Bert Lobert and his compatriots from "Save our Strathbogie Forest" are eager to keep what remains of the forest intact, especially for all the animals who live there and, of course, the thousands of people who enjoy the amenities it provides. The focus of the original legal case put by the group was the Southern Greater Glider (a young Greater Glider is pictured looking out from its threatened forest home), but Justice Horan found that "planned burns" in the forest were not a threat to the Greater Glider population. The Stratbogie group had been raising money through Chuffed to help fund its legal costs, but that is now closed, so those eager to support the campaign should contact Mr Lobert directly. The group's appeal against the planned burns will be held at the High Court in Melbourne on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20 and 21. People are welcome to personally sit through the hearing or can watch it live via the High Court website. Writing on its website, the group says: "We’re appealing the recent Federal Court ruling on planned burns, which allowed the Victorian government to burn parts of the Strathbogie Forest last Autumn. Our legal argument stems from the knowledge that the Strathbogie Forest is home to one of the healthiest populations of the Endangered Southern Greater Glider in Victoria. But our broader concern is for the long-term health of the forest -the complex partnership of plants, fungi, microbes and animals- and the beneficial influence a healthy forest has for everyone and everything that shares that landscape."
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
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".
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".
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".
Devastating fires at Palisades in America's California are, in my view from some 12,000 kilometres away, a direct outcome of climate change. "What it was like on the ground as the Pacific Palisades fire spread"; "California wildfires ignite as strong winds fuel flames"; "The A.I. Power Grab"; "The new phantom menace isn’t as bad as you think. Waymo rocks!"; "Fires rage out of control across Los Angeles as officials warn of worse to come"; "Live Updates: California Officials Scramble to Fight Fires With Strained Resources"; "Why the L.A. fires became so bad so quickly"; "Wildfires are raging through the US west. Here’s how to protect yourself"; "World’s climate fight needs fundamental reform, UN expert says: ‘Some states are not acting in good faith’".
Geelong's Climate Cafe meets again this month - "Climate Café launched in Geelong"; "Winter Storm Blankets the East Coast, With Arctic Air on Its Heels"; "Locking up a 77-year-old climate protester is proof of a broken justice system"; "Wind Wars"; "Cost-of-living crisis meets new era of electric cars"; "Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts"; "What Would It Take to Bring Renewable, Reliable Power to Puerto Rico?"; "Polar Vortex’ Got You Baffled? Try This Extreme-Weather Guide"; "Global Water Monitor"; "High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds"; "World Water Film Festival Makes a Splash at Columbia Climate School"; "'He was prescient’: Jimmy Carter, the environment and the road not taken"; "A new solar project in Brooklyn could offer a model for climate justice"; "UK EV sales reached record highs in 2024, SMMT reveals"; "In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world"; "Artefacts from Pacific museums being put at risk"; "UK Electricity Reached a Record 58% From Low-Carbon Sources in 2024"; "All Chicago City Buildings Now Run on Renewable Energy"; "Deep-Sea Mining 101: Everything You Need to Know"; "Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees to Replace Those Destroyed by Hurricanes Helene and Milton"; "Winter Storm Blair: Millions across North America hit by polar vortex"; "Fuel-hungry utes and SUVs dominate Australian sales, with Corolla the only small car on top 10 list"; "Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here"; "Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows"; "The Renewable Energy Transition Has Residents of a Small Arizona Town on Edge".
Ingrid Robeyns (pictured) has written an amazingly timely book - "Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth". You can hear an interview with her by Adam Canover on "Factually - Why Billionaires Should Be Banned". Powerful writing by Adam Knox in the Melbourne Age - "It’s worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?"; "More than 100 water rescues as heatwave sweeps across Victoria"; "The Weather That Changed Us | Heatwave"; "Federal Labor pledges to fund bulk of Bruce Highway upgrade in re-election bid"; "The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions"; "Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden’s new subsidies show why."; "The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse": "Southern Ocean winds to break stifling heatwave baking Australia’s south-east"; "Australia needs better ways of storing renewable electricity for later. That’s where ‘flow batteries’ can help"; "Why drought and a big wind event spell fire trouble for Southern California"; "Several flights cancelled across Germany as extreme winter weather brings widespread disruption"; "After Three Hurricanes in 13 Months, Residents of Cedar Key, Florida, Are Considering the Island’s Future—and Their Own"; "These cities will be hardest hit as winter storm brings snow and ice to many states"; "Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research"; "What to know about the heavy snow and ice storms soon to hit a swath of the U.S."; "Polar vortex expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of US"; "Landman Is in Love With the Myths That Oilmen Tell About Themselves"; "Why the Argument That LNG Is Essential to the Energy Transition Is ‘Nonsense’"; "2024 – a dire year for Human Survival"; "Improvements to Electric Vehicles Ease Concerns About Range Loss in Cold Climates"; "Firefighters battle fresh blazes in Victoria as pockets of NSW burn"; "Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters"; "A season of uncertainty for this Helene-stricken Christmas tree farm"; "China records warmest temperature in 2024"; "Weather warnings remain as flooding clean-up starts"; "An economic lifeline: Why Iran opposes production curbs in UN plastics treaty "; "Medical Schools Around the World Are Expanding Their ‘Climate Change Curriculums’"; "World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink"; "Greenhushing’ Is On the Rise as Companies Go Silent on Climate Pledges"; "On beaches of Gaza and Tel Aviv, two tales of one heatwave": "Reckoning With Climate Anxiety in the Wake of the US Election"; "The Earth’s Colors Are Changing—and Climate Change Could Be Partially to Blame"; "Most Costly Climate Disasters of 2024 Killed 2,000 People and Inflicted $229 Billion in Damages"; "Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024"; "Year of deadly weather: Climate change added 41 extra heat days and supercharged disasters"; "‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows"; "Plants Are Becoming Less Nutritious Because of Climate Change, Impacting Herbivores From Insects to Giant Pandas"; "Trump accused of attacking UK energy policies on behalf of fossil fuel industry"; "Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden’s new subsidies show why."; "The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions"; "New York to Charge Biggest Emitters for Climate Damages Under New Law"; "The world’s hope to fight common threats: The U.S. will wake up"; "‘An ecological disaster’: Russia deals with aftermath of massive fuel oil spill"; "
Heat records are tumbling - "Australia just had its second-hottest year on record – and temperatures will rise again"; "The $80 billion question buried in Dutton’s nuclear power plan"; "Victoria braces for weekend heatwave as total fire ban declared in state’s west"; "The key step to making your holiday period more environmentally friendly"; "Drilling could resume where a 1969 oil spill inspired Earth Day"; "Heat Is Claiming Mexico’s Young