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Author: Robert McLean

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A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.
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Anna Rose (pictured) told a 2013 forum in Shepparton how a warmer atmosphere can hold much more water and the evidence of that is all around the world. "Thousands missing and feared dead after floods submerge eastern Libya"; "‘Catastrophe’ in Libya’s Derna as deadly floods engulf city"; Jane Fonda talks about her life as an activist on "Climate One"; "Why your perception of climate change threats might depend on where you live – new research"; "The heat is on"; "Their names appeared on letters urging fracking Ohio’s state parks. They don’t know how."; "How back-to-back disasters strain community resources"; "How Fires, Floods and Hurricanes Create Deadly Pockets of Information Isolation"; "Faster disaster: climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms"; "Heat Waves May Be Slow, but They Are Just as Destructive as Faster Disasters"; "Five cars destroyed at Sydney airport after luxury electric vehicle’s battery ignites"; "‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after Libya floods"; "Half the World’s Population Faced Extreme Heat for at Least 30 Days This Summer"; "$85 for a cheap piece of plastic? Push to overhaul green government scheme"; "Antarctic sea ice levels entering 'new low state', climate researchers say, with action urged on emissions"; "‘Transform Australia’: Critical minerals key in calls for $100 billion green plan"; "To efficiently harvest water from air, consider the humble spider web"; "1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we’re losing sight of its importance"; "Update needed for 1872 mining law to boost clean energy, report says"; "Climate breakdown: even if we miss the 1.5°C target we must still fight to prevent every single increment of warming"; "Libya, Greece, Brazil: Climate-driven storms cause catastrophic flooding around the world"; "US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds"; "Guess What? More Plastic Trash."; "The Fire This Time: Facing the Reality of Climate Change"; "You call this living? Dutch ‘cycling professor’ has some tough advice for Melbourne"; "Europe's climate activists face 'repressive tide,' rights watchdogs warn"; "Flood-hit homes uninsurable or unaffordable as climate change hikes premiums"; "Labor won't release climate report on national security threat"; "U.S. Sets Record for Billion-Dollar Disasters in a Single Year, With Almost Four Months to Go"; "“Complete habitat destruction” – scientists rally against NSW Forestry Corporation clear felling"; "It's Official: International Agency Marks 'Beginning of The End' of The Fossil Fuel Era"; "More Than 5,000 Dead in Libya as Collapsed Dams Worsen Flood Disaster"; "How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled"; "Renowned conductor allows climate activists to address crowd at Swiss music festival"; "Working in Extreme Heat Is Dangerous. We Must Make It Safer"; "U.S. has seen a record number of weather disasters this year. It’s only September."; "Lethal Heat Is Spreading across the Planet"; "Murray measured the indoor temperature at home. The results were shocking"; "In Libya, 10,000 missing following devastating floods"; "We just blew past 1.5 degrees. Game over on climate? Not yet"; "Overwhelming Heat This Summer Could Kill Twice as Many People as Usual"; "How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse"; "What El Niño means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points"; "The engineering brain drain facing Australia's renewable energy sector"; "We urgently need $100bn for renewable energy. But call it statecraft, not ‘industry policy’"; "Is Climate Change Causing More Record-Breaking Hail?"; "How Green is Burning Man?" "Climate Science Is under Attack in Classrooms"; "Large Herbivores Can Help Prevent Massive Wildfires"; "Our unsung farm dams provide vital habitat to threatened species of frogs"; "Sand Dredging Is Unsustainable and Wiping Out Mari --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr (pictured) claims his government is a national and world leader in taking the jurisdiction to a serious reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Minister Barr was the first speaker on the opening day of the Better Futures Australia Forum held in Canberra on September 6 and 7. He saw the forum as both critical in that it would solidify ideas and processes for achieving net zero and important that it brought together people and ideas that could help achieve the ambitious target. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
