Climate Conversations

Amory Lovins (pictured) is in Australia for an energy conference and was a guest on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's RN Breakfast and talked with host, Fran Kelly - "Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins on Future Made in Australia"; "Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run entirely on renewables. Is that correct?"; "Labor’s Future Gas Strategy: The greatest capitulation of any Australian government to the fossil fuel industry"; "WA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb above 2005 levels despite net zero pledge"; "Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice"; "Australia and Tuvalu finalize historic treaty to welcome climate refugees"; "Inside the Labor gas rebellion splitting the party"; "Climate Science Initiative, presented at Murdoch University"; "Q&A: The Dire Consequences of Global Warming in the Earth’s Oceans"; "94% of psychologists are concerned about the impact of climate change on mental health"; "China makes some of the hottest new EVs. Most aren’t sold in the U.S."; "Europe hit by severe floods in the north and heatwaves in the south"; "Future Gas Strategy"; "World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target"; "State of Sustainability Report 2023"; "Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint"; "Eco-anxiety affecting more than two-thirds of Australians aged 16-25 years, study finds"; "Forgotten Keepers of the Rio Grande Delta: a Native Elder Fights Fossil Fuel Companies in Texas"; "Contemplating an EV? Here’s the buzz on the pros and cons"; "Biloxi, Mississippi, is losing a foot of salt marsh shoreline a year": "Climate change made the deadly heatwaves that hit millions of highly vulnerable people across Asia more frequent and extreme"; "Global projections of heat exposure of older adults"; "Australia's offer of climate asylum to Tuvalu sparks controversy"; "Global experts and leaders convene for Vatican climate summit"; "Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet"; "'Catastrophic floods' kill more than 300 in Afghanistan, wash away entire villages"; "Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers"; "BP Grabs The Opportunity to Take Over Tesla’s Supercharging Sites": "Data Centers Power Demand Fuel U.S. Utility Q1 Earnings Discussions"; "Climate change is affecting mental health literally everywhere"; "Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest"; "Carbon Offset Deals and the Risks of ‘Green Grabbing’"; "Electric Drive: How China’s BYD Is Racing Ahead in the EV Market"; "A water war is brewing between the U.S. and Mexico. Here’s why."; "Days after climate talks, US slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels"; "Paris summit unlocks cash for clean cooking in Africa, side-stepping concerns over gas"; "'Civil Disobedience Has to Become the New Norm.' Jane Fonda on the Fight Against Climate Change"; "It’s a Climate Election Now"; "Azerbaijan pursues clean energy to export more ‘god-given’ gas to Europe"; "In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s net zero vision clashes with legacy of war"; "In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas"; "Climate Change Puts U.S. Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising, Federal Agencies Warn"; "Coal's Dying Light: The decline of coal is hurting Kentucky and communities across the country"; "New Rules Help to Answer Whether Clean Energy Jobs Will Also Be Good Jobs"; "America’s Green Skills Gap Raises Concerns About Energy Transition"; "Can Biden’s new jobs program to fight climate change attract women and people of color?"; "The Civilian Conservation Corps"; "Flash floods in Afghanistan devastate lives and livelihoods"; "Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say"; "What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign". --- Send in a voice...

Richard Denniss (pictured) heads The Australia Institute and is alarmed at the Australian Labor Government's latest Budget that champions gas, a fossil fuel. "More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel"; "Solicitor general to appeal over case of climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights"; "Wet winter could cut UK food self sufficiency by about a tenth"; "Talking Shop: Telling the Climate Story Locally"; "The unsung heroes keeping our lights on"; "The 1.5C global heating target was always a dream, but its demise doesn’t signal doom for climate action"; "DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law"; "Estuaries provide more than a billion dollars in environmental benefits, research shows"; "Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on"; "Consumer groups criticise energy companies charging solar panel owners for exporting power"; "Gas giants dodge tougher tax hike in Labor-Greens deal"; "Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it"; "Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity"; "Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports"; "How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s"; "Copernicus: Record May wildfire emissions in British Columbia mark the start of the Canadian wildfire season"; "Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30%"; "Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds"; "How Wild Rice Forecasts Climate Change"; "The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining"; "Industrial emissions aren’t falling fast enough to meet US climate goals"; "‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists"; "Wildfires keep thousands evacuated in Canada, even as conditions improve"; "Northeast B.C. was parched throughout winter. It’s already on fire"; "How wildfire smoke is erasing years of progress toward cleaning up America's air"; "New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research"; "As Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Spin and Whirl, a New Effort to Rescue Them Begins"; "Climate Change Concerns Dip"; "La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon"; "New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power"; "How Wildfires Can Affect Climate Change (and Vice Versa)"; "Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest"; "An NRL player died at training due to exertional heat stroke. What is it and what should coaches and athletes know?"; "Car companies spending up on ads for SUVs despite Australia’s new fuel efficiency standards"; "Breathing Wildfire Smoke Could Raise Dementia Risk, New Study Finds". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Retired Admiral, Chris Barrie (pictured), who once led the Australian Defence Force and who was speaking recently on the webinar, "Too Hot to Handle - the scorching reality of Australia's climate security failure", finds the rapidly unfolding climate crisis as "pretty scary". "Fossil fuel subsidies hit $14.5 billion in 2023-24, up 31%"; "Nations must go further than current Paris pledges or face global warming of 2.5-2.9°C"; "Brook trout are in trouble in Adirondacks lakes"; "Opposition questions government's inflation forecast"; "How a long-lost fish species was brought back to Bendigo"; "Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World"; "15,000 squares, 500 hours, 19 months: how I used embroidery to make sense of Australia’s catastrophic fires"; "Where did money come from?"; "Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest buildings creates high emissions"; "How Texas became the hottest grid battery market in the country"; "Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023"; "Scrapping the waste export levy threatens Australia’s emerging lithium battery recycling industry"; "Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay"; "Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference": "Field workers, farm owners, and buyers band together to protect workers from heat"; "Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system"; "Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire"; "Phoenix Braces—and Plans—for Another Hot, Dry Summer"; "The Arctic ice between Russia and the US is melting. What’s at stake at the top of the world?"; "Is the Coalition planning to overtake Labor and tax rich inner-city EV drivers?"; "Climate Extremes Slammed Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year. A New UN Report Details the Impacts and Costs"; "More Australians are looking to ditch their cars. But the alternatives haven’t quite arrived"; "Why Highway 1 is the climate challenge that California can’t fix"; "Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages"; "Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra"; "Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2024"; "Malaysia’s appetite for oil and gas puts it on collision course with China"; "Academics and Lawmakers Slam an Industry-Funded Report by a Former Energy Secretary Promoting Natural Gas and LNG"; "Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not."; "‘We can’t defeat nature but we can be climate-resilient’: how plant roots can help stop landslides"; "Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like"; "‘No alternative’: EU climate chief urges MEPs not to use crisis as political tool"; "77% of top Climate Scientists think 2.5°C of warming is coming – and they’re horrified"; "As Extreme Weather Batters Schools, Students Are Pushing For More Climate Change Education"; "Floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan, UN says"; "Mining lobby: Fast-track bill’s ministerial powers ‘not unusual": "Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals"; "It looks like the Batmobile, works on solar energy, and could be the future of cars"; "World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target"; "The Climate Crisis Is Already Transforming the Family"; "Horse’s rooftop rescue gives flood-hit Brazil ‘something we could root for’"; "Here are three common recycling myths you should discard"; "How one Oregon county plans to make big oil pay for the 2021 heat dome"; "Europeans see natural disasters as a bigger threat than armed conflict, study reveals"; "‘False promises and phantom emissions’: How was Shell able to double its carbon credits in Canada?"; "Foodwise: A kid’s guide to fighting --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Susan Lengel (pictured) champions conversation about climate change, but beyond that, and critically, "Conversation at the Crossroads". Susan, who hails from South Australia and once worked for that State's National Parks and Wildlife Service", enriched her climate change experience and knowledge while working with "The Royal Parks" in London. Check out the group's website and you'll learn that Susan has vast experience in grassroots activism. Also, check out the group's coming events and I'm sure you will find something there to capture your interest and stimulate your mind. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

