2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #14
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 29 through Sat, Apr 4, 2020
Editor's Choice
Bill McKibben on Solidarity in the Time of Social Distancing
HEATED is a new 6-episode, limited-run podcast series that shows how COVID-19 and the climate crisis cannot be separated. In a series of up-to-the-minute interviews, HEATED newsletter's Emily Atkin connects the dots on how two of the most pressing issues of our time are really one and the same. First up: Bill McKibben, a leader in the climate movement for more than 20 years as a journalist, author, and co-founder of 350.org.
Bill McKibben on Solidarity in the Time of Social Distancing by Emily Atkin, HEATED/Drilled News, Apr 1, 2020
Click here to access a transcript of the podcast
Articles Linked to on Facebook
Sun, Mar 29, 2020
- ‘Misinformation kills’: The link between coronavirus conspiracies and climate denial by Shannon Osaka, Grist, Mar 28, 2020
- Tackle climate crisis and poverty with zeal of Covid-19 fight, scientists urge by Fiona Harvey, Guardian, Mar 28, 2020
- Why the Mosaic Expedition’s Research Is So Vital To Climate Change Research by Esther Horvath & Michelle Nijhuis, Science, Smithsonian Magazine, Mar 29, 2020
- The Nature of Crisis by Bill McKibben Annals of a Warming Planet, New Yorker Magazine, Mar 26, 2020
Mon, Mar 30, 2020
- Shrinking Ozone Hole, Climate Change Are Causing Atmospheric “Tug of War” by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 26, 2020
- Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis, National Snow & Data Center, NSIDC, Mar 24, 2020
- Climate change set to make extreme heat more common - and costly by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 25, 2020
- California approves climate change target that critics say is far too weak by Sammy Roth, Climate & Environment, Los Angeles Times, Mar 26, 2020
- The missing puzzle piece for getting to 100% clean power by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 28, 2020
- EU leaders agree to consider climate in coronavirus recovery plan by Kate Abnett, Matthew Green & Simon Jessop, reuters, Mar 28, 2020
- Greta's World by Stephen Rodrick, Politics, RollingStone Magazine, Mar 26, 2020
Tue, Mar 31, 2020
- Trump’s Move to Suspend Enforcement of Environmental Laws is a Lifeline to the Oil Industry by Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna, David Hasemyer & Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News, Mar 27, 2020
- A place that makes you ask the questions that really matter, Climate Change, Stories, BBC News, Mar 30, 2020
- Japan submits updated emissions plan, leaving carbon target unchanged by Aaron Sheldrick, Reuters, Mar 30, 2020
- What the Coronavirus Curve Teaches Us About Climate Change by Howard Kunreuther & Paul Slovic, Politico Magazine, Mar 26, 2020
- It’s Important to Keep Talking About Climate Change Now by Heather Hansman, Outside Magazine, Mar 29, 2020
- U.S. to Announce Rollback of Auto Pollution Rules, a Key Effort to Fight Climate Change by Coral Davenport, Climate, New York Times, Mar 30, 2020
- Self-isolation proves a boon to rainfall project by John Amos, Science & Environment, BBC News, Mar 31, 2020
- Coronavirus Or Climate Change? Greta Thunberg And The Woke Generation Teach Us Important Lessons In Leadership by Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, Mar 31, 2020
Wed, Apr 1, 2020
- Bottling it? Plastic pollution from Coca-Cola, PepsiCo fuels emissions by Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation. Mar 31, 2020
- Barclays sets net zero carbon target for 2050 after investor pressure by Kalyeena Makortoff, Banking, Guardian, Mar 30, 2020
- Coronavirus, climate change parallels by Amanda White, top1000funds.com , Mar 31, 2020
- Abnormally warm Gulf of Mexico could intensify the upcoming tornado and hurricane seasons by Matthew Cappucci, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Mar 31, 2020
- Climate crisis may have pushed world's tropical coral reefs to tipping point of 'near-annual' bleaching by Graham Readfearn, Environment, Guardian, Mar 31, 2020
- Trump’s Fuel Efficiency Reduction Would Be Largest Anti-Climate Rollback Ever by Marianne Lavelle & Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Mar 31, 2020
- Amid pandemic, U.N. cancels global climate conference by Brady Dennis & Chris Mooney, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 1, 2020
- We Can't Tackle Climate Change Without You by Mary Annaïse Heglar, WIRED Magazine, Apr 1, 2020
Thu, Apr 2, 2020
- In the Mountains and Deserts of Utah, Columbia Spotted Frogs Are Sentinels of Climate Change by Judy Fahys, KUNC/InsideClimate News, Apr 1, 2020
- 'We dodged a bullet in Sydney': Record fire season comes to a close by Laura Chung & Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 31, 2020
- Climate change is making nightingales' wings shorter and their annual migration harder, study finds by Rob Picheta, CNN, Apr 1, 2020
- Neil deGrasse Tyson on why ‘Cosmos’ is even more important in the coronavirus era by Kelly Lawler, USA Today, Mar 30, 2020
- Governments urged not to shirk climate action after summit delay by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 2, 2020
- Challengers rev their engines to fight Trump's auto emissions weakening by David Shepardson & Lawrence Hurley, Reuters, Apr 1, 2020
- Can ‘Carbon Smart’ Farming Play a Key Role in the Climate Fight? by Gabriel Popkin, Yale Environment 360, Mar 31, 2020
- Inside Clean Energy: 7 Questions (and Answers) About How Covid-19 is Affecting the Clean Energy Transition by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, Apr 2, 2020
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
- COP’s Postponement Until 2021 Gives World Leaders Time to Respond to U.S. Election by Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News, Apr 1, 2020
- Our environmental practices make pandemics like the coronavirus more likely by Sigal Samuel, Future Perfect, Vox, Mar 31. 2020
- Climate disasters seen increasing conflict risk in large countries by Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 2, 2020
- 'We must use this time well': climate experts hopeful after Cop26 delay by Fiona Harvey, Environment, Guardian, Apr 2, 2020
- Hurricanes in a pandemic: 'Absolutely that’s our nightmare scenario' by Kimberly Miller & Gareth McGrath, USA Today, Apr 2, 2020
- Resilience After Recession: 4 Ways to Reboot the U.S. Economy by Devashree Saha, World Resources Institute (WRI), Mar 31, 2020
- Climate monitoring and research could fall victim to coronavirus, scientists fear by Oliver Milman, Science, Guardian, Apr 3, 2020
- Our post-pandemic selves: why the virus is an opportunity to grow and develop by Adrienne Matei, Life & Style, Guardian, Apr 3, 2020
Sat, Apr 4, 2020
- Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two by Shadia Nasralla, Valerie Volcovici & Matthew Green, Reuters, Apr 3, 2020
- Plant and animal species at risk of extinction by Kristen Pope, Articles, Yale Climate Connections, Mar 24, 2020
- Climate Change Has Doubled Riskiest Fire Days in California by Anne C. Mulkern, E&E News/Scientific American, Apr 3, 2020
- Oceans' capacity to absorb CO2 overestimated, study suggests by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, Apr 3, 2020
- Bill McKibben on Solidarity in the Time of Social Distancing by Emily Atkin, HEATED/Drilled News, Apr 1, 2020
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 4 April, 2020