The then deputy mayor of the City of Greater Shepparton, Cr Seema Abdullah (pictured) used her casting vote in 2020 to see the municipality endorse and embrace a climate emergency. "How drought and rising temperatures drove millions of Somalis from their homes"; "‘Carbon mega bomb’: climate experts urge Biden to block gas export hub"; "The huge climate problem of cement, steel and chemicals, visualized"; "Where malaria is spreading"; "One of Europe's most polluted cities wants to ban cars from its centre"; "West Antarctic ice sheet faces ‘unavoidable’ melting, a warning for sea level rise"; "Utilities Have Been Lying to Us About Gas Stoves Since the 1970s"; "Rapid ice melt in west Antarctica now inevitable, research shows"; "EV ruling could jolt Australia’s financial foundations"; "The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable"; "Tesla Value Tops $1 Trillion After Hertz Orders 100,000 Cars"; "Antarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists find"; "The Crisis in the Middle East is a Crisis of Growth"; "Suicide rates increased after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin – we have to do better as climate change intensifies"; "Here’s what winter weather the U.S. can expect"; "Migrant workers toil in perilous heat to prepare for Cop28 climate talks in UAE"; "Prepare for a turbulent El Niño winter — with a major wild card"; "Fossil-fuel industry embrace raises alarm bells over direct air capture"; "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030"; "Low-cost solution to the grid reliability problem with 100% penetration of intermittent wind, water, and solar for all purposes"; "End of coal-fired power stations to crush decent incomes, report reveals"; "Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says"; "Here’s what happens to workers when coal-fired power plants close. It isn’t good"; "Storm Babet kills at least three people in UK as floods strike northern Europe"; "Alabama Wood Pellet Mill Seeks Millions in Climate Funds, but Critics Say It Won’t Cut CO2"; "Small islands struggle to get help from UN’s flagship climate fund"; "The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem"; "In Florida, Gen Z Activists Step Into the Fight Against Sugarcane Burning"; "How to beat ‘rollout rage’: the environment-versus-climate battle dividing regional Australia"; "Research by Public Health Experts Shows ‘Damning’ Evidence on the Harms of Fracking". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
John Bell (pictured) has written a script for a television advertisement that begins: "I am planet Earth". The artistic director of the Bell Shakespeare Company was one of several speakers at the May 9 Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition in Sydney, which was in fact, the 60th conference organized by the Smart Energy Council, a fact proudly pointed out by the council's Chief Executive, John Grimes. Among the speakers was the founder and chief scientist of "Otherlab", Saul Griffith, who talked about "Rewiring Australia". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Traffic on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge was disrupted and slowed to a halt when three people from Extinction Rebellion blocked two lanes of traffic with a large truck - the trio was arrested: "Three charged after climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco and others block traffic on Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge"; "Serial climate protesters jailed for blocking West Gate Bridge"; "View from The Hill: Peter Dutton talks up nuclear replacements for coal-fired generators"; "New rules will force U.S. firms to divulge role in warming the planet"; "Air pollution kills 1 million a year – hundreds of whom are Australians"; "Heat pumps are keeping homes warm in Maine"; "Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say"; "Plants are flowering a month earlier – here’s what it could mean for pollinating insects"; "John Kerry: ‘I Feel Deeply Frustrated’"; "‘An ecological disaster’: French bill proposes crackdown on throwaway culture of ultra fast fashion"; "Introducing Wild Seasons – a new series on how a warming world is warping nature’s calendar"; "Climate breakdown is knocking the natural world out of sync – and we should all be worried"; "Weirdly Warm Winter Has Climate Fingerprints All Over It, Study Says"; "Quest to declare Anthropocene an epoch descends into epic row"; "A Climate Expert Explains Why Atmospheric Rivers Are Causing Historic Rainfall in California"; "Climate Change in the Irish Mind"; "Xcel Energy power equipment caused huge Texas fire, investigators say"; "Big businesses will this year have to report their environmental impacts – but this alone won’t drive change"; "7 in 10 say they’ve heard little or nothing about Inflation Reduction Act since passage: poll"; "The Trump Administration Rolled Back More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List."; "A socialist writer skewered the Formula One scene. Then her article vanished"; "How Developing Nations Battered by Climate Change Are Crushed by Debt From International Lenders"; "Researchers coax people to envision greener cities using AI images of familiar streets"; "The Supreme Court’s Social Media Case Has Big Implications for Climate Disinformation, Experts Warn"; "Climate protesters arrested after blocking Melbourne's West Gate Bridge during peak