From The Scotsman we hear: "After SNP's 17 years of failure on climate change, things are about to get worse"; "Harnessing the power of coming together"; "Cool Geelong"; "Vote Climate One"; "Geelong Sustainability"; "‘Not a single government dollar’: Albanese plays down gas policy push after blowback"; "‘Paying to be exploited’: Labor has now fully succumbed to the fossil fuel industry"; "A pathway for future generations"; "Labor’s gas strategy: what is it and why do critics call it ‘Back to the Future’?"; "Government halts plans for pilot ‘hydrogen town’ heating scheme"; "I understand climate scientists’ despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope" (Christiana Figueres - pictured); "Billions are needed for climate adaptation – now some frontline communities are deciding how the money gets spent"; "How to Create a Society That Prizes Decency"; "‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families"; "April Extends World’s Record-Breaking Temperature Streak to 11 Straight Months"; "Vermont Could Become First State to Make Biggest Emitters Pay for Climate-Related Damages"; "World’s Largest CO2 Removal Plant Opens in Iceland"; "Government hypes gas crisis ahead of restarting drilling"; "Biden EPA Finalizes Rules Excluding Gas Power Plants From Carbon Regulations"; "Vessel Strikes on Whales Are Increasing With Warming. Can the Shipping Industry Slow Down to Spare Them?"; "How climate change is raising the risks of another pandemic"; "A Natural Ecology Lab Along the Delaware River in the First State to Require K-12 Climate Education"; "Colorado students say they want more solutions-oriented climate education now before it’s too late"; "Aftermath of the storm: What roads, schools remain closed due to flood damage"; "What is winter without snow? Our children are finding out."; "I weep for the corals, but what I saw on the Great Barrier Reef gives me hope"; "Brazil floods: horse stranded on roof is rescued as death toll rises to 107 people"; "Used electric car sales in UK reach record highs"; "PepsiCo outlines plans to deliver its first net-zero plant"; "Solar Storm Intensifies, Filling Skies With Northern Lights"; "Need help electrifying your home? This startup has an app for that"; "In praise of shade trees"; "This Earth Day, Choose the Planet Over Plastics"; "Drought fuels wildfire concerns as Canada braces for another intense summer"; "A Puerto Rico Community Pushes for Rooftop Solar as Fossil-Fuel Plants Face Retirement"; "Heat stress has damaging impact on older adults’ vital organs"; "The climate crisis is no laughing matter, no matter what those on Radio 4’s Today programme think"; "UN agrees carbon market safeguards to tackle green land grabs"; "World Bank tiptoes into fiery debate over meat emissions"; "At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’"; "Italy's falling birth rate is a crisis that's only getting worse"; "Anthony Albanese faces internal revolt from inner-city Labor MPs over gas strategy"; "New US and China climate envoys, seeking show of progress, meet for first time in Washington"; "Net Zero Ministers Met Oil and Gas Representatives Twice a Week in 2023"; "Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand"; "Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere"; "Indian Ocean temperature anomalies predict long-term global dengue trends"; "The Guardian view on Britain’s dirty waterways: a failure of industry and regulation"; "Major emitters ‘may retain or expand’ fossil fuels despite net-zero plans"; "Labor’s gas boost opens new front in crossbench election battle"; "‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns"; "UK farmers consider quitting after extreme wet weather and low profits"; "Labor’s gas strategy: what is it and why do critics call it ‘Back to the Future’?"; "Climate Action Week...

