Week in review

by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.

From my twitter feed:
Ensia:  Heads up: Geoengineering could make climate change’s impacts worse http://shar.es/LjZaL
Robert Stavins: Why benefits of EPA’s CO2 rule outweigh costs for USA — just not by as much as you’ve heard http://to.pbs.org/1ADKrjQ
Matthew Nisbet:  Study: Health appeals, not #climate appeals, persuade conservatives to limit GHG pollution http://goo.gl/CK1XNX 
Senate MinorityReport: Left-Wing ‘Billionaire’s Club’ Using Environmentalism to Control US Economy, Subvert Democracy http://bit.ly/1lW8BMw 
Andy Revkin: Hoping #EnergizeAfrica Act builds steam as Obama turns focus to Africa & electricity. No need for carbon fights here. [link]
Warming won’t swamp Pacific Islands.  Coral reefs will rise in tandem with seas. http://goo.gl/f8RRg9 
Hockey Schtick:  New paper finds another potential solar amplification mechanism http://feedly.com/e/GyIWEzCh 
Andy Revkin: Obama cost/benefit math on climate action & federal coal leases challenged by friends/foes. http://wapo.st/1uCbknN
David Chandler:  Resilience Governance – “Don’t Forget Governance: Risk of Tunnel Vision in Chasing #Resilience for Asia’s Cities': http://ow.ly/zHgHm 
Richard Tol:  A neat summary of the last 25 years of climate economics [link]
Danny Bloom:  Will Cli-Fi change how we react to climate change? NYTimes [link]
There’s Physics:  Michael Mann:  Public opinion critical for climate change fight [link]
Quotable warming hiatus quotes [link]
Need a laugh?  A new element Governmentium has been discovered [link]
Kirk Englehardt:  If scientists had their own logos ow.ly/zQ0kD 
Keith Kloor interviews Roger Pielke Jr about why he no longer writes for Nate Silver’s 538 [link]
Mark Steyn:  Hi-ho, Silver, Away! [link]
Modern science operates in an environment where questionable practices and misconduct can be winning strategies http://blog.pubpeer.com/?p=164 
And finally, Ruth DIxon tweeted the following image:
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