hour"; "A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy"; "Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030"; "Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One"; "Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security"; "February breaks temperature records for the 9th month in a row: Why has this winter been so warm?"; "A dark pattern runs through British politics: when the powerful lose control, protesters suffer": "‘They ain’t seen nothing yet’: UN boss names climate change impacts coming to Australia"; "Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency"; "Exxon CEO Shares "Dirty Secret" Keeping Us From Net Zero Goals"; "Federal government formally declares Southern Ocean offshore wind zone"; "Australian Gen Z people have major concerns about climate change, research shows"; "Victoria's first waste-to-energy plant to power Maryvale Paper Mill by burning household rubbish"; "El Niño is starting to die down - but it won’t spell the end of extreme weather, WMO warns"; "Drought: why some UK trees are losing their leaves in August"; "EU Policy: Solar panel manufacturers will have to pay for disposal under new EU rules"; "Water restrictions, increased prices and imprisonment: How is Tunisia battling 5 years of drought?"; "Should Australia get the world's dirtiest cars?"; "Getting angry for good: wellbeing in the climate crisis"; "Despite the rain, we’ve just had the third hottest summer on record"; "Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching"; "Public hearing for the Climate Change Amendment Bill 2023 Inquiry". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Tim Forcey has delved into his experience of helping thousands of people improve the energy efficiency of their homes and written the soon-to-be-published book "My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to slash your energy bills, protect your health & save the planet". He was asked about what he had learned while helping people upgrade their homes to make them more energy efficient, more comfortable, personally safe and, of course, vastly cheaper to run, Tim has realised that he has the best job in the world. Beyond that, Tim is helping people make a significant individual difference in reducing personal and nationwide, and worldwide, planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. Listeners can learn more about time from his website, "Tim Forcey, Home Energy Advisor" or the Facebook page: "My Efficient Electric Home - Switching off Fossil Fuels". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
"Climate One" is an interesting and educative podcast worth listening to, please give it some of your time. "What on Earth is happening to the weather? These charts help explain"; "Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year"; "Climate change is fanning the flames of NZ’s wildfire future. Port Hills is only the beginning": "Let’s Build a Climate Wall of Shame"; "Just How Many People Will Die From Climate Change?"; "What’s really happening with emissions and the climate crisis in Australia"; "Sentinels of the sea: ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world"; "Dutton wants a ‘mature debate’ about nuclear power. By the time we’ve had one, new plants will be too late to replace coal"; "These wildfires never went out — they just moved underground"; "As Climate-Fueled Weather Disasters Hit More U.S. Farms, the Costs of Insuring Agriculture Have Skyrocketed"; "Emissions from households’ water use are on a par with aviation. The big cuts and savings they can make are being neglected"; "As climate disasters grow, early warning systems become essential"; "Victoria’s power outage could have been far worse. Can we harden the grid against extreme weather?"; "South Carolina Welcomes Multibillion Dollar Electric Vehicle Projects, Even Though Many Echo Trump’s Harsh EV Critiques"; "How researchers are using AI to fight climate change"; "Making Farming More Climate-Friendly Is Hard. Just Ask Europe’s Politicians."; "Demagogues imperilling global fight against climate breakdown, says Kerry"; "The disaster you could see from space: how a podcast went inside an eco-catastrophe"; "Gardens in England and Wales blooming four weeks early, says National Trust"; "Recycling Doesn’t Work—and the Plastics Industry Knew It": "Extreme Climate Impacts From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current Could be Worse Than Expected, a New Study Warns"; "Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe"; "Winter is warming almost everywhere. See how it’s changed in your town."; "Q&A: Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on New Air Pollution Regulations—and Women’s Roles in Bringing Them About"; "Investors Challenge ‘Blind Spots’ in Climate-Friendly Ratings for Ad and PR Giants"; "Canadian Pension Funds Haven’t Kept Up with Financial Risks of Climate Change, Report Finds"; "Electric vehicles will crush fossil cars on price as lithium and battery prices fall"; "Offshore wind farms: policymakers are more influenced by reports that accentuate