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today urged a suite of actions and investments to protect the future of the Murray-Darling Basin in the face of climate change, which is threatening the river’s health and sustainability. In a new essay series A thriving Murray-Darling Basin in 50 years: Actions in the face of climate change, ATSE urges more investment in technologies to monitor the river for climate impacts and in sustained governance with regional and rural communities at the centre, coupled with evolving our agriculture industry in the face of decreased water availability and accepted water-sharing policies. The essay series highlights the vibrant, thriving potential of the Basin if sustainably managed for the benefit of communities and the environment. To achieve this, it recommends reinstating a body to provide independent objective policy advice on national water management, including for the Murray-Darling Basin, to help guide consistent national data-driven decision-making. ATSE President Katherine Woodthorpe AO FTSE (pictured) said the future of the Murray-Darling Basin is recognised to be at severe risk. That comprehensive action across Federal, State and Territory Governments will be decisive in safeguarding its biodiversity, and social and economic importance to Australia. "Essays address climate change in the Murray-Darling Basin"; "Australia could play a key role: what a key Paris Agreement negotiator thinks about our climate future"; "Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader"; "Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave"; "Oil giant plans to move 60,000 tonnes of steel, rig waste to UN-listed wetlands"; "A Grampians town’s remarkable recovery after ‘the beast’ burnt through"; "Energy Efficiency Council". "YIMBY: Community composting for connection and climate action"; "The Loudest Guys in the Room: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Warps the Information Ecosystem"; "In ‘Silent Spring,’ Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. Now, There’s a Plastics Plant Under Construction 30 Miles Away"; "A Plastics Plant Promised Pennsylvania Prosperity, but to Some Residents It’s Become a ‘Shockingly Bad’ Neighbor"; "Wildfire smoke a threat to already endangered orangutans"; "Why some corals are better off dead"; "Reflections on being an Earthling"; "The EPA’s Carbon Crackdown Is Finally Here"; "We aim to call Government and Industry to action . . . . .Charter 29"; "Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?"; "Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil"; "Here’s why so many Republicans won’t buy EVs"; "Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds"; "Buddha taught us to be happy with less. How does this apply to the climate crisis?"; "3 energy questions hang over EPA’s carbon rule"; "Sometimes, to Make an Electric Car Better, You’ve Got to Make It a Little Worse"; "Climate Change Is Making Your Seasonal Allergies Worse"; "As the Environmental Crisis Worsens, So Too Does the Safety of Journalists Covering It"; "‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet"; "Federal Court hears closing arguments in Torres Strait Islanders' climate change case"; "Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 75 people over 7 days, with 103 people missing"; "‘We’re looking at losing 20% of Olympic nations’: how the climate crisis is changing sport"; "First ever cyclone confronts flood-hit Kenya"; "Over 100 temperature records in Vietnam broken in April as heatwave scorches"; "There's a soundtrack to our coral reefs and scientists are hopeful it can encourage coral regrowth"; "The cleanest air in the world is at Tasmania's Kennaook/Cape Grim. It's helping solve a climate puzzle" --- Send in a voice message:...

"I’ve done the sums. All we need is 1,200 square kilometres. That’s not much. The area devoted to agriculture is about 3,500 times larger at 4.2 million square kilometres. The area of land that would be taken away from agriculture works out at about 45 square metres per person – about the size of a large living room. "We can ditch fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse emissions with negligible impact on agriculture. And, in many cases, farmers can be paid for hosting renewable energy infrastructure while continuing to run sheep and cows or grow crops." So says a Professor of Engineering from the Australian National University, Professor Andrew Blakers (pictured), in an article published in The Conversation: "No threat to farmland: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs". Professor Blakers visited Mooroopna, just across the Goulburn River from Shepparton, several years ago as one of about three speakers at a climate change forum organised by the Shepparton-based group, "Slap Tomorrow". The convenor of Zero Carbon Tatura, Terry Court, also on the Goulburn Valley-based GV Community Energy board, joined me for the conversation with Professor Blakers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Those who understand climate change see adaptation and mitigation as key planks in national security and former international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chair of the Australian Coal Association and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Ian Dunlop, writes on Pearls and Irritations - "Climate security risks and Australia’s failure"; "Australia’s National Defence Strategy: Where ideology trumps strategy"; "As climate change pushes deer north, other animals may lose out"; "Startup mimics nature to produce zero-carbon cement"; "Here’s what record-breaking temperatures looked like around the globe"; "8 years into America’s e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?"; "Why India is key to heading off climate catastrophe"; "Southern Africa drought flags dilemma for loss and damage fund"; "Where seas are rising at alarming speed"; "Air Pollution Could Potentially Exacerbate Menopause Symptoms, Study Says"; "Girt by Sea: can Australia reduce its dependence on US security?"; "‘Near unliveable’ extreme heat poses national security risk"; "Study: Climate change boosted July's heat for 81% of world's population"; "Getting together on climate action"; "ELECTRIC SUV EXPO 24, MELBOURNE"; "Mom fights air pollution in North Denver"; "Welcome to the Regen Learning Hub"; "Surveyors warn EV chargers in old apartment buildings should have fire safety approval"; "Slow Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know"; "‘Near unliveable’ extreme heat poses national security risk"; "Climate-security risks too hot to handle for Australian Government"; "Florida sees thriving future if climate resilience managed, research finds"; "Appeals Court Ordered the Dismissal of a Landmark Youth Climate Court Case"; "Loss and Damage Meeting Shows Signs of Giving Developing Countries a Bigger Voice and Easier Access to Aid"; "Policy Experts Say the UN Climate Talks Need Reform, but Change Would be Difficult in the Current Political Landscape"; "Perth residents question use of groundwater for Coca-Cola bottled water amid record low rainfall"; "Roger Cook faces defamation threat from teen climate protesters"; "Minnesota’s biggest solar project will help replace a huge coal plant"; "Texas Companies Eye Pecos River Watershed for Oilfield Wastewater"; "Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientists"; "First ever planet-wide analysis shows conservation work is making a measurable difference"; "We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role"; "Is bioenergy ever truly green? It depends on 5 key questions"; "El Niño not climate change key to drought that caused Panama Canal disruption, study says"; "No Mow May: How to turn your garden into a haven for butterflies this spring"; "How close is the world to securing a global treaty to end plastic pollution?"; "Can Forests Be More Profitable Than Beef?"; "Curbing Contrails: A Climate Solution in the Skies"; "Trains Are Cleaner Than Planes, Right"; "Corn to Power Airplanes? Biden Administration Sets a High Bar."; "Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics"; "Sharing the Truth About Electric Vehicles and Clean Energy"; "Transformative Incrementalism: Changing Global Systems By Changing Our Part Of The World". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Nuclear energy was given a brief platform on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Q&A program and was championed by the National Party Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie. "Charged up: WA town to home Australia’s biggest battery"; "GV Community Energy"; "Farmers must innovate or risk profits says CSIRO"; "Colbinabbin residents oppose huge solar farm"; "Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts"; "Dangerous heat kills dozens, closes schools, prompts four-day workweek"; "Peter Dutton calls for government to engage in ‘mature conversation’ on nuclear energy"; "Some anglers say Rhode Island’s Block Island wind farm has improved fishing"; "Alaska Native community experiments with growing food above the Arctic Circle"; "Australia mining at risk from climate change-fueled drought and heat"; "Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals"; "I found a $2,100 EV. Here’s how you can, too"; "Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’"; "Labor’s first extinction"; "NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station"; "A Uniquely French Approach to Environmentalism"; "Saying the stakes could not be higher, Newsom to speak at Vatican climate summit"; "How do we define climate responsibility? Woodside has no answer"; "The Green Gas Lie"; "Repeated periods of heat and drought causing some trees to die – study"; "Hydrogen Offers Germany a Chance to Take a Lead in Green Energy"; "Scotland’s leader resigns after conflicts over climate change, gender identity weakened government"; "Heavy Rains Threaten China’s Rice as Extreme Weather Grips South"; "European cities are turning to nature-based solutions amid climate crisis"; "Majority of critical minerals face heightened climate risks by 2050, study finds"; "Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years"; "Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’"; "Capital Research Center"; "Kenya flooding: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town"; "PM Update: Records set after highs hit near 90, with more heat expected Tuesday"; "Alaska Native community experiments with growing food above the Arctic Circle"; "New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants"; "Ford Hybrids, EVs, Transit Set Records; Q1 Sales Top Industry, Up 7%"; "Climate change and human rights: how a landmark legal victory in Europe could affect NZ": "Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical."; "What kind of diner are you? 6 types of diners who avoid plant-based meat dishes"; "House Republicans pass energy bill to roll back regulation of fossil fuel production"; "Our tall, wet forests were not open and park-like when colonists arrived – and we shouldn’t be burning them"; "Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Passed a New Milestone"; "Retired UK GP suspended for five months after climate protests"; "Sugar gums have a reputation as risky branch-droppers but they’re important to bees, parrots and possums"; "These European countries could lose more than 30 days of comfortable weather a year by 2100"; "17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot"; "Drought, food shortages and deadly heat: El Niño has ended but its impacts are still being felt"; "With the clean energy transition, low-income communities fear they’ll be saddled with big infrastructure projects, again"; "High Seas Treaty: EU votes to ratify landmark international law to protect oceans"; "Heat Islands and Equity"; "‘A serious risk’: Mexican villagers take on cartel-backed avocado farms as water dries up"; "Pre-Bunking Climate Misinformation"; "IRA’s Solar for All Program Will Install Nearly 1 Million Systems in US"; "Why dimming the Sun would be an effective tool in the fight against climate change". --- Send in a voice...

