A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Mar 1, 2020 through Sat, Mar7, 2020
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Women Fighting Climate Change Are Targets For Misogynists
Rude jokes, hate mail and violent threats—for climate experts, it’s all part of the job. That’s especially true for the women.
(Illustration: Alex Nabaum c/o THEISPOT)
Just months after the Alberta NDP’s surprise 2015 election win, Shannon Phillips, the province’s new environment minister, travelled to Paris for what would turn out to be a historic round of global climate change negotiations. Alberta had long been a climate laggard, but Phillips was an ambitious and relatively young force in the province’s politics—39 years old at the time—and she was part of a wave of fresh faces in leadership. Phillips landed in Paris alongside Alberta’s new premier, Rachel Notley, and Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, who were both committed to taking big steps after a decade of foot-dragging under Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.
It was an exciting time to be a cabinet minister working on climate change—the meeting produced what’s known as the Paris Agreement, the first major international pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions since the Kyoto Protocol nearly 20 years earlier. And right away, Phillips noticed a remarkable detail about the negotiations: the number of women present. At every meeting, the tables were crowded with female ministers, female negotiators, female scientists and activists.
“A massive amount of the heavy lifting around the world on this matter is being done by women,” says Phillips, who still represents her Lethbridge-West riding in the Alberta legislature. “You see more women on panels. You see more women in the negotiating spaces. You see more women in leadership positions on climate.”
Women Fighting Climate Change Are Targets For Misogynists by Chris Turner, Chatelaine, Mar 5, 2020
Articles Linked to on Facebook
Sun, Mar 1, 2020
- Red-state Utah embraces plan to tackle climate crisis in surprising shift by Andre Smardon, Environment, Utah, Feb 21, 2020
- Switzerland joins few nations confirming to UN it will enhance climate action plans by Chloé Farand, Climate Home News, Feb 25, 2020
- Collinsville: the Queensland town on the frontline of the coal wars by Ben Smee & Ben Butler, Environment, Guardian, Feb 28, 2020
- Australia on the frontline: ask an expert about climate change and its effects by Marni Cordell & Adam Morton, Environment, Guardian, Feb 29, 2020
- VW to Hire ‘Aggressive’ Climate Activist to Scrutinize Policies by Christoph Rauwald, Climate Adaption, Bloomberg News, Feb 25, 2020
- Climate change is not only worrying kids; it’s making them angry by Alfred Lubrano, Life, Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb 28, 2020
- U.S. senators unveil bill to support renewable and nuclear power, efficiency by Timothy Gardner, Environment, Reuters, Feb 27, 2020
- Current climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations, Edited by Katy Dynarski, Climate Feedback, Feb 21, 2020
Mon, Mar 2, 2020
- EXCLUSIVE-Norway wealth fund could blacklist four major climate culprits by Gwladys Fouche, Reuters, Mar 1, 2020
- Luxembourg becomes first country to make public transport free by Kate Abnett, Reuters, Feb 29, 2020
- Coronavirus: Space images reveal drastic fall in pollution over China as factories closed by Jane Dalton, The independent (UK), Mar 1, 2020
- Science Is Already Being Disrupted by Climate Change, And We’re Woefully Unprepared by Carlee Cassella, Science Alert, Mar 1, 2020
- A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research by Hiroko Tabuchi, Climate, New York Times, March 2, 2020
- How scientists wrestle with grief over climate change by Jonathan Lambert, ScienceNews, Feb 25, 2020
- Climate change: how do I cope with our planet’s inevitable decline? by Neil Levy, The Conversation UK, Feb 27, 2020
- Can We Really Combat Climate Change by Consuming Less? Maybe., Interview by Kirsten A Shmidt, Science, Smithsonian Magazine, Mar 2, 2020
Tue, Mar 3, 2020
- TV weather presenters ‘have moral obligation’ to explain climate crisis by Gregory Robinson, UK Weather, Guardian, Mar 2, 2020
- Climate change lengthens Australian summers by 50% – study by Kate Lamb, Reuters, March 2, 2020
- American Climate: In Iowa, After the Missouri River Flooded, a Paradise Lost by Katelyn Weisbrod, InsideClimate News, Mat 1, 2020
- The Psychology of Coronavirus vs. Climate Change: Why We Mobilize for One, Not the Other by Patty Welti, Science & Nature, WTTW News (Chicago PBS), Mar 2, 2020