negative impacts – new study"; "Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic"; "How psychology can help people live more climate-friendly lives – lessons from around the world"; "Climate change: alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue, 50 million without water"; "Renewable energy innovation isn’t just good for the climate — it’s also good for the economy"; "Side-effects of expanding forests could limit their potential to tackle climate change – new study"; "Tenerife to declare drought emergency as Spain battles with water shortages"; "‘We’re not going for a picnic’: The Olympic teams hitting back against Paris’ no A/C green policy"; "Spain’s plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under two and half hours"; "Ukraine’s green fightback: Wind farms, solar schools and counting the cost of ‘destroying nature"; "South African city copes with climate change by chopping down trees"; "Snow and ice are a way of life here. See how a lost winter upended that."; "‘There’s no way to get home’: the public transport deserts on Brisbane’s northern fringe"; "This is what happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble on nuclear power is presented as a concrete proposal"; "Vast swaths of US will be exposed to polluted air by 2054, says report"; "Empire building in the Beetaloo, funded by Federal Government gas grants". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Climate adaptation expert Nadia Seeteram, (pictured) a Climate School postdoctoral research scientist studies how sea-level rise affects coastal communities. She is especially interested in how climate risks are impacting housing infrastructure and housing needs. "Science for the Planet: Equitable Climate Adaptation for Coastal Communities"; "The Victorian towns where Peter Dutton is considering going nuclear"; "Fixing Media Is a Climate Solution"; "National Press Club AddressAndrew Forrest - Executive Chairman and Founder - Fortescue, Minderoo Foundation and Tattarang"; "Andrew Forrest slams fossil fuel industry and Coalition for nuclear energy 'bulldust'"; "Carbon removal is needed to achieve net zero but has its own climate risks"; "Natural disasters could cost NSW $9bn a year by 2060, analysis finds"; "Just How Many People Will Die From Climate Change?"; "World ‘not prepared’ for climate disasters after warmest ever January"; "Hotter, wetter: Here’s what drove Melbourne’s muggy summer"; "Colorado landowners sue oil company over clean-up of ‘orphaned’ well"; "The human cost of climate-related disasters is acutely undercounted, new study says"; "A.I. Frenzy Complicates Efforts to Keep Power-Hungry Data Sites Green"; "The White House is delaying this key climate rule. Here’s why."; "Chart: Gas-powered cars are losing market share to EVs and hybrids"; "Research Spotlight: Climate-Driven Megadrought"; "Nations fail to agree ban or research on solar geoengineering"; "Clean, cheap or fair – which countries should pump the last oil and gas?"; "Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit record high in 2023 – IEA"; "A Firm Planning a Drilling Spree in New York’s Southern Tier Goes Silent as Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of CO2 in Quest for Gas"; "These are the projects environmental groups say shouldn’t be fast-tracked"; "This is an emergency. climate silence is climate denial."; "Don’t hate the energy-guzzling old home you just bought – fixes are in reach"; "Is marijuana bad for the climate?"; "What’s really happening with emissions and the climate crisis in Australia"; "UCLA Institute for Carbon Management and Equatic to Build the World’s Largest Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Plant in Singapore"; "A simple way to get microplastics out of your water"; "Climate Change Is Raising Texas’ Already High Wildfire Risks"; "Texas’ Wildfire Risks, Amplified by Climate Change, Are Second Only to California’s"; "Exxon CEO Shares "Dirty Secret" Keeping Us From Net Zero Goals"; "Is World Population Peaking Now?"; "This 3D-printed hydrogel material could be used to build homes one day"; "This is the year of the climate election. Journalists should cover it that way"; "Climate change could shorten the life span of U.S. bridges"; "Celebrating the 2024 International Day of Women and Girls in Science"; "‘Life-threatening’ blizzard bears down on Sierras; 12 feet of snow possible"; "A massive Texas wildfire is now the largest on record in the state"; "Red meat cuts can benefit the climate and your lifespan"; "Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns"; "Victoria's rooftop solar feed-in tariffs are falling. Here's why that won't slow the solar juggernaut"; "How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences"; "Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff pledges to open protected native forests to logging"; "In Chicago, It’s Summer in February"; "China’s Electric Vehicles Are Going to Hit Detroit Like a Wrecking Ball"; "The cities stripping out concrete for earth and plants"; "Clean energy boom"; "AOC on The Green New Deal's Anniversary"; "These Cities Aren’t Banning Meat. They Just Want You to Eat More Plants."; "The ‘greenest’ car in America might surprise you"; "South African city copes with climate change by chopping down trees"; "Tiwis take on Tokyo to tame gas project threatening their culture"; "Alberta to ban renewables on ‘prime’ land and preserve ‘pristine viewscapes’"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