The much loved ARIA and AIR Award-winning children’s act Teeny Tiny Stevies, featuring sisters Byll and Beth Stephen, released their fifth record The Green Album via ABC Music. It is launched into the world with a new single and accompanying video, Climate Change. "Growing leaders in Maryborough: How a school groundsman and students tackle climate change"; "The Nymphageddon with Dr. Trebicki"; "The great distribution dilemma – can public interest journalism survive?"; "Green petrol and eco plastic? Fake ‘Earth friendly’ claims are out of control"; "The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International"; "Powering ahead with green hydrogen"; "Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada"; "Video Games Are Finally Waking Up to Climate Change"; "The $200 Billion Video Game Industry Is a Climate Opportunity"; "Players travel the world to learn about heat-resilience techniques—then come back and gallantly slay the heat dragon"; "Extreme Heat Series for Minecraft Education"; "Attention gamers! Defeat the ‘heat dragon’ or get burned."; "Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think"; "Native bats should be celebrated like other Australian wildlife, ecologist says"; "Residents of climate change-affected communities support Torres Strait Islanders in landmark federal court case"; "If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production"; "Blue Derby Wild's High Court appeal thrown out, with native logging set to continue near mountain-biking trails"; "Violent tornadoes wreak destruction in Nebraska and Iowa"; "PM Update: Summery night to follow warm Sunday. First 90-degree day Monday?"; "Tornadoes rip through Plains, with more possible Saturday"; "The Environmental Victories Keep on Comin"; "Chart: Heavy industry is the next big climate problem to tackle"; "G7 agrees to shut down coal plants by 2035, UK minister says, in climate breakthrough"; "Anatomy of a failed EV startup": "Why are fish still dying in the Darling River at Menindee — and what can we do to prevent it?": "Geothermal heat pumps are helping clean up city buildings"; "Majority of young American adults say climate change influences their decision to have children"; "Climate Change Has Infiltrated Game Night—and That’s a Good Thing, Experts Say"; "The Drowning South"; "Grasslands 101: Everything You Need to Know"; "Bunbury becomes 30th member of WA EV Network with new fast-charger along Blair Street"; "It’s time to strike an environmental grand bargain between businesses, governments and conservationists – and stop doing things the hard way"; "Battery Energy Storage Capacity Must Increase 6x Faster to Meet Global Climate Goals: IEA"; "4 Must-Read Graphic Nonfiction Books About the Environment"; "Creating a liveable, equitable world"; "A New Federal Tool Could Help Cities Prepare for Scorching Summer Heat"; "China’s quiet energy revolution: The switch from nuclear to renewable energy"; "A Simple Act of Defiance Can Improve Science for Women"; "Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down"; "Letting Your Grass Grow Wild Boosts Butterfly Numbers, UK Study Says"; "More Than 1 in 5 Cars Sold Globally This Year Will Be Electric: IEA Report"; "Humans might need to re-engineer the climate"; "Global warming threatens Antarctica’s meteorites"; "Extreme Heat Stress in Europe Hit Record Levels in 2023, Report Finds"; "Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret"; "How an Arizona Medical Anthropologist Uses Oral Histories to Add Depth to Environmental Science"; "Biden to Announce $7 Billion in Rooftop Solar Grants to Power Nearly 1 Million Households"; "Birdsong once signalled the onset of spring on my street – but not this year"; "Renewable Electricity Generation Outpaces Fossil Fuels for Record Time Span in UK"; "Climate change threatens the coastal...

