2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #27

Posted on 8 July 2017 by John Hartz

Editor’s Pick

G20 closes with rebuke to Trump’s climate change stance

Officials had been at an impasse over an increasingly isolationist United States and Trump’s climate change and trade policies for most of the summit, and Merkel made it clear the United States had made talks difficult.

“Unfortunately — and I deplore this — the United States of America left the climate agreement, or rather announced their intention of doing this,” Merkel said as she closed the summit and presented a G20 declaration. 

G20 closes with rebuke to Trump’s climate change stance by Angela Dewan & Stephanie Halasz, CNN, July 8, 2017

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Sun July 2 2017

• Major correction to satellite data shows 140% faster warming since 1998 by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, June 30, 2017
• Don’t Be Fooled By The Gentler Tone Of Charles Koch’s Climate-Change Denial by Alexander C Kaufman, HuffPost, June 26, 2017
• Kids’ Climate Change Case to Go to Trial by Benjamin Hulac, E&E News/Scientific American, June 30, 2017
• Counseled by Industry, Not Staff, E.P.A. Chief Is Off to a Blazing Start by Coral Davenport, New York Times, July 1, 2017
• New York, Massachusetts Move on Energy Storage Targets by Leslie Kaufman, InsideClimate News, June 30, 2017
• Electric Car Market Up 27% In Europe by Jose Pontes, CleanTechnica, July 1, 2017
• The E.P.A.’s Dangerous Anti-Regulatory Policies by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, June 30, 2017
• Greens, faith community can build alliances to save planet by Leah D Schade, Lexington Herald Leader, July 2, 2017

Mon July 3 2017

• As Beijing Joins Climate Fight, Chinese Companies Build Coal Plants by Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, July 1, 2017
• EPA chief pushing governmentwide effort to question climate change science by Brady Dennis & Juliet Eilperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 1, 2017
• Half a degree could make a world of difference, Guest post by Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Carbon Brief, June 30, 2017
• Europe’s contribution to deforestation set to rise despite pledge to halt it by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, June 30, 2017
• Bad news for climate contrarians – ‘the best data we have’ just got hotter by John Abraham, Climate Consenus – the 97%, Guardian, July 3, 2017
• New Florida law lets any resident challenge what’s taught in science classes by Sarah Kaplan, Speaking of Science, Washington Post, July 1, 2017
• Climate change set to worsen inequality in US if greenhouse gases aren’t reduced by Oliver Milman, Guardian, June 29, 2017
• Heat Deaths in U.S. Cities Could Jump 10-fold If Climate Change Isn’t Slowed by Dennis Thompson, AP/Bismark Tribune, June 30, 2017

Tue July 4 2017

• Court Blocks E.P.A. Effort to Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule by Lisa Friedman, New York Times, July 3, 2017
• Mark Butler Points The Finger At The Liberal Party’s Climate Insurgency by Karen Barlow, HuffPost AU, July 3, 2017
• Trump and the Truth About Climate Change, Opinion by Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate, July 2, 2017
• Is inequality bad for the environment? by Danny Dorling, Guardian, July 4, 2017
• G20 task force issues framework for climate-related financial disclosure by Nina Chestney, Reuters, June 30, 2017
• With a touch of paint, India’s women slum dwellers battle extreme heat by Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation, July 3, 2017
• Science Is Patriotic, Opinion by 500 Women Scientists NYC, Scientific American, June 30, 2017

Wed July 5 2017

• Banks should disclose lending to companies with carbon-related risks, says report by Michael Slezak, Guardian, June 29, 2017
• What would be the point of Pruitt’s “red team-blue team” climate exercise?, Analysis by Dino Grandoni, The Energy 202, Washington Post, July 3, 2017
• Trump administration cuts could stymie climate change research by Lauren Williams, Orange County Register, July 3, 2017
• Planet Hacks: Flying by Climate Adam, YouTube, July 3, 2017
• Why the Republican Party’s climate policy obstruction is indefensible by Dana Nucitelli, Climate Consenus – the 97%, Guardian, July 5, 2017
• From Beef to Palm Oil, Investors Worry about Climate Risk in the Food Industry by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, July 5, 2017
• Climate Change Authority loses last climate scientist by Graham Readfearn, Planet OZ, Guardian, July 4, 2017
• If we stopped emitting greenhouse gases right now, would we stop climate change? by Richard B Rood, The Conversation US, July 5. 2017

Thu July 6 2017

• Trump May Find Some Allies on Climate Change at G-20 Meeting by Lisa Friedman, Climate, New York Times, July 5, 2017
• I’m a climate scientist. And I’m not letting trickle-down ignorance win., Opinion by Ben Santer, Washington Post, July 5, 2917
• Satellite temperature data, leaned on by climate change doubters, revised sharply upward by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, June 30, 2017
• Climate-friendly air travel – say what? by Gero Rueter, Deutsche Welle, July 5, 2017
• Only 13% of Americans know that more than 90% of scientists believe in global warming by Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna, Vox, July 6, 2017
• Mapped: The world’s largest CO2 importers and exporters by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, July 5, 2017
• Australian Christians help collect signatures for record-breaking petition calling for more action to address climate change by David Adams, Sight Magazine, July 6, 2017
• Once and for all: Obama didn’t crush US coal, and Trump can’t save it by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, July 5, 2017

Fri July 7 2017

• Japan’s Abe urges G20 to work together on climate change by Michelle Martin, Reuters, July 4, 2017
• Climate change may turn Africa’s arid Sahel green: researchers by Alex Whiting, Thomson Reuters Foundation, July 5, 2017
• Scientists are starting to clear up one of the biggest controversies in climate science by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 5, 2017
• How climate scepticism turned into something more dangerous by David Runciman, The Long Read, Guardian, July 7, 2017
• Will global warming change Native American religious practices? by Rosalyn R. LaPier, The Conversation US, July 6, 2017
• Gov. Brown unveils plan for global climate summit, further undercutting Trump’s agenda by Melanie Mason, Evan Halper & Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Time, July 6, 2017
• CO₂ Benefits the “Rats and Cockroaches” of Marine World by Adam Anton, ClimateWire/Scientiic American, July 7, 2017
• What to Believe in Antarctica’s Great Ice Debate by Shannon Hall, Scientific American, July 6, 2017

Sat July 8 2017

• Rising temperatures are curbing ocean’s capacity to store carbon by Jennifer Chu, MIT News, July 6, 2017
• British billionaire floats renewable energy hopes by Darren Gray, Sydney Morning Herald, July 6, 2017
• The Carbon Brief Interview: Amory Lovins by Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, July 4, 2017
• The Moral Outrageousness of Trump’s Decision on the Paris Agreement by Donald Brown, Ethics & Climate, July 7, 2017
• G20 closes with rebuke to Trump’s climate change stance by Angela Dewan & Stephanie Halasz, CNN, July 8, 2017
• China, EU Bolster Greener Global Shipping to Curb Emissions by Anna Hirtenstein, Bloomberg News, July 7, 2017