This final session of the February 24 Climate Cooling Mini Summit was chaired by Sally Macadam (pictured), the co-ordinator of "Climate Emergency Australia". Sally led the workshop through discussions, including Adrian Whitehead from "Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency"; Cr. Trent McCarthy from Darebin City Council, Trent set the wheels in motion several years ago to see Darebin become the first council in the world to declare a climate emergency; Dale Martin talked about the Local Government Climate Emergency Toolkit: and we heard about the "Climate Alliance". The Climate Cooling Mini Summit was a part of the "National Sustainability Living Festival". Recordings from all events will be included on The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough) website. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Mark Allen (pictured) is an environmental campaigner based in Albany, Western Australia, with a professional background in town planning sustainability. He is also the co-host of the "Post Growth Australia" podcast. You can learn more about Mark, his ideas and broader philosophies, through his website, "Holistic Activism". Mark also praised the book by permaculturist, David Holgren, "Retrosuburbia: The Downshifter's Guide to a Resilient Future". He will expand on his ideas for a town-planning rebellion when he joins (via Zoom) Shepparton's Beneath the Wisteria on Saturday, March 23, at 11:00 am. More information about that event can be had from me, Robert McLean, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Dan Cowdell (pictured) has led Geelong Sustainability through a project creating an innovative and award-winning idea resulting in Climate Safe Rooms. Beyond the rather special Climate Safe Rooms project, Dan's group has created a useful and thoughtful website where people will find almost everything they need to know about Climate Safe Rooms. Also on the webpage is an ABC television news report about a Geelong woman who has benefitted from the project - check it out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Melbourne's Bryony Edwards (pictured) was the host for the second session of the "Climate Cooling Mini Summit", which was a part of the "National Sustainability Living Festival". That session was entitled "Australia’s Climate Rescue Accord" and involved a panel of speakers who addressed the idea of cooling the planet. It was early in the session that the host encouraged people to join the free "Climate Accord Workshop" on Wednesday, February 28, where participants will have the opportunity to discuss what is required to stop and reverse warming, against proposals from select parties and independents. It will also workshop how policy frameworks can be improved. A recording of the Climate Cooling Mini Summit will be posted soon on the Breakthroughonline website. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Melbourne's David Spratt (pictured), a researcher with the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration Australia, hosted the opening session at Melbourne's "Climate Cooling Mini Summit. David had two Finnish guests from "Operaatio Arktis" who followed and led David as he took a deep dive on "Climate Cooling and activism". The online event was a part of the Melbourne-based "National Sustainability Living Festival". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Tim Hollo is well known in Green circles and he will soon bin in Hobsons Bay talking about his book, "Living Democracy"; "Renovation Pathways"; "Labor accused of trying to ‘silence Aboriginal voices’ over possible changes to gas project consultations"; "We Can Still Resist a Pipeline to Hell"; "Ageing Victorian energy network faces fresh inquiry after blackouts"; "Treasury asks for economic plan to pay for climate crisis"; "Five ways El Niño is wreaking havoc in South America"; "WA heatwave: Perth breaks records with seven February days above 40C"; "Climate change brings more work, more risk for wildfire workers"; "New York lobbyists ‘aiding and abetting’ climate crisis, research reveals"; "Company gives retired wind turbine blades new life"; "New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive"; "Ten of Australia’s top companies lack clear plans to stop using or supporting fossil fuels, report says"; "A 'perfect storm' is pushing desperate parents to marry off their children"; "Bob Brown charge, ban over giant tree logging protest"; "Struggling in these extraordinary times? The answer may be compassion"; "Ross Gelbspan, author who probed roots of climate change denial, dies at 84"; "The public wants clean energy – but this is Australia, where