Life often stands in the way of goals, but eventually, the fog lifts and you get back to the essence of those aims - "Playing God With the Atmosphere"; "Why won’t Chris Packham have a real debate on climate?"; "‘Outrageous’ climate activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?"; "Global battery rollout doubled last year – but needs to be six times faster, says IEA"; "Deadly Dubai floods made worse by climate change"; "E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal-Burning Power Plants"; "“Guiding compass to 1.5C”: COP29 presidency unveils plans for global climate action"; "Tanya Plibersek rejects claims renewable projects are being held up by approval delays"; "Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds"; "Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt"; "Circular Action Guide"; "‘Just do it!’ Wisconsin couple built a net-zero home"; "Could fossil fuel companies be charged with homicide?"; "Clean image, dirty truth | Between the Lines"; "The truth about getting to net zero, according to the numbers – video"; "Honda Commits to E.V.s With Big Investment in Canada"; "Tesla Fell Behind, Then Leapt Ahead of ExxonMobil in Market Value This Week"; "Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under A Rural Community After Hundreds of Fines and a Fatal Explosion. Residents Are Rattled"; "In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor"; "How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California"; "NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record"; "A long, hot U.S. summer is looming, forecasters say"; "Cities' heat solutions are mainly Band-Aids"; "How Phoenix is preparing for its next brutally hot summer"; "Climate Damage Costs Could Total $38 Trillion per Year by 2050, Study Finds"; "‘It’s Got to Be a Fight’: Author Adam Welz on Surviving Climate Breakdown and Saving Species of a ‘Tarnished Eden’"; "Worst wine harvest in 62 years blamed on ‘extreme’ weather and climate change"; "Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?"; "Dozens of Climate Activists Arrested at Citibank Headquarters in New York City During Earth Week"; "How to talk to a climate doomer (even if that doomer is you)"; "Doctor: To fight asthma, fight global warming"; "Tensions rise over who will contribute to new climate finance goal"; "State of the climate: 2024 off to a record-warm start"; "Climate activist's 'Kafkaesque' trial"; "Climate Impact of Primary Plastic Production"; "Building a Net Zero Ready Home: Episode 1"; "Sinking land is a problem for cities all over the world"; "I’m asking BP to take its share of responsibility for my son’s death, and will take it to UK court if I have to"; "Could this pink rice be the food of the future? Scientists say it’s more nutritious than normal rice"; "How the EPA will spend $27 billion in carbon-reduction funds"; "Kiwis are learning how to fight climate change – polls"; "A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters"; "Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires"; "Hot Oceans Worsened Dubai’s Dramatic Flooding, Scientists Say"; "Mining Giant BHP Makes $39 Billion Bid for Rival Anglo American"; "Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution"; "Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines"; "Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals"; "New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks"; "So Much Produce Comes in Plastic. Is There a Better Way?"; "Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution"; "State of the science on plastic chemicals"; "For Earth Day 2024, experts are spreading optimism – not doom. Here's why."; "This state is quickly becoming America's clean energy paradise. Here's how it's happening"; --- Send in a voice message:...

Kyla Brettle (pictured) drops the first two episodes of her new podcast: "Everything We Need"; "Lessons in Climate Storytelling"; "America’s biggest wind farm | Repowering the West"; "Chris Stark: Rishi Sunak has set us back, head of climate change watchdog says"; "What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know"; "LSU’s fossil-fuel partnerships"; "Uncharted Oceans"; "Cristina Mittermeier"; "Consumer watchdog refuses to certify green labelling scheme"; "Thoughtful Threads: Presented by Climate One and Nothin But Hits at SF Climate Week"; "A new rule aims to fortify public lands against climate change. Here’s why Utah wants to fight it."; "Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7 Billion Solar for All Grants to Deliver Residential Solar, Saving Low-Income Americans $350 Million Annually and Advancing Environmental Justice Across America"; "West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today"; "Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023"; "Chinese province of Guangdong hit by historic floods"; "Cloak and desecrate: The specter of deep-sea mining"; "Stockland and Ampol rev up superfast EV charging stations"; "Rewilding ourselves: A project of hope [Midwest USA]"; "Almost half of all major Chinese cities are sinking, study warns"; "Do the people care about the climate crisis? These voters say yes - but the polls do not"; "US offshore wind needs American-made ships. The first is nearly ready"; "Tritium, major supplier of EV fast-charging equipment, is insolvent"; "Lisa Wee on how digital solutions drive the transition to net zero and help cut industrial emissions"; "Fashion and lifestyle brands unite to protect forests on Earth Day"; "Here’s the truth: energy transition is hard. Not everyone gets a pony"; "If Australia has reached ‘peak milk’, what does that mean for our food security?"; "Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years"; "Guardian Essential poll: voters back Labor’s Future Made in Australia plan while overestimating cost of renewables"; "Meet four people in refugee communities who are creating a greener future"; "Jared Kushner Has Big Plans for Delta of Europe’s Last Wild River"; "In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor"; "Would you give up planes for these trains? Europe pushes travel that’s climate-friendly."; "These 150-foot-high sails could help solve shipping’s climate problem"; "Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment"; "Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem"; "Coal trains carry health risks along with cargo"; "Climate change is creating a ‘cocktail’ of health hazards for 2.4 billion workers"; "High Levels of PFAA (Subgroup of PFAS) Found in Sea Spray"; "Seychelles Beach Cleanup Shows Potential for Citizens to Tackle Marine Trash"; "Metal Waste Could Be Used as a Catalyst for More Sustainable Hydrogen Production, Researchers Say"; "Biden’s Bureau of Land Management Will Offer Leasing of Public Lands for Conservation"; "More than coral: the unseen casualties of record-breaking heat on the Great Barrier Reef"; "Ecosystems are deeply interconnected – environmental research, policy and management should be too"; "SeaLegacy"; "The Commons Social Change Library"; "Scottish Greens to vote on power-sharing deal with SNP after carbon goal ditched"; "Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods"; "Pakistani province issues a flood alert and warns of a heavy loss of life from glacial melting"; "Austria likely to be largely ice-free within 45 years as glaciers recede quickly, experts say"; "Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president"; "Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station"; "Coastal cities not safe from sea level rise warns...

