Climate Changes Updates 24-28 December 2015
1. The Last King of Coal Makes His Stand as Mines Vanish Around Him
2. Xcel CEO leans on Midwest wind power to close gap with coal, gas
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060030001
3. Experts Explain Why 2015 Is A Warm One For Earth’s Climate
- CLIMATE CHANGE COUPLED WITH EL NIÑO WREAKS HAVOC WORLDWIDE
http://www.inquisitr.com/2662682/climate-change-coupled-with-el-nino-wreaks-havoc-worldwide/
5. What the Paris climate deal really means for the private sector
http://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-paris-climate-deal-really-means-private-sector
6. 2015: The Year the Environmental Movement Knocked Out Keystone XL
- Fighting Climate Change With One of the World’s Largest Solar Power Plants
8. Voices: A fragile environment pays the price for Miami’s growth spurt
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2015/12/27/voices-gomez-miami-environment/77824172/
9. Climate Smart Coffee and Banana Set to Boost East African Farmers’ Income
10. Fire, floods, tornadoes: fatal weather rounds out a year of extremes in 2015
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/fire-floods-tornadoes-fatal-weather-rounds-out-a-year-of-extremes-in-2015-20151227-glvkwe.html#ixzz3vg5uUc00
Commentary: Will we reach peak denial soon?
12. CLIMATE CHANGE: A TALE OF TWO GOVERNORS
http://fcir.org/2015/12/26/a-tale-of-two-governors-florida-climate-change-denial/
13. Climate sceptic Maurice Newman says world leaders embracing junk science
14. Florida’s climate change reversal
http://www.news-press.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/27/floridas-climate-change-reversal/77841174/
15. Extreme weather linked to El Niño and climate change
16. Fighting Climate Change
With One of the World’s
Largest Solar Power Plants
17. David Cameron says climate change is to blame as ministers are accused of using global warming as an excuse for failures
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3375830/David-Cameron-says-climate-change-blame-ministers-accused-using-global-warming-excuse-failures.html#ixzz3vg7o4Xmx
Climate change: Not science and not settled
19. Wisconsin should lead on climate change
20. Fighting climate change requires more than soothing fantasies
21. Why Addressing Climate Change Is Not Enough
22. Model offers best look at Amazon forests and climate change
23. Are Large Carnivores Doomed by Climate Change?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-eisenberg/are-large-carnivores-doom_b_8881890.html
24. Can the Planet Be Saved?
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/12/hope-despair-climate-change/421794/
25. Climate Change Poses Short-term Promise for Some Northwest Farmers
26. Time after time, UK governments have denied the dangers of climate change
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/28/threat-climate-change-government-floods
27. El Nino and climate change to blame for extreme weather in five continents: scientists
28. Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Onwards and Upwards
29. Safety Culture Needed to Tackle Climate Change
Read more at http://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/safety-culture-needed-to-tackle-climate-change-4435#JuHWQr8KbWpCgmlG.99
30. Climate change fund: NSCCC approves four projects
31. Minister Sean Sherlock: Farmers ‘must be ready for climate change’
32. How tackling climate change will pay off
http://www.startribune.com/how-tackling-climate-change-will-pay-off/363426141/
33. Review of Climate Research by Exxon
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/RickyRood/review-of-climate-research-by-exxon
34. State Lawmakers Urged to Question Taxpayer-Subsidized Climate ‘Alarmists’
35. My Turn: Fluctuations in climate have always been the norm
http://www.gastongazette.com/article/20151227/NEWS/151229362
36. Exxon Isn’t the Only Oil Company That Knew About Climate Change in the 70s
http://gizmodo.com/exxon-isn-t-the-only-oil-company-that-knew-about-climat-1749498557
37. Republicans split on attacking climate science
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/264146-gop-split-on-attacking-climate-science
38. Researchers link climate-induced disasters and food security across time and place
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-link-climate-induced-disasters-food.html
39.Climate Researchers Use Whaling Logbooks From 1800s to Better Understand Weather
http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2015/12/21/267733.htm
40. Climate Institute fights for survival as philanthropic donation runs out
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-institute-fights-for-survival-as-philanthropic-donation-runs-out-20151218-glrgeq.html#ixzz3vgDOHnVk
Antarctic project with Minnesota ties has fast ice drill for climate research
42. Meet the House science chairman who’s trying to put global warming research on ice
43. In fight over federal climate research, government turns over some subpoenaed emails
44. Treating Global Warming Denialism Like a Sex Scandal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/treating-global-warming-d_b_8887114.html
- To help stop global warming, curb short-lived pollutants
46. Philippines highly vulnerable to effects of global warming
http://www.marketplace.org/2015/12/28/world/philippines-highly-vulnerable-effects-global-warming
47. Let’s all boo the global warming panto villains
48. Science as a defense against global warming
49. Man-made warming blamed for exceptional weather conditions
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89dc92dc-ad59-11e5-993b-c425a3d2b65a.html#axzz3vgE53Kd8
50. The world faces widespread food shortages due to global warming: Crops will become scarce as droughts ravage Africa and Asia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3373018/The-world-faces-widespread-food-shortages-global-warming-Crops-scarce-droughts-ravage-Africa-Asia.html#ixzz3vgEZDcrO
Letter: Science is not settled on global warming
52. More Than Exxon: Big Oil Companies for Years Shared Damning Climate Research
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/more_than_exxon_big_oil_companies_for_years_shared_20151222