the climate wars never die"; "Severe storm warning as Sydney cleans up"; "February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records"; "Western Australian town Carnarvon hottest place on earth as scorcher melts records"; "Australian researchers are on the hunt for the world's oldest ice"; "E-Bike Battery Forum Focuses on Fire Risks and Recycling"; "Cycling Advocates Make Seven Point 2024/25 Federal Budget Submission"; "Sea Otters Are the Unlikely Heroes Helping to Restore a Marine Ecosystem"; "Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions"; "Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk"; "Greenland Is Literally Rising From The Ocean as It Loses Its Fringe of Glaciers"; "Indigenous Languages Are Founts of Environmental Knowledge"; "Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet"; "Volkswagen, Hyundai lining up in favour of Vehicle Efficiency Standard, as car execs meet for crisis talks"; "Wind power awards and wildlife photography: Positive environmental stories from 2024"; "Shock as warming accelerates, 1.5°C is breached faster than forecast"; "EU floats 90% emissions target but drops green farming measures"; "Why this is one of the planetary shifts scientists are most worried about"; "How Ford’s F-150 Lightning, Once in Hot Demand, Lost Its Luster"; "Earth Was Due for Another Year of Record Warmth. But This Warm?"; "Is Carbon Capture Here?"; "As U.S. football season kicks off, climate change threatens the game"; "Tour de France: future heatwaves may make it untenable to hold the race in July"; "Eight things grassroots football clubs can do to reach net zero"; "How to make a Premier League club truly climate-friendly"; "Australia’s new car safety standards slipping behind rest of world". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Electric cars have advantages but are still just that, demanding a spacious road network and copious parking areas in our towns and cities. "Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance?"; "Victoria’s blackout crisis is rooted in a decade of Coalition inaction"; "Be brave, stay positive, find your tribe: three climate activists explain how to get started"; "Five women scientists working to save the world"; "Mike vs the fossil fuel machine: Push for a new legal duty to the environment"; "Climate case explores how law and tikanga intersect"; "Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue"; "Fearsome threesome: how a trio of climate drivers is baking Australia’s west and leaving the east soaked"; "Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace"; "20°C seems the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive – what does this mean in a warming world?" "As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?"; "Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?"; "Climate chaos: world overheats while Europe faces a new Ice Age"; "Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years"; "In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects"; "Q&A: Everyday Plastics Are Making Us Sick—and Costing Us $250 Billion a Year in Healthcare"; "Take a Cue From Texas: Socialize Energy"; "As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend"; "February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records"; "Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds"; "Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell"; "Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View"; "Power struggle: fears for UK energy generation as green projects delayed"; "Weather tracker: Flash flooding in Oman and record temperatures in Western Australia"; "Problems mount for Sahara gas pipeline, leaving Nigerian taxpayers at risk"; "Switzerland proposes first UN expert group on solar geoengineering"; "Blended finance can perpetuate climate colonialism"; "How your editors deal with climate grief"; "Last month was the world’s warmest January on record"; "Danish photos from the 1930s show what Greenland’s glaciers used to look like"; "The essentials of climate scenario analysis for financial institutions"; "How to prepare for an evacuation"; "‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals"; "California Tried to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. It Didn’t Work."; "Climate activists dump pink powder on case containing US Constitution"; "What a waste: New York City budget cuts eviscerate community composting groups"; "Explainer: How climate change affects Europe's farmers"; "A traditional automaker just turned a profit on EVs"; "1.7 million deaths in cities linked to air pollution with Delhi ranked worst in world – report"; "Bhavreen Kandhari’s Post"; "Mystery over ‘unexpectedly large’ emissions from Africa’s tropical ecosystems"; "British Gas profits surge tenfold as energy bill rules relaxed"; "Parts of Amazon rainforest could tip toward collapse by 2050, study warns"; "The Age of the Urban Inferno Is Here"; "Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace"; "Porsche EV will lead Bathurst 500 into a greener, faster future"; "How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer"; "Author Spotlight on Joëlle Gergis"; "Oldest platypus found in the wild is ‘beyond all our expectations’, say researchers"; "Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 77,000 still without power in Victoria"; "Postcards from Kamikatsu: Japan's 'zero waste' town"; "National Archives closes after climate change protesters dump red powder on U.S. Constitution". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
