2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11

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Students globally protest warming, pleading for their future

Students attend a protest rally of the ‘Friday For Future Movement’ in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) 

Thousands of New York City students protested at locations including Columbus Circle, City Hall, the American Museum of Natural History and a football field at the Bronx High School of Science. Police said 16 protesters were arrested on disorderly conduct charges for blocking traffic at the museum.

The coordinated “school strikes” were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who began holding solitary demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament last year. 

Thousands of New York City students protested at locations including Columbus Circle, City Hall, the American Museum of Natural History and a football field at the Bronx High School of Science. Police said 16 protesters were arrested on disorderly conduct charges for blocking traffic at the museum.

The coordinated “school strikes” were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who began holding solitary demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament last year. 

Students globally protest warming, pleading for their future by Frank Jordans & Seth Borenstein, AP News, Mar 15, 2019

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Sun Mar 10, 2019

• “Shockwaves” as Norway’s $1Trill wealth und plans to disinvest from upstream oil by Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, Mar 8, 2019
• New research, February 25 – March 3, 2019 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Mar 8, 2019
• They chose us because we were rural and poor’: when environmental racism and climate change collide by Megan Mayhew Bergman, Environment, Guardian Mar 8, 2019
• Senator Sanders’ claim that climate change is making tornadoes worse isn’t supported by published research, Edited by Scott Johnson, Climate Feedback, Mar 8, 2019
• The Green New Deal: One climate scientist’s view, from the other side of the Atlantic by Myles Allen, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar 8, 2019
• When will global warming make the earth uninhabitable? by David Wallace-Wells, CQ-UK, Mar 9, 2019
• School lessons targeted by climate change doubters by Michael Melia, AP News, Mar 6, 2019
• Avalanches Menace Colorado as Climate Change Raises the Risk by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Mar 9, 2019

Mon Mar 11, 2019

• Geoengineering debate shifts to UN environment assembly by Jeff Tollefson, Nature, Mar 7, 2019
• Tens of thousands march for stronger climate change policies in the Netherlands by Rachael Kennedy, Euronews, Mar 10, 2019
• Next UN climate summit scheduled for December in Chile by Megan Darby, Climate Home News, Mar 7, 2019
• Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior: ‘Some people can let things go. I can’t’, Interview by Jonathan Watts, World, Guardian, Mar 11, 2019
• Councils give pupils Friday off to join climate change protests by Mark McLaughlin, The Times of London, Mar 11, 2019
• ‘Consumers must act’: Jane Goodall’s plea to avoid a ‘bleak’ future by Peter Hannam, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 11, 2019
• Federal Government Backs Oil Companies Fighting NYC Climate Suit by Karen Savage, Climate Liability News, Mar 11, 2019
• Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’ by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Mar 11, 2019

Tue Mar 12, 2019

• Climate Change Means ‘Real Death, Real Blood’ — Extinction Rebellion Paints Downing Street Red by Soila Apparicio, DeSmog UK, Mar 9, 2019
• French government working on ‘more ambitious’ energy and climate bill by Simon Carraud & Marine Pennetier, Reuters, Mar 10, 2019
• It’s 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change by Dan Charles, Goats & Soda, NPR News, Mar 11, 2019
• We need to talk about the ethics of having children in a warming world by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Mar 11, 2019
• ‘We won’t stop striking’: the New York 13 year-old taking a stand over climate change by Oliver Milman, US News, Guardian, Mar 12, 2019
• Central U.S. ‘bomb cyclone’ to generate blizzard, flooding and severe storms midweek by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Mar 12, 2019
• Global Warming ‘Hiatus’ Is the Climate Change Myth That Refuses to Die by Kevin Cowtan & Stephan Lewandowski, DeSmog, Mar 9, 2019
• The Psychology of Climate Change: Why Feelings Matter by Marilyn Price-Mitchell Ph.D., Psychology Today, Mar 8, 2019
• Trump once again requests deep cuts in U.S. science spending by Staff, Science Magazine, Mar 11, 2019

