2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #2

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

Sun Jan 8, 2017

California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe by B Lynn Ingram, Scientific American, Jan 1, 2017
Meet the Obscure Group Influencing Trump's Energy Policy by Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg News, Jan 5, 2017
Beware of nice weather?—?it may be playing tricks on your mind by Marlene Cimons, Think Progress, Jan 4, 2017
The Atlantic Ocean and an Actual Debate in Climate Science by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Jan 7, 2017
Muted La Niña Follows Potent El Niño, NASA's Earth Observatory, Jan 6, 2017
Global warming: Have we lost our chilly winters in north India? by Urmi Goswami, Economic Times, Jan 8, 2017
China cementing global dominance of renewable energy and technology by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Jan 6, 2016
Will We Miss Our Last Chance to Save the World From Climate Change? by Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, Dec 22, 2016

Mon Jan 9, 2017

Here's What You Need to Know on the Upcoming War on Our Health and Environment by Rhea Suh, EcoWatch, Jan 6, 2016
11 Ways to See How Climate Change Is Imperiling the Arctic by Betsy Mason, National Geographic, Jan 8, 2017
Coral bleaching to hit reefs every year from mid-century, says UN by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Jan 5, 2016
A little less gas in the greenhouse: S.C. industries reduced CO2 emissions in 2015 by Tony Bartelme, Charleston Post & Courier, Jan 9, 2017
The year coal collapsed: 2016 was a turning point for Britain’s electricity by Grant Wilson & Iain Staffell, The Conversation UK, Jan 6, 2017
Here Are All the Climate Deniers and Oil Flacks Who Love Trump’s EPA Pick by Rebecca Leber, Mother Jones (Climate Desk), Jan 9, 2017
President Obama Calls Clean Energy Trend “Irreversible” by Meagan Phelan, AAAS, Jan 9, 2017
John Kerry Makes Final Plea to Continue Progress on Climate Change by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Jan 9, 2017

Tue Jan 10, 2017

Without action on climate change, say goodbye to polar bears by Darryl Fears, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 9, 2017
US had near record heat, costly weather disasters in 2016 by Seth Borenstein, AP, Jan 9, 2017
Gasoline taxes fall despite promises to slow climate change - study by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Jan 9, 2017
America’s first ‘clean coal’ plant is now operational — and another is on the way by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 10, 2017
Unrelenting Global Warming Sends Sea Ice to Record Low, As Scientists Feel Heat, Too by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Jan 9, 2017
Conservative media can't stop denying there was no global warming 'pause' by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 10, 2017
"Unprecedented" Polar Melting Unfolds as Climate Disruption Denial Goes Wild by Dahr Jamail, Truthout, Jan 9, 2017
Energy executives, secretive nonprofit raise money to back Pruitt by Alex Guillén & Esther Whieldon, Energy & Environment, Politico, Jan 6, 2017

Wed Jan 11, 2017

In Canada, a move to protect data from Trump by Sarah Tory, High Country News, Jan 10, 2017
Global Warming Arguments You'll Hear for the Next Four Years by Joel Rindelaub, Paste, Jan 9, 2017
Ticking Carbon Clock Warns We Have One Year to Avert Climate Catastrophe by Nika Knight, Common Dreams, Jan 10, 2017
Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Cabinet Could Fuel Warming Crisis by John Upton, Climate Central, Jan 10, 2017
Rex Tillerson is big oil personified. The damage he can do is immense, Opinion by Bill McKibben, Guardian, Jan 11, 2017
Devastating global warming is inevitable due to inaction of international community, says leading economist by Ian Johnson, Independent, Jan 11, 2017
China Wants to Be a Climate Change Watchdog, but Can It Lead by Example? by Edward Wong, New York Times, Jan 10, 2017
Methane may not last long in the atmosphere — but it drives sea level rise for centuries by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 9, 2017

Thu Jan 12, 2017

Antarctic Science Lab On the Move to Escape Breaking Ice by Tom Metcalfe, Live Science, Jan 10, 2017
Rex Tillerson Refuses To Admit Exxon Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago by Alexander C Kaufman, Huffington Post, Jan 11, 2017
Scientists just discovered a massive pool of carbon in central Africa that nobody knew was there by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 9, 2017
Massachusetts judge requires Exxon to hand over climate documents by Scott Malone, Reuters, Jan 11, 2017
In Final Address, Obama Urges U.S. to Deal with Climate Change by Emily Holden, Climate Wire/Scientific American, Jan 11, 2017
Chronology of Military and Intelligence Concerns About Climate Change, The Center for Climate & Security, Jan 12, 2017
As Earth Warms Up, The Sun Is Remarkably Quiet by Bob Henson, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Jan 11, 2017
It’s time to wake up to the devastating impact flying has on the environment by Roger Tyers, The Conversation UK, Jan 11, 2017

Fri Jan 13, 2017

Guest post: Press complaints process is ‘exercise in futility’ for scientists by Phil Williamson & Terry Sloan, Carbon Brief, Jan 6, 2017
The Hermit Who Inadvertently Shaped Climate-Change Science by J Weston Phippin, The Atlantic, Jan 12, 2017
Tillerson Hedges on Climate Science, but Supports Paris Agreement by Neela Banerjee, John H Cushman Jr & Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Jan 12, 2017
Yes, the climate has always changed. This comic shows why that’s no comfort. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 13, 2017
Scientists have a new way to calculate what global warming costs. Trump’s team isn’t going to like it. by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 12, 2017
Climate Change is Costly; Serious Climate Policy is a Bargain by Brian Deese & Jason Furnam, The White House, Jan 12, 2017
European Lawmakers Vote to Pursue Tar Sands Oil Friendly Trade Deal with Canada by Mat Hope DeSmog UK, Jan 12, 2017
Trump CIA Pick Evades Climate Change Questions by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Jan 12, 2017

Sat Jan 14, 2017

Faith leaders reframe climate change as moral issue by Marion Renault, Columbus Dispatch, Jan 13, 2017
Climate Change Is the World’s Biggest Risk, in 3 Charts by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Jan 12, 2017
Humans have destroyed 7% of Earth’s pristine forest landscapes just since 2000 by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 13, 2017
A Big Test for Big Batteries by Diane Cardwell & Clifford Krauss, Energy & Environmnet, New York Times, Jan 14, 2017
Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level rise by Jennifer Chu, NASA's Global Climate Change, Jan 13, 2017
Talk Nerdy: Anti-Science, Trump, and Why I Hope Science Will Help Save the World by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Jan 11, 2017
Fearing Trump Data Purge, Environmentalists Push to Get Records by Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg News, Jan 13, 2016
California Considers Guaranteeing Carbon Prices in Trump Era by Mathew Carr, Bloomberg News, Jan 13, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 14 January, 2017

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