CEO of Good for the Hood, Jo Taranto (pictured) sees the circular economy as the solution to climate change, as she said on a recent webinar organised by The Australia Institute. "Smart Energy 2024"; "Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet"; "This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics."; "January Was Awash With Extreme Winter Storms. Climate Change Likely Played a Role"; "Migrants can be a transformative force for sustainable development"; "Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured"; "Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen"; "Climate-driven migration overtakes Russian aggression as biggest security concern, report finds"; "Australian fossil fuel tax could raise $100bn in first year alone, Rod Sims and Ross Garnaut say"; "Rise in e-scooter injuries concerns doctors"; "Global military spending hits record $2.2 trillion amid multiple wars"; "What is a circular economy?"; "The Heavy Price of Next-Day Delivery"; "Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen"; "Climate change is forcing Australians to weigh up relocating. How do they make that difficult decision?"; "Greenland's ice sheet melting faster than scientists previously estimated, study finds"; "A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’"; "The Racist Origins of 'Tipping Point'"; "‘Litigation terrorism’: the obscure tool that corporations are using against green laws"; "Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real"; "Transitioning to a Circular Economy: The value and opportunity for citizens". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Dr Michael Spencer (pictured) from Monash University and colleagues from the University of Melbourne, Dr Franz Wohlgezogen and Associate Professor, Janet Stanley, will conduct a workshop in Shepparton on Thursday, February 22. The four-hour workshop originally targeted 30 people, but Dr Spencer said that had blown out to 40, demonstrating a wide interest in the idea of adaptation to climate change. Following a similar event at Euroa in 2022, the workshop is part of an international research program supported by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Authority. The workshop invite said "The research team are interested in how adaptation decision-making can be improved. For example, interactions between different levels of government and the community. How to bring all relevant parts of the community into decision-making on adaptation (including older people). If adaptation requires transformational change, are communities prepared and how does that happen." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Dr Andrew Glikson (pictured) warns of troubles ahead without global unity to address climate change - "Too late? Climate change denial and the rise of fascism"; "Joyce, Price and Littleproud make ‘false and exaggerated claims’ at anti-renewables rally"; "Earth's warmest January on record extends run of unprecedented temperatures to eight months"; "Q&A: Dr Andrew Glikson on the Plutocene age"; "Chile’s deadly wildfires wiped out neighborhoods. One stood unscathed."; "Labour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’"; "Michael Mann, a Leading Climate Scientist, Wins His Defamation Suit"; "‘It would be devastating’: inside Trump’s plan to destroy the EPA"; "Policy Experts Say the UN Climate Talks Need Reform, but Change Would be Difficult in the Current Political Landscape"; "Dr. Cornel West Is Running to Become President of the United States. What Are His Views on Climate Change and the Environment?"; "Las Tormentas: L.A. County Meets a Next-Level Atmospheric River"; "Polluted Flowers Smell Less Sweet to Pollinators, Study Finds": "John Deere aims to offer variety of electric tractors, construction equipment by 2026"; "Atmospheric river threatens historic life-threatening floods in California"; "California residents survey damage caused by historic storms: ‘We were in shock’"; "Access to slow EV chargers could speed up EV adoption among renters"; "Trump Allies Plan to Gut Climate Research if He Is Reelected"; "US trade agency backs oil and gas drilling in Bahrain despite Biden pledge"; "The Climate Cooling - Mini Summit"; "‘It was total panic – with black smoke, falling fireballs and tongues of flame’: the terror of Chile’s wildfires"; "How a Climate Group That Has Made Chaos Its Brand Got the White House’s Ear"; "The National Sustainable Living Festival"; "With climate change, Colorado River officials peer into muddy future"; "World Breaches 1.5°C for an Entire Year for First Time on Record"; "One of NZ’s