Joining a Melbourne workshop and arriving early, as I always do, I was helping a woman adjust some blinds and upon hearing me speak she said "Are you a podcaster?" In answering yes and adding that I host "Climate Conversations", she said she was a follower. I was thrilled! Anne is the co-host of RadioMMT, a program that can also be found on YouTube. "What is a passive house?"; "Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts"; "Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy"; "A third of U.S. adults are interested in cutting back on meat, report finds"; "NOAA Confirms 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event as Climate Crisis Puts Reefs ‘Under Serious Pressure’"; "Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains"; "Great Barrier Reef experiencing one of its worst coral bleaching events"; "Climate change: Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without warming"; "Global warming is coming for your shopping cart"; "How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers"; "‘We would not survive without coffee’: how rules made in Europe put Ethiopian farmers at risk"; "Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign."; "Meteorologist warns of 'weather wars' between countries after Dubai floods were blamed on 'cloud seeding' - with 'catastrophic' consequences"; "Extreme Heat Resilience: lessons from Spain for Australia"; "Battery-Electric Buses piloted in Seattle reduced maintenance costs per mile by 44.1 per cent compared to their diesel bus counterparts."; "EPA $61 Million in Funding Will Put Clean School Buses on the Streets of New York City"; "EV school bus rollout off to slow start despite billion-dollar subsidies"; "Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin"; "‘Step on the gas,’ ‘well-oiled machine,’ and other fossil-fuel phrases that pervade our language"; "Schools in coal country are going solar"; "How much CO₂ does the world emit? Which countries emit the most?" "A California firm may have a concrete way to help the planet with cleaner cement"; "Construction to begin on high-speed rail between Vegas and California"; "Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016"; "Climate crisis: average world incomes to diminish by nearly a fifth by 2050"; "The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records"; "The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)"; "The economic commitment of climate change"; "For the first time, U.S. may force polluters to clean up these ‘forever chemicals’"; "Despite Their ‘Bad Rap,’ Bats Can Help Farmers"; "More Than $100 Billion in Debt-for-Nature Swaps Could Help Fight Climate Crisis, Report Says"; "Climate change played a role in killing tens of thousands of people in 2023"; "Global billionaires tax to fight climate change, hunger rises up political agenda"; "Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled"; "World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink"; "Researchers at Michigan Tech Want to Create a High-Tech Wood Product Called Cross-Laminated Timber From the State’s Hardwood Trees"; "Fracking-Induced Earthquakes Are Menacing Argentina as Regulators Stand By"; "Ultra-fast fashion is a disturbing trend undermining efforts to make the whole industry more sustainable"; "Following a t-shirt from cotton field to landfill shows the true cost of fast fashion"; "More EV drivers embracing outback roads amid plan to expand Queensland's charger network"; "‘End crippling debt’: Calls mount for global financial reform to tackle debt and climate crisis"; "Airline Places Order for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made From Human Waste"; "‘Climate-controlled pig’? Danish Crown admits to misleading people with greenwashing pork claims"; "Govt urged to protect seabirds on the brink of extinction"; "Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response"; "Geothermal...

Executive Secretary at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Steel (pictured during Q&A at London's Chatham House), has declared we have "Two years to save the world". As a bonus, you can follow this link and go to "Outrage and Optimism" to hear an interview with Simon Steill and then listen as hosts, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson, take a deep dive into what Simon Steill said. On climate, the world has gone from denial to procrastination. Climate inaction is no longer defended by denying the science, but because action is claimed to be ‘too costly’ or unachievable. Yet, the time to shape a liveable future is running out, with the decisions taken over the coming two years determining how close to limiting global warming to 1.5°C we will get by the end of the century. With more than 60 countries going to the polls this year, and nearly 90 per cent of the population in 125 countries want stronger climate action, every election is a climate change election. We must now see climate action as a tool to create better, more equitable and cleaner societies, with solid economies built around plentiful, renewable energy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

"Investor heavyweights failing to boot directors on climate commitments"; Samantha Helps is full of praise for Violet Coco (pictured) in her piece on Pearls and Irritations: "XR blocking arteries of capitalism labelled “catastrophic inconvenience”"; "Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action" - Dana R. Fisher; "The EV revolution has stalled. Can these nifty bikes kick it back into gear?"; "Unprecedented spread of coral bleaching along Great Barrier Reef"; "After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking"; "Climate for Change"; "Plibersek scales back environment reforms as coral bleaching goes global"; "Fossil fuel’s war on protest"; "Jonathan Vigliotti: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America"; "Environmental impacts of underground nuclear weapons testing"; "Callaway Climate Insights founder David Callaway joins the Bulletin’s Governing Board"; "Is hydropower aging out of the clean energy race?"; "California derailed its booming rooftop solar buildout. Can it be fixed?"; "Climate Deniers in the 117th Congress"; "New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns"; "Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles"; "Brown University Study Documents Links Between National & Local Offshore Wind Opponents"; "Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?"; "Russia and Kazakhstan evacuate tens of thousands amid worst floods in decades"; "Climate change driving demand for predatory loans, research shows"; "Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts"; "India Forecasts Searing Heat Ahead of World’s Biggest Election": "UK Climate Minister Stands Down Ahead of General Election"; "Lightning and heavy rain kill dozens in Pakistan and Afghanistan in three days"; "Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record"; "As the Federal Government Proposes a Plan to Cull Barred Owls in the West, the Debate Around ‘Invasive’ Species Heats Up"; "Climate change is causing marine ‘coldwaves’ too, killing wildlife"; "As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle"; "A Highway in Indiana Could One Day Charge Your EV While You’re Driving It"; "Air pollution boosts Alzheimer’s disease risk"; "Air NZ calls for Govt mandates to help drive sustainable aviation fuel use"; "Corals are bleaching in every corner of the ocean, threatening its web of life"; "There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook"; "Sewage pollution could jeopardise Olympic swimming events in the River Seine, NGO warns"; "‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief"; "World in grip of new major coral bleaching event, reefs at risk"; "Switching to Plant-Based Diets Could Save More Than 200,000 Lives per Year, Study Finds"; "The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia"; "A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet: A Conversation With Peter Singer"; "Africa’s Great Apes Are Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds"; "Great Barrier Reef Suffering Record Coral Bleaching With Damage 59 Feet Below the Surface"; "Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?': "Trillions of tonnes of carbon locked in soil has been left out of environmental models – and it’s on the move"; "Greece to Invest $830 Million for Marine Conservation"; "Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go"; "Victorian households have the highest gas usage in the country — will they turn it around?"; "Faster-melting snow causes major flooding in Russia and Kazakhstan"; "BOM's first winter forecast for 2024 declares it could be one of Australia's warmest...