- After more than 240 days, Australia’s New South Wales is finally free from bushfires by Jack Guy, CNN, Mar 3, 2020
- Half the World’s Sandy Beaches May Disappear by Century’s End, Climate Study Says by Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News, Mar 2, 2020
- The Trump Administration Is Just Flat-Out Lying About Climate Change by Eric Lutz, Hive, Vanity Fair, Mar 2, 2020
Wed, Mar 4, 2020
- UN predicts above-average temperatures even without El Niño, PA Media, Guardian, Mar 2, 2020
- British hedge fund billionaire Hohn launches campaign to starve coal plants of finance by Matthew Green, Reuters, Mar 2, 2020
- Homes in U.S. Flood Zones Are Vastly Overvalued by Thomas Frank, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 3, 2020
- Climate nightmares: how to reassure a child who is anxious about the planet by Sam Wollaston, Environment, Guardian, Mar 3, 2020
- Climate strikers: Open letter to EU leaders on why their new climate law is ‘surrender’ by Greta Thunberg et al, Carbon Brief, Mar 3, 2020
- The Congo rainforest is losing ability to absorb carbon dioxide. That’s bad for climate change. by Daniel Grossman, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 4, 2020
- Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Midwest by Jessica Collingsworth, Union of Concerned Scientists, Mar 3, 2020
- EU states call for speedy 2030 climate plan ahead of U.N. climate summit -letter by Nikolaj Skydsgaard, Reuters, Mar 13, 2020
Thur, Mar 5, 2020
- Yes, Climate Change Did Influence Australia’s Unprecedented Bushfires by Andrea Thompson, Climate, Scientific American, Mar 4, 2020
- New Documents Show How Trump Interior Official Pushed Climate Misinformation into Federal Reports by Sharon Kelly, DeSmog, Mar 4, 2020
- Fossil fuels for power at turning point as renewables surged in 2019 -data by Aaron Sheldrick, Reuters, March 4, 2020
- EPA revamp of ‘secret science’ rule will keep limiting research, scientists say by Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, Mar 3, 2020
- Is Climate Change Urgent Enough to Justify a Crime? A Jury in Portland Was Asked to Decide by Lee Van Der Voo, InsideClimate News, April 28, 2020
- Even fake snow failed in a record-warm winter linked to the polar vortex and climate change by Sarah Kaplan, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 5, 2020
- How Europe’s Border Carbon Tax Plan Could Force the U.S. To Act on Climate Change by Justin Worland, Politics, Time Magazine, Mar 4, 2020
- Climate change: Workers and poor ‘need protection’ from policies by Roger Harrabin, Science & Environment, BBC News, Mar 5, 2020
Fri, Mar 6, 2020
- More companies want to be “carbon neutral.” What does that mean? by Terry Nguyen, The Goods, Vox, Mar 5, 2020
- Netherlands doubles 2020 green subsidies in rush to hit climate goals by Toby Sterling, Reuters, Mar 4, 2020
- The Original Long Islanders Fight to Save Their Land From a Rising Sea by Somini Sengupta & Shola Lawal, Climate, New York Times, Mar 5, 2020
- In Dozens of Cities East of the Mississippi, Winter Never Really Happened by James Bruggers, InsideClimate News, Mar 5, 2020
- The Trump EPA Is Restricting EPA Science. It’s Somehow Worse than We Expected. by Gretchen Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists, Mar 4, 2020
- The Climate Movement Has Gained Unprecedented Momentum Since 2018 by Sharon Zhang, Environment & Health, Truthout, March 6, 2020
- Arctic Exploitation May Harm Animals Large and Small by Chiara Eisner, Sustainability, Scientific American, Mar 5, 2020
- Greta against the world: how a 17-year-old activist took on climate-change denying leaders by Martin Fletcher, Politics, New Statesman American, Mar 4, 2020
Sat, Mar 7, 2020
- Trump’s parallel messages on coronavirus and climate by Scott Waldman, E&E News, Mar 6, 2020
- Want to Go for Inclusive Climate Action? Then Start with Integrating Gender Equality into Climate Finance by Verania Chao & Koh Miyaoi, International Press Service (IPS), March 6, 2020
- New CDC guidance says older adults should ‘stay at home as much as possible’ due to coronavirus by Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, Mar 6, 2020
- How I try to break climate silence by Baerbel Winkler, Skeptical Science, Mar 6, 2020
- Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus by Malaka Gharib, Goats & Soda, NPR, Feb 28, 2020
- Viral tweet spreads misinformation about volcanoes and climate change by Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, Mar 7, 2020
- Women Fighting Climate Change Are Targets For Misogynists by Chris Turner, Chatelaine, Mar 5, 2020
- Hidden Flood Risk for San Francisco Bay Area Communities Lurks Underground by Brett Walton, Water News, Circle of Blue, Mar 5, 2020