most contentious climate cases is moving forward. And the world is watching"; "Schools, parks close as catastrophic conditions tipped in Victoria"; "Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet"; "Disaster management needs more forethought to avoid ‘polycrisis’, government hears"; "US weather agency on La Niña watch but BOM says climate pattern not guaranteed"; "The Australian water industry is undergoing profound change"; "Victoria schools closed over 'catastrophic' fire danger warning"; "Florida could remove the majority of mentions of climate change from state law"; "Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well."; "Wildfire Smoke Will Worsen, New Study Shows, and Protections Are Few"; "Philadelphia mural tells a story of transformation"; "What in the world is weather whiplash?"; "Australian red meat industry’s net zero target based on land-clearing data that is ‘not reliable’"; "Woodside dramatically expands oil and gas exploration spend despite net zero pledge"; "Our proposal for a Climate Ready Victoria"; "Remembering Black Saturday. Preparing for the next Big One"; "This ‘tipping point’ would be catastrophic for Europe but scientists are unsure when we’ll reach it"; "California Isn’t Ready for a Megaflood. Or the Loss of Daniel Swain". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Andrew Skeoch, the author of "Deep Listening to Nature" (pictured), believes we have lost our connection with nature and through that, we are creating the conditions that manifest as climate change. Andrew was recently on a three-town book tour in the Goulburn Valley speaking to audiences at the Tatura, Cobram and Violet Town libraries. When completing this episode of "Climate Conversations", The Guardian published a story that seemed relevant to what Andrew had been discussing at the GV Libraries - "The native Australian frog call quiz: is it a frog – or a distant motorbike revving?". Andrew is nationally recognized for his sound recording and subsequently is the president of the "Wildlife Sound Recording Group". His skills were acknowledged when he presented at Canberra's TEDx several years ago - "Hearing your place in nature". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Donald Trump (pictured) would argue he cares about democracy and climate change, but many would argue otherwise - "‘In a word, horrific’: Trump’s extreme anti-environment blueprint"; "Democracy in danger when lies go unchecked"; "Carbon in, carbon out: Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ assessment reveals astonishing boom and bust cycles"; "Europe calls for swift reduction of fossil fuels, despite ‘greenlash’'; "Introduction with climate specialist Graeme Anderson"; "Geelong Sustainability": "Deep Listening to Nature"; "Deadly California storm triggers flooding, mudslides, power outages"; "Fuel efficiency standards: Labor unveils proposal, highlighting petrol savings of $1,000 a year for motorists"; "Labor’s fuel-efficiency standards may settle the ute dispute – but there are still hazards on the road"; "Australia is finally adopting emissions standards – will electric vehicles become cheaper?"; "‘Like a war zone’: Chile wildfire death toll reaches 123 amid race to clear rubble"; "Is it time for a Category 6 for super cyclones? No – warnings of floods or storm surges are more useful"; "Climate change will strike Australia’s precious World Heritage sites – and Indigenous knowledge is a key defence"; "How better broadband access in rural areas could help the planet"; "Making Farming More Climate-Friendly Is Hard. Just Ask Europe’s Politicians."; "The Nationals want renewables to stay in the cities – but the clean energy grid doesn’t work like that"; "If plants can pick fungi to help fight pests and diseases, it opens a door to greener farming and ecosystem recovery"; "Donald Trump’s Energy Plans “Potentially Disastrous” for the Climate"; "How to Make Urban Agriculture More Climate-Friendly"; "Rising Temperatures Are Turning Some Animals Nocturnal"; "Joyce, Price and Littleproud make ‘false and exaggerated claims’ at anti-renewables rally"; "Investors were offered 4 climate messages. Only one made them bullish on green investing."; "The first large-scale study to quantify the carbon footprint of urban farming yields surprises"; "New air pollution rule could prevent thousands of premature deaths"; "Why is CSIRO hiding its advice on Carbon Capture and Storage?"; "Shock report finds legacy car companies are bigger polluters than Big Oil"; "Mr Bean is blamed for slump in electric car sales: Rowan Atkinson is accused of 'damaging' public perception of EVs by House of Lords report after describing the vehicles as a 'bit soulless'"; "Call to cancel renewable rollout, Nationals declare bush is full"; "Think last year had weird weather? La Nina may already be on the way back"; "Cheaper renewables pile into grid and slash power costs"; "In Poland, I Saw What a Second Trump Term Could Do to America". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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