Just 40 minutes, along with a fair bit of research, with Gabrielle Bond (pictured), the woman behind the Modern Money Lab at Adelaides Torrens University, changed, no, exploded my views about economic ideas, particularly those of Federal Government deficits. Gabrielle is an enthusiast of the Modern Money Theory (MMT) and an ardent supporter of her contemporary from the university, Assistant Professor Steven Hail, who explained MMT through an article in The Conversation, entitled, "Explainer: what is modern monetary theory?". In that article, he discussed one of MMT's pioneers, Professor Bill Mitchell, who has long explored the workings and application of the Modern Monetary Theory. Of course, the real modern hero of MMT is U.S. economist, Stephanie Kelton, who can be seen in this TEDx talk "The big myth of government deficits" and again in this "Stony Brook University Presidential Lecture Series". My journey to interview Gabrielle began when I listened to Professor Kelton in Melbourne, where she talked about many things, including the movie "Finding the Money". It was in 2021 that reporter Gareth Hutchins wrote a story for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) entitled: "Modern Monetary Theory: How MMT is challenging the economic establishment". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

The Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie (pictured) talks about "Seizing the Decade"; "Consumer Energy Summit"; "Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe"; "Does "Every Little Thing" REALLY Stop Climate Change?"; "‘Historic’ European Court of Human Rights ruling backs Swiss women in climate change case"; "Solar canopy over Denver school parking lot will provide energy to low-income families"; "Climate complacency: study finds even the most informed people would rather take the easy option" "Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it"; "The Permian Basin Climate Bomb Series"; "How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster"; "The Rising Tide"; "The Peoples' Blockade"; "Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe"; "Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests"; "How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality"; "How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change"; "Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?"; "This is an emergency - climate silence is climate denial. #EndClimateSilence now"; "The Olympics are usually a sustainability disaster. Can Paris be different?"; "Australia could reach an ‘ambitious’ emissions cut of up to 75% by 2035, advisers tell Labor"; "Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?"; "Nexamp nabs $520M to build community solar across the US"; "In-depth Q&A: How does climate change drive human migration?"; "EU Policy. European Parliament approves energy market overhaul"; "‘It’s a sun trap’: climate crisis brings boomtime for British wine"; "‘A Massive Win for All Generations’: European Human Rights Court Rules Switzerland Violated Rights With Climate Inaction"; "Storm in Perth's north causes flooding, damage as BOM issues severe weather warning"; "Earth Day 2024"; "See photos, video of flooding in New Orleans metro neighborhoods during severe weather"; "Rainfall Intensity and Daily Rainfall on April 10, 2024"; "Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Stronger Clean Air Standards for Chemical Plants, Lowering Cancer Risk and Advancing Environmental Justice"; "Flooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from river"; "Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan"; "Labour may fail to grab target seats as young voters turn away over Gaza and climate"; "Carbon price should be set at $70 a tonne and rise six-fold by mid-century, says AEMC"; "New Yorkers for Clean Power"; "Rural opposition to solar farms goes beyond beliefs in climate change"; "The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records"; "Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green"; "How the essential, dirty steel industry is going green": "Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023"; "What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric"; "Brazil Labor Spat Thwarts Lula’s Bid to Boost Growth and Save the Amazon"; "Tanya Plibersek’s proposal to save Toondah Harbour is a win for both threatened species and people power"; "Deforestation rising in Colombia 5 years after peace deal"; "NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado"; "How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster"; "Earth sees hottest-ever March, the 10th record-breaking month in a row"; "Here’s how EVs could get 200 miles per gallon"; "Spies Like Us: why the Government is still backing Woodside over Timor-Leste"; "Power to the people? Bolivia’s hunt for gas targets national parks – and divides communities"; "Feeling depleted? So is the planet. Here’s how to move from exhaustion to empowerment"; "Incarcerated People Subjected To Worst Of Climate Change"; "Embodied Carbon = 10% Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions!". ---...