Wed Mar 13, 2019

• Tiny Costa Rica Has a Green New Deal, Too. It Matters for the Whole Planet. by Somini Sengupta & Alexander Villegas, Climate, New York Times, Mar 12, 2019
• Woman Fest founder plans training camp for climate rebels by Matthew Taylor, Environment, Guardian, Mar 7, 2019
• Trump tweets climate change skeptic in latest denial of science by Brandon Miller, CNN, Mar 12, 2019
• Climate study warns of vanishing safety window—here’s why by Stephen Leahy, Environment, National Geographic, Mar 12, 2019
• New Zealand PM Ardern backs students striking for climate action by Praveen Menon, Reuters, Mar 13, 2019
• ‘Bomb cyclone’ blasts Colorado and leaves hundreds stranded in cars by Nicole Chavez, Allie Mazurek & Judson Jones, CNN, Mar 13, 2019

Thu Mar 14, 2019

• Kids around the world plan to skip school this Friday to demand action on climate change by Harmeet Kaur, CNN, Mar 13, 2019
• Donald Trump’s Climate Denial Gets More Ridiculous By The Day, Opinion by Micheal Mann, Newsweek, Mar 13, 2019
• Swedish Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Has Been Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Hillary Leung, Time Magazine, Mar 14, 2019
• Sharp rise in Arctic temperatures now inevitable – UN by Fiona Harvey, Environment, Guardian, Mar 13, 2019
• Students are striking for action on climate change — a truancy everyone should applaud, Op-ed by Haven Coleman & Bill McKibben, Los Angeles Times, Mar 13, 2019
• UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopeless by Seth Borenstein & Christina Larson, AP news, Mar 14, 2019
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right – it’s time for radical change, not more ‘meh’ politics, Opinion by Arwa Mahdawi, Comment is Free, Guardian, Mar 12, 2019

Fri Mar 15, 2019

• Big storm clusters are on the increase – what this means for hurricane hotspots by Anitha Karthik, The Conversation UK, Mar 12, 2019
• Destruction from sea level rise in California could exceed worst wildfires and earthquakes, new research shows by Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, Mar 13, 2019
• We can’t afford to stand by and do nothing’: 10 everyday heroes fighting to save the planet by Helen Pidd, Damian Carrington, Matthew Taylor, Fiona Harvey, Sandra Laville, Emine Saner, Jonathan Watts & Patrick Barkham, Environment, Guardian, Mar 14, 2019
• School Strike for Climate: What Today’s Kids Face If World Leaders Delay Action by Paul Horn, InsideClimate News, Mar 12, 2019
• Pictures From the Youth Climate Strikes Worldwide New York Times, Mar 15, 2019
• Climate Change Is This Generation’s Vietnam War by Matt Ford, The New Republic, Mar 14, 2019
• Why Climate Change Pundits Aren’t Convincing Anyone by David Ropeik, Undark, Mar 14, 2019
• Conservative lawmakers have climate change education in their scopes by Thomas Gaulkin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar 14, 2019
• Powerful Images of the Youth Climate Strike Around the World by Rose Minutaglio, Elle, Mar 15, 2019

Sat Mar 16, 2019

• As an ex-coal boss, I’m telling politicians: wake up to climate threat, Opinion by Ian Dunlop, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 14, 2019
• ‘Monster’ El Nino a chance later this year, pointing to extended dry times by Peter Hannam, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 16, 2019
• ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Triggers Biblical Flooding In Midwest by Chris D’Angelo, HuffPost, Mar 15, 2019
• The climate strikers should inspire us all to act at the next UN summit, Opinion by António Guterres, Comment is Free, Guardian, Mar 15, 2019
• Students globally protest warming, pleading for their future by Frank Jordans & Seth Borenstein, AP News, Mar 15, 2019