A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
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Scientists mock Trump’s tweet on wildfires as ‘comedically ill-informed’ and ‘unmitigated crap’
Trump's climate denial is "a crime against the planet" warns climatologist.
Embers Smolder from Wildfires Near Clearlake Oaks, California, On August 5, 2018. Credit: Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images
Two years ago, an actual headline from CBS in Sacramento was, “Donald Trump Tells California ‘There Is No Drought’ As Drought Continues.”
And now, on Sunday evening, Trump’s denial of reality in California continued, as he attempted to blame the ever-worsening wildfires in the state on everything but climate change.
“California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized,” the President tweeted. “It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Must also tree clear to stop fire spreading!”
The tweet came just hours after the Trump administration declared the California wildfires a major disaster.
Scientists mock Trump’s tweet on wildfires as ‘comedically ill-informed’ and ‘unmitigated crap’ by Joe Romm, Think Progress, Aug 6, 2018
Links posted on Facebook
Sun Aug 5, 2018
- New research, July 2-29, 2018 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Aug 3, 2018
- State of the climate: 2018 set to be fourth warmest year despite cooler start by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Aug 1, 2018
- California vows to fight Trump EPA's move to freeze fuel economy rules by Elvan Halper, Tony Barbosa & David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, Aug 2, 2018
- At peak of European heatwave, Portugal battles wildfire, power outage by Andrei Khalip, Reuters, Aug 4, 2018
- Our climate plans are in pieces as killer summer shreds records by Angela Dewan, CNN, Aug 5, 2018
- California's destructive summer brings blunt talk about climate change by Rong-Gong Lin Ii & Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times, Aug 5, 2019
- Scorching Summer in Europe Signals Long-Term Climate Changes by Alissa J. Rubin, World, New York Times, Aug 4. 2018
- 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #31 by John Hartz, Skeptical Science. Aug 5, 2018
Mon Aug 6, 2018
- Arctic carbon cycle is speeding up by Esprit Smith, Vital Signs of the Planet, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Aug 3, 2018
- New EPA Chief Makes Clear: The Easing of Environmental Rules Will Continue by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Aug 2, 2018
- The EPA’s bizarre justification for rolling back fuel efficiency standards by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 3, 2018
- The Problem With The New York Times’ Big Story on Climate Change by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Aug 1, 2018
- Inquiry Ends Into Exxon Mobil’s Accounting Tied to Climate Change by Claire Ballentine, Business, New York Times, Aug 3, 2018
- Could the heat and extreme weather shift climate change denial? by Nick Miller, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 4, 2018
- On climate change, it’s time to start panicking by Matthew Rozsa, Salon, Aug 5, 2018
- Scientists mock Trump’s tweet on wildfires as ‘comedically ill-informed’ and ‘unmitigated crap’ by Joe Romm, Think Progress, Aug 6, 2018
Tue Aug 7, 2018
- Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature” by Naomi Klein, The Intercept, Aug 6, 2018
- Wildfires continue to char California, but one is in a destructive league of its own by Kristine Phillips & Sarah Kaplan, Nation, Washington Post, Aug 5, 2018
- The GOP and Big Oil can't escape blame for climate change by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, Aug 6, 2018
- Mendocino Complex blaze is now largest wildfire in California history by &
- AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims on Calif. wildfires inaccurate by Ellen Knickmeyer, AP News, Aug 7, 2018
- Planet at Risk of Heading Towards Apocalyptic, Irreversible ‘Hothouse Earth’ State by Stephen Leahy, Scorched Earth, Motherboard, Aug 6, 2018
- Scientists Have Uncovered a Disturbing Climate Change Precedent by Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, Aug 6, 2018
- Domino-effect of climate events could push Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, Aug 6, 2018
Wed Aug 8, 2018
- The Health Risks of Our Sweltering Summers by Vijay Limaye & Kim Knowlton, EcoWatch, Aug 5, 2018
- Analysis Reveals That World’s Largest Battery Saved South Australia $8.9 Million In 6 Months by Kyle Field, CleanTechnica, Aug 6, 2018
- Domino effect could heat up Earth by 5 degrees Celsius — despite Paris climate deal by Katharina Wecker, Deutsche Welle (DW), Aug 6, 2018
- Don’t despair – climate change catastrophe can still be averted, Opinion by Simon Lewis, Comment is Free, Guardian, Aug 7, 2018
- The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction by Amit Katwala, Wired, Aug 5, 2018
- Destructive Flood Risk in U.S. West Could Triple if Climate Change Left Unchecked by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Aug 6, 2018
- Parts of Spain and Portugal are more than 46℃ – here’s what is going on by Glenn McGregor, The Conversation UK, Aug 6, 2018
- California’s Record-breaking Fire Isn’t the Week’s Worst Climate News by David Wallace-Wells, The Intelligencer, New York Magazine, Aug 7, 2018
Thu Aug 9, 2018
- Caribbean states beg Trump to grasp climate change threat: 'War has come to us' by Oliver Milman, Environment, Guardian, Aug 7, 2018
- Ocean temperatures hit record high off San Diego, another extreme weather milestone by Doyle Rice, USA Today, Aug 7, 2018
- California’s wildfires are hardly “natural” — humans made them worse at every step by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 8, 2018
- New South Wales drought now affects entire state, BBC News, Aug 8, 2018
- Green, green hills: Pakistan's incoming government pledges to plant billions of trees by Rina Saeed Khan, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Aug 8, 2018
- Soggier forest soils thwart the uptake of climate-warming methane, Mongabay, Aug 7, 2018
- Will Dimming the Sun Cool the Planet and Help Crops? by Annie Sneed, Scientific American, Aug 8, 2018
- Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Aug 9, 2018
Fri Aug 10, 2018
- Germany Faces Worst Harvest in 24 Years After Extreme Drought by Agnieszka De Sousa, Bloomberg News, Aug 8, 2018
- One of the largest banks issued an alarming warning that Earth is running out of the resources to sustain life by Jerremy Berke, Business Insider, Aug 7, 2018
- This graphic explains why 2 degrees of global warming will be way worse than 1.5 by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 6, 2018
- NOAA Lowers Hurricane Season Forecast, Says El Niño Likely on the Way by Sabrina Shankman, Inside Climate News, Aug 10, 2018
- Clean energy is catching up to natural gas by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 8, 2018
- Red Cross warns of food crisis in North Korea as crops fail in heat by Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters, Aug 10, 2018
- Climate Change Denialists Never Had It So Good. So Why the Angst? by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Aug 8, 2018
- Why NPR Doesn't Mention Climate Change in Every Fire Story by Elizabeth Jensen, NPR Ombudsman, KQED Science, Aug 9, 2018
Sat Aug 11, 2018
- In trying to save the planet, we might just change global politics forever, Opinion by David Wearing, Voices, The Independent, Aug 10, 2018
- New research, July 30 - August 4, 2018 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Aug 9, 2018
- Terrified by ‘hothouse Earth’? Don’t despair — do something. by Eric Holthaus, Grist, Aug 7, 2018
- Welcome to the Pliocene by John Mason, Skeptical Science, Aug 10, 2018
- Volcanoes show why solar geoengineering can’t save our food from climate change by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 8, 2018
- Could by Dairy Cows Make Up for California's Aliso Canyon Methane Leak? by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Aug 10, 2018
- Crucial global climate fund facing ‘massive challenges’ by Megan Darby & Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home News, Aug 9, 2018
- Climate change not the only threat to giant pandas, study says by Seán Thór Herron, Carbon Brief, Aug 7, 2018
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