2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #02

Posted on 14 January 2024 by BaerbelW

A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, Jan 07, 2024 thru Sat, Jan 13, 2024.

Links shared on social media

• The Law Firm Helping Big Oil Weaponize the First Amendment by Emily Sanders, DeSmog, Jan 05, 2024
• Real political courage by Bill McKibben, The Crucial Years, Jan 05, 2024
• Climate change: China’s ‘sponge cities’ struggle to soak up flooding from severe storms despite billions in investment by Yujie Xue & Martin Choi, Business, South China Monring Post, Jan 6, 2024
• Climate and vaccine misinformation seemed worlds apart – but it turned out the Cranky Uncle was a universal figure by Graham Readfearn, Health The Guardian, Jan 06, 2024
• As climate risks increase, Mississippi River towns look to each other for solutions by Eric Schmid, Grist, Jan 06, 2024
• Cop29 host Azerbaijan to hike gas output by a third over next decade by Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian, Jan 08, 2024
• 4 ways AI can help with climate change, from detecting methane to preventing fires by Julia Simon, NPR, Jan 2, 2024
• Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Jan 08, 2024
• After COP28, ‘insider’ climate activists will become increasingly important, study suggests by University of Exeter, Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories, Jan 08, 2024
• At a glance – Is the CO2 effect saturated? by John Mason, Skeptical Science, Jan 09, 2024
• See How Louisiana`s Growing Fossil Fuel Industry Threatens Climate and Justice Promises by Julie Dermansky, DeSmog, Jan 08, 2024
• Advocates recoil as former state oil exec named COP29 president by Zack Budryk, TheHill.com, Jan 08, 2024
• Gasoline is cheap right now – but charging an EV is still cheaper by Karin Kirk, Yale Climate Connections, Jan 08, 2024
• North Sea Bill`s Carbon Emissions Test is a `Smokescreen` And `Makes No Sense` – Experts by Adam Barnett and Phoebe Cooke, DeSmog, Jan 08, 2024
• North Sea oil: New licences `little difference` to UK energy security by toby.granville@newsquest.co.uk (Toby Granville), The Herald News, Jan 08, 2024
• The race for Romney`s seat is a fight about climate by By Josh Siegel and Kelsey Tamborrino, Politico: Energy & Environment, Jan 07, 2024
• Ted Nugent slams `bulls**t` climate change as scam by Lauren Irwin, TheHill.com, Jan 07, 2024
• Supreme Court Rejects Bid by API, Exxon, and Koch to Kill Climate Case by Jessica Corbett, News, Common Dreams, Jan 8, 2024
• How climate change is affecting air travel by YCC Team, Yale Climate Connections, Jan 09, 2024
• A New Era in Global Heat by Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, Jan 09, 2024
• Activists Call for Process `Overhaul` After Oil Industry Veteran Confirmed to Lead COP29 by By Kristoffer Tigue, Inside Climate News, Jan 09, 2024
• Inside Job: Crafting Climate Careers Without Changing Employers by Drew Wilkinson, MCJ Collective Newsletter, Jan 09, 2024
• Big Canadian banks may be making misleading claims on sustainability, says securities complaint by Ian Bickis, CBC Business News, Jan 09, 2024
• Pseudoscience Vs Science: How To Spot The Difference by Maddy Chapman, IFL Science, Jan 9, 2024
• Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2023 by Carbon Brief Staff, Carbon Brief, Jan 10, 2024
• Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe by Nina Lakhani , The Guardian, Jan 09, 2024
• The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy by Paul Sutter, Scince, Ars Technica, Jan 10, 2024
• Mind the Gaps: How the UN Climate Plan Fails to Follow the Science by Analysis by Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360, Jan 9, 2024
• TCB Quick Hit: the January 2024 cold wave by Andrew Dessler, The Climate Brink, Jan 11, 2024
• Co-designing the Cranky Uncle Vaccine game in East Africa by John Cook, Skeptical Science, Jan 12, 2024
• Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder by Sam Bright, DeSmog, Jan 11, 2024
• AI-Powered Misinformation Is The World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Claims New Report by Callum Conway-Shaw, IBT, Jan 11, 2024

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