2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #9

Posted on 4 March 2017 by John Hartz

Sun Feb 26, 2017

• New UN climate chief: ‘Action on warming unstoppable’ by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Feb 25, 2017
• Most wood energy schemes are a ‘disaster’ for climate change by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Feb 23, 2017
• Aerosol emissions kept climate change in check over the Arctic until Clean Air regulations by Alexandru Micu, ZME Science, Feb 24, 2017
• Scott Pruitt vows to slash climate and water pollution regulations at CPAC by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Feb 25, 2017
• Bill McKibben rates Canada’s climate performance by Linda Solomon Wood, National Observer, Feb 24, 2017
• Former Trump Aide Says Wind and Solar Research Will Be Cut by Justin Moreland, Time Magazine, Feb 24, 2017
• Siberia’s ‘doorway to the Underworld’ Is Getting So Big It’s Uncovering Ancient Forests by Fiona MacDonald, Science Alert, Feb 25, 2017
• Climate-Friendlier Air Conditioning Chemicals Hard to Find, Study Shows by Zahra Hirji, Inside Climate Central, Feb 23, 2017

Mon Feb 27, 2017

• ‘Significant event’: Coral bleaching returns to the Great Barrier Reef by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 25, 2017
• Video: Patricia Espinosa on Trump, Brexit, ‘loss and damage’ and 1.5C goal by Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, Feb 24, 2017
• Coal Industry Casts Itself as a Clean Energy Player by Clifford Krause, Enegy & Environment, New York Times, Feb 26, 2017
• Is it worth trying to “reframe” climate change? Probably not. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 27, 2017
• Coal, oil and gas companies to pay less in royalties after Interior decision by Juliet Elperin, Washington Post, Feb 24, 2017
• Just who are these 300 ‘scientists’ telling Trump to burn the climate? by John Abraham, Climate Consensus – the 97%, Guardian, Feb 27, 2017
• How to Defeat Those Who are Waging War on Science by Jonathan Foley & Christine Arena, Guest Blog, Scientific American, Feb 27, 2017
• Scientists have long been afraid of ‘advocacy.’ A new study says it may not hurt them by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 27, 2017

Tue Feb 28, 2017

• Australia’s summer heat hints at worse to come by Kate Ravilious, Guardian, Feb 26, 2017
• Trump’s Potential Science Adviser Will Happer: Carbon Dioxide Demonized Just Like “Poor Jews Under Hitler” by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Feb 25, 2017
• Scientists just measured a rapid growth in acidity in the Arctic ocean, linked to climate change by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 27, 2017
• China coal use fell again in 2016, solar capacity rose 82% by Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home, Feb 28, 2017
• Antarctic sea ice ‘obliterates’ previous minimum record, in remarkable reverse by Peter Hannam, sydney Morning Herald, Feb 28, 2917
• Inside the Quest to Monitor Countries’ CO₂ Emissions by John Fialka, Climate Wire/Scientific Amreian, Feb 28, 2017
• Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Feb 28, 2017
• Climate Change Blamed for Deadly Landslides in Chile by Javiera Quiroga, Bloomberg News, Feb 27, 2017

Wed Mar 1, 2017

• Plan to save Great Barrier Reef has been set back decades, Australian experts say, AFP-JIJI/Japan Times, Feb 24, 2017
• South Florida continues prep for sea level rise by Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, Feb 24, 2017
• As global food demand rises, climate change is hitting our staple crops by Andrew Borrell, The Conversation AU, Mar 1, 2017
• Members of Congress met to discuss the costs of climate change. They ended up debating its existence. by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 28, 2017
• Spring moving forward at record rate by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Mar 1, 2017
• In A 1991 Film, Shell Oil Issued A Stark Warning About Climate Change Risks by Chris D’Angelo, Huffington Post US, Feb 28, 2017
• Financial markets are now betting against the future of the planet. This won’t end well by Ben Chu, Independent, Mar 1, 2017
• Republican hearing calls for a lower carbon pollution price. It should be much higher by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus – the 97%, Guardian, Mar 1, 2017

Thu Mar 2, 2017

• Australia placed on El Niño ‘watch’ as weather bureau puts chance at 50% for 2017 by Calla Wahlquist, Guardian, Mar 1, 2017
• “A sense of despair”: The mental health cost of unchecked climate change by Shanika Gunaratna, CBS News, Feb 27, 2017
• White House Proposes Axing 1 In 5 EPA Staffers, Cutting Programs For Minorities by Alexander C Kaufman, Huffington Post US, Mar 1, 2017
• Children’s Climate Lawsuit Aims to Unearth Documents From Oil Group API by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Mar 1, 2017
• Will global warming turn Vancouver into San Diego? Not so much by Jonathan Moreau, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, Mar 1, 2017
• Sydney’s Swelter Has a Climate Change Link, Scientists Say by Henry Fountain, New York Times, Mar 2, 2017
• Top Trump Advisers Are Split on Paris Agreement on Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Mar 2, 2017
• Trump poised to lift federal coal ban, other green rules: White House by Richard Valdmanis, Reuters, Mar 1, 2017

Fri Mar 3, 2017

• EU calls on Canada to defend Paris climate accord against global ‘uncertainties’ by Mike Blanchfield, Canadian Press/National Observer, Mar 2, 2017
• Why Scientists Should Speak Out by Jeremy Deaton, Nexus Media, Mar 2, 2017
• Trump Wants to ‘Zero Out’ EPA Programs by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Mar 2, 2017
• Explainer: How much did climate change ‘cost’ in the 20th century? by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Mar 1. 2017
• The Heritage Foundation has a plan for gutting EPA and the Energy Department. It’s eerily plausible. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 1, 2017
• Is it bad news for the Himalayan glaciers? by Daniele Pagani, WIO News, Mar 3. 2017
• White House proposes steep budget cut to leading climate science agency by Steven Mufson, Jason Samenow & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 3, 2017
• UN climate chief unable to secure meeting with US state department by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Mar 2, 2017

Sat Mar 4, 2017

• Electric Cars are the Missing Link to a Zero Carbon Energy Grid by Ryan Logtenbeg, Skeptical Science, Mar 2, 2017
• The End of Range Anxiety by Marlene Cimons, Nexus Media, Mar 1, 2017
• As Budget Cuts Loom, Former EPA Officials Make Plea to Trump to Continue Agency’s Work by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Mar 2, 2017
• Trudeau’s government just spoke to the Trump administration about climate change by Carl Meyer, National Observer, Mar 3, 2017
• Climate Bet for Charity, 2017 update by Rob Honeycutt, Skeptical Science, Mar 3, 2017
• Trump to Undo Vehicle Rules That Curb Global Warming by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Mar 3, 2017
• Global warming is increasing forest fire risk in the Alps by Bob Berwyn, Deutshe Welle (DW), Mar 2, 2017
• Climate science denier Darrell Issa joins House climate change caucus by Joe Romm, Think Progress, Mar 3, 2017