Shepparton's Foott Waste is trialling an all-electric garbage truck and principal, Peter Foott (pictured behind the wheel of this revolutionary truck) took me for a "test ride" just a few days ago. "Understanding Climate Change: All the Natural and Human Causes"; "Split inside conservative green group over new nuclear agenda"; "Ontario's Nuclear Advantage"; "Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between"; "Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK?"; "Dutch court ruling considers national airline guilty of greenwashing"; "Fossil subsidies could have paid for Canadian wind and solar projects 12 times over"; "Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?"; "Generation starts at what will be South Australia’s biggest wind farm"; "Australia’s biggest coal generator teams up with SunDrive to make solar at Liddell"; "Solar Sunshot: Albanese pledges $1bn to take Australia from “pit to panel”"; "Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. Here’s how it works."; "Even Disney’s beloved Autopia ride is giving up on gas-powered cars"; "The Carbon Brief Profile: Australia"; "The Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria"; "An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn"; "Man's body found near reserve in Sydney's west after rain and extreme weather hits NSW"; "Carbon Emissions Reduction Rate in U.S. Has Doubled Since Passage of Inflation Reduction Act, Report Finds"; "Should Big Oil Be Tried for Homicide?"; "Zambia’s fossil-fuel subsidy cuts help climate and kids – but taxi drivers suffer"; "Is water provision in drought-hit Zambia climate ‘loss and damage’ or adaptation?"; "New PBS Documentary Focuses on a More Hopeful Future"; "Virginia’s Utility Regulator Approves Enough New Solar Projects to Power Nearly 200,000 Homes"; "Secondhand Clothing Market in U.S. Grew 7x Faster Than General Clothing Retail in 2023": "‘On the Move’ examines how climate change will alter where people live"; "Zimbabwean president declares state of disaster due to drought"; "Rivers Recover Rapidly Once Dams Are Gone, Study Finds"; "Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster’"; "Dam removals, restoration project on Klamath River expected to help salmon, researchers conclude"; "In the Pacific Northwest, Salmon Declines Upend a Way of Life"; "Climate change is changing how we keep time". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Former Federal Minister, Greg Combet (pictured) was a guest this week on the National Press Club talking about getting to net zero: "Greg Combet - Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority"; "After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking"; "Dive in: Climate change is affecting all types of weather"; "States brace for collision of weather systems"; "A man has died in Queensland floodwaters, as heavy rain lashes east coast"; "Australia’s soil to become net carbon emitter and threat to climate goals, report says"; "El Nino-linked drought threatens energy and food supplies in southern Africa with millions at risk"; "Thousands more of Tasmania 'giant' native trees could be spared from logging under policy change"; "Natasha’s hot home is bad for her health. So is the cost of living"; "When it comes to climate action, beware the policy bundle"; "Florida’s tiny ‘fairy tale’ deer are losing habitat as seas rise"; "Shell says landmark emissions ruling won't help climate goals"; "India Predicts Searing Heat in Threat to Lives, Power Supply"; "He Wants Oil Money Off Campus. She’s Funded by Exxon. They’re Friends."; "Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016"; "Boom in mining for renewable energy minerals threatens Africa’s great apes"; "Network Rail to spend £2.8bn to cope with effects of climate crisis"; "Snowball effect: Is artificial snow a long-term solution for ski resorts in a warming world?"; "Throwing Soup At Mona Lisa For The Climate Cause?"; "Buckled lines and landslides: How climate change is hitting Europe’s rail industry"; "In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants"; "Do organic farms cause unintended harm? Study finds uptick in pesticide use in neighbouring fields"; "Global Warming Will Enable Tropical Species From the Atlantic to Colonize the Mediterranean Sea"; "‘I want to tackle it in a big way’: Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects"; "Bird Flu Is Picking its Way Across the Animal Kingdom—and Climate Change Could Be Making it Worse"; "Europe is divided on nuclear power: Which countries are for and against it?"; "It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought"; "The Anthropocene already exists in our heads, even if it’s now officially not a geological epoch"; "A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch"; "Anthropocene: human-made materials now weigh as much as all living biomass, say scientists"; "Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting"; "No EV recovery, with worst sales quarter in nearly 3 years"; "‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk"; "Inside the minds of the oil rig-climbing activists"; "Australia faces postwar-style reconstruction to reach net zero target, Greg Combet says"; "An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works"; "East coast weather: big wet headed for Sydney after month of rain dumped on parts of Victoria in 24 hours"; "Why artificial submarine curtains won’t save West Antarctica’s retreating glaciers"; "Out of alignment: how clashing policies make for terrible environmental outcomes"; "Scientists warn Australians to prepare for megadroughts lasting more than 20 years"; "Native animals that survived Bayindeen bushfire face increased threat from predators six weeks on"; "Tiwi Islands leaders appeal to federal government to reconsider offshore gas project approvals changes"; "First Nations people must be at the forefront of Australia’s renewable energy revolution"; "Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis?"; "A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it"; "Awful’: climate crisis threatens to sink historic north-east golf club". ---...

Catherina McKenna (pictured) heaps praise on COP21 during an address to Columbia Climate School - "Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations"; "Ugly, treeless, hot: Push to force developers to plant trees in Melbourne’s outer suburbs"; "‘Opportunistic’ fraud and scams target disasters in a warming world"; "Ready or not, self-driving semi-trucks are coming to America’s highways"; "Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"; "Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal"; "A River in Flux"; "How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale"; "Can Flashy Music Festivals Go Green?"; "Australian music festivals are increasingly affected by climate change. But is the industry doing enough to mitigate its impact?"; "17 people taken to hospital during Ed Sheeran concert at Acrisure Stadium"; "Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms"; "Nearly 100 injured as hailstorm pummels Louis Tomlinson concert in Colorado"; "The BBC, Guyana, and Untangling North-South Climate Complexities"; "How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale"; "Flash flooding possible as thunderstorms rumble towards Melbourne from the west"; "Weather tracker: Cyclone Gamane unexpectedly veers into Madagascar"; "How a Blind Oceanographer Studies Temperature-Regulating Currents"; "Too far or not far enough? These are Europe’s most and least popular climate policies"; "Major storm to sweep United States with severe weather, snow, flooding"; "U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas"; "BYD says plug-in electrics will exceed 50 pct of new car sales in China in next 3 months"; "Po Valley: Air pollution is causing serious health risks for more than 16 million Italians"; "2024 Must Be the Year for Exponential Climate Action"; "Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension"; "Energy giant wrongly received thousands from welfare payments of former customers under Centrelink scheme"; "Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets"; "Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world"; "El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the world this year"; "There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice"; "First Wisconsin tornadoes in February: ‘It’s an absolute shock’ (photos)"; "Water now a major risk for world’s supply chains, reports CDP"; "Environmentalists Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill"; "Volcanoes Can Affect Climate"; "Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds"; "Labor’s chance to protect youth over fossil fuels"; "The surprising reasons why Big Oil may not want a second Trump term". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message