2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #1

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

Sun Jan 1, 2017

The 15 Most Ridiculous Things That Media Figures Said About Environmental Issues In 2016 by Kevin Kalhoefer & Andrew Seifter, Media Matters, Dec 28, 2017
2016, the year that was: Environment & Energy by Michael Hopkin, The Conversation AU, Dec 27, 2016
Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says by Emma Bryce, Environment, Guardian, Dec 27, 2016
Conservationist Terry Tempest Williams puts herself on frontline of climate fight by Ben Goldfarb, Environment, Guardian, Dec 31, 2016
Happy New Tropical Earth Orbital Period! Kinda! by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Jan 1, 2017
Heat Is On for 2017, Just Not Record-Setting by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Dec 30, 2016
Can a federal government scientist in California convince Trump that climate change is real? by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, Jan 1, 2017
‘Complex’ Climate Fund Procedures Hindering Development by Mahfuzur Rahman, Inter Press Service (IPS), Dec 20, 2016

Mon Jan 2, 2017

'This is possible. We did it': the week Portugal ran on renewables by Sam Jones, Guardian, Dec 26, 2016
US Doubles Down On Wave Energy, $40 Mil For New Test Bed by Tina Casey, Clean Technica, Dec 31, 2016
Madhya Pradesh plans to develop 1,100 'climate-smart' villages, Times of India, Dec 30, 2016
4 reasons not to completely despair about climate change in 2017 by Neil Bhatiya, The Week, Jan 2, 2017
Climate change in 2016: the good, the bad, and the ugly by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 2, 2017
Donald Trump makes top Republican fear environmental future by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Jan 2, 2017
The hottest year in history sees the election of a new president who questions climate science by William Yardley, Los Angeles Times, Dec 29, 2016
Alberta 'still standing' on Day 2 of carbon tax as opposition promotes climate denial by Rob Drinkwater, National Observer, Jan 2, 2017

Tue Jan 3, 2017

Why People Resist Changing Their Political Beliefs When Confronted with Counterevidence by Mary West, Psych2Go, Dec 30, 2016
Can Carbon Capture Technology Prosper Under Trump? by John Schwartz, Science, New York Times, Jan 2, 2017
Weak Federal Powers Could Limit Trump’s Climate-Policy Rollback by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Jan 2, 2017
Where to Follow the Climate Action in 2017 by John Upton, Climate Central, Jan 2, 2017
Climate change hits home as rivers and taps dry up by Bernadine Mutano, Daily Nation, Jan 2, 2017
2017: Pipeline Resistance Gathers Steam From Dakota Access, Keystone Success by Lisa Song, InsideCliamte News, Jan 2, 2017
Climate Change Is Raising Flood Risk in the Northern U.S. by Erika Bolstad, ClimateWire/Scientificc American, Jan 3, 2017
A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change by Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, Jan 2, 2017

Wed Jan 4, 2017

Why don’t people get it? Seven ways that communicating risk can fail by Rod Lamberts, The Conversation AU. Jan 3, 2016
15 before-and-after images that show how we're transforming the planet by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 2, 2017
Attacking Science in Week One: How Congress is Trying to Dismantle Public Protections by Yogin Kothari, Union of Concerned Scientists, Jan 3, 2017
2017: Agriculture Begins to Tackle Its Role in Climate Change by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Jan 4, 2017
A trigger action from sea-level rise? by Rasmus Benestad, Real Climate, Jan 2, 2017
NOAA challenged the global warming ‘pause.’ Now new research says the agency was right by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 4, 2017
The underestimated danger of a breakdown of the Gulf Stream System by Stefan Rahmstorf, Real Climate, Jan 4, 2017
The Republicans Who Want Trump to Fight Climate Change by Kate Aronoff, The Atlantic, Jan 4. 2017
Endangered Species Under GOP? Climate Change Information on the Web by Andrew Revkin, ProPublica, Jan. 4, 2017
New study confirms NOAA finding of faster global warming by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 2, 2017

Thu Jan 5, 2017

All the state energy legislation from 2016, in one place by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 20, 2016
Here’s what optimistic liberals get wrong about Trump and climate change by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 4. 2017
Flooding in Denmark becoming the norm by Christian W, CPH Post Online, Jan 5, 2017
Conditions That Form More Hurricanes Also Protect U.S., Study Finds by Henry Fountain, Science, New York Times, Jan 4, 2017
Federal Climate Investigation of Exxon Likely to Fizzle Under Trump by David Hasmyer, InsideClimate News, Jan 5, 2017
New Study Confirms Sea Surface Temperatures Are Warming Faster Than Previously Thought by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Jan 5, 2017
China to plough $360 bln into renewable fuel by 2020 by Meng Meng and Beijing Monitoring Desk, Reuters, Jan 5, 2017
Low sea ice extent continues in both poles, National Snow & Ice Data Center, Jan 5, 2017

Fri Jan 6, 2017

Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Jan 4, 2017
Exxon’s $180 Million Deal With Trump’s Pick for State by John Upton, Climate Central, Jan 4, 2017
Where did the myth of a climate change 'pause' come from? by Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Christian Science Monitor, Jan 4, 2017
Ocean data upgrade confirms pace of recent warming by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 4, 2017
James Delingpole article calling ocean acidification 'alarmism' cleared by press watchdog by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Jan 5, 2017
World heat shatters records in 2016 in new sign of global warming by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Jan 5, 2016
Prepare for reanimation of the zombie myth ‘no global warming since 2016’ by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 6, 2017
The fire through the smoke: Working for transparency in climate projections, News Release, Princeton University, Jan 4, 2017

Sat Jan 7, 2017

On Climate Change, Higher Education Leaders Call on Trump to Reverse Course by Zahra Hirji, Climate Central, Jan 6, 2017
As Donald Trump Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die of It, Opinion by Nicholas Kristof, Sunday Review, New York Times, Jan 6, 2017
Climate Change Might Make Birds Mis-Time Their Migrations by Kavya Balaraman, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Jan 6, 2017
Get a look at the innards of a 270-foot wind turbine by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 5, 2017
The crack in this Antarctic ice shelf just grew by 11 miles. A dramatic break could be imminent. by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 6, 2017
The Very Real Threat of Trump’s Climate Denialism by Paul Offit, The Daily Beast, Jan 7, 2017
Fossil leaves suggest global warming will be harder to fight than scientists thought by Eric Hand, Science, Jan 4, 2017
Global warming turns up the heat on glacial lake risk in the Himalayas by Nabin Baral, IRIN, Jan 5, 2017

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 7 January, 2017

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