet by 2100 as polar ice melts, swamping coastal cities such as NYC by Doyle Rice, USA Today, May 20, 2019
- India investing more money in solar power than coal for first time by Harry Cockburn, Environment, Independent (UK), May 20, 2019
- Offshore Drilling Has Become a Liability for the GOP by James Deaton, Nexus Media, May 20, 2019
- After 19 tornadoes ripped through 4 states, millions are now under flash flooding threat by Christina Maxouris, CNN, May 21, 2019
- Climate change: sea level rise could displace millions of people within two generations by Jonathan Bamber & Michael Oppenheimer, The Conversation US, May 20, 2019
- Xcel Energy’s Plan to Eliminate Coal and Boost Solar in Minnesota by James Cignac, Union of Concerned Scientists, May 20, 2019
- Kitchener teen calls on Canada to declare national climate emergency, CBC News, May 20, 2019
- Michael Bennet links conservation with global warming in new climate plan by Dan Merica, CNN, May 20, 2019
Wed May 22, 2019
- Dangerous heat wave to stretch from Egypt to Turkey, Syria into Friday by Eric Leister, AccuWeather, May 21, 2019
- Turning one greenhouse gas into another could combat climate change by James Temple, MIT Technology Review, May 20, 2019
- Global platform on disaster risk reduction: we need a drastic change of course, WMO Press Release, May 17, 2019
- 'We have to learn to live with fire': How wildfires are changing Canadian summers, CBC Radio, May 20, 2019
- Introducing a new citizens initiative for carbon pricing in Europe by BaerbelW, Skeptical Science, May 22, 2019
- Climate Change Won't Wait Until 2020—We Need Bipartisan Action Now, Opinion by Michael E Mann, Newsweek, May 21, 2019
- Calling All Parents — Now Is the Time! by Lisa Hoyos, Sierra Club, May 9, 2019
- What if we covered the climate crisis like we did the start of the second world war?, Opinion by Bill Moyers, Comment is Free, Guardian, May 22. 2019
Thu May 23, 2019
- As the climate crisis worsens, cities turn to parks by Sarah Gibbens, Environment, National Geographic, May 21, 2019
- What's next for the coal mine that helped to return Morrison to power?, Explainer by Peter Hannam, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, May 22, 2019
- Turn Methane into CO2 to Reduce Warming, Experts Propose by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, May 21, 2019
- It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 21, 2019
- Architect of Paris Agreement says we need to ‘go exponential’ to beat climate crisis by Fatima Syed, National Observer (Canada), May 22, 2919
- Rich Need To Tackle Climate Change As Research Shows It Will Eventually Make Them Poorer by Oliver Williams, Forbes, May 23, 2019
- Half of Maryland’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030 by Ovetta Wiggins, Local, Washington Post, May 22, 2019
- We need everyone’: Greta Thunberg calls on adults to join climate strikes by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, May 23, 2019
Fri May 24, 2019
- What happened to the climate change election? Opinion by Waleed Aly, Sydney Morning Herald, May 23, 2019
- 'There's No Fish to Catch': Global Warming Upends Traditional Livelihoods in Sri Lanka by Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Environment, Pacific Standard, May 22, 2019
- Top GOP pollster finds overwhelming support for carbon tax by millennial Republicans by Joe Romm, Think Progress, May 22, 2019
- School strike for climate: Protests staged around the world, BBC News, May 24, 2019
- Forget the 'Polar Vortex.' Here comes the 'Death Ridge' and record heat for the Southeast by Doyle Rice, USA Today, May 23, 2019
- The administration tried to muzzle this scientist on climate change. But he won’t go away., Opinion by Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, May 22, 2019
- Coral bleaching event underway in French Polynesia despite no El Nino by Jo Kahn, Science, ABC News (Australia), May 21, 2019
- ABC News spent more time on royal baby in one week than on climate crisis in one year by Lisa Hymas & Ted MacDonald, Media Matters for America, May 21, 2019
Sat May 25, 2019
- Chile's Southern Patagonia Ice Field ruptured by climate change - scientists by Natalia A. Ramos Miranda, Reuters, May 23, 2019
- Fire-driven weather is 'new reality' for Canada and elsewhere, expert cautions by Émilie Quesnel, CBC Radio. May 23, 2019
- How Climate Change May Affect the Plants in Your Yard by Nadia Popovich, New York Times, May 23, 2019
- Why school strikers are guest editing Climate Home News by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home News, May 23, 2019
- 3 Things To Know About The Memorial Day Heat Wave In The Southeast by Marshall Shepherd, Science, Forbes, May 25, 2019
- First, Climate Change, Now the Global Extinction Crisis: Industry-Paid Hacks Deny Science to Congress by Justin Mikulka, DeSmog, May 23, 2019
- What’s up with all this wild, weird weather — and is it linked to climate change? by Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, May 24, 2019
- European forests could ‘live fast and die young’ in a warming climate by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, May 15, 2019
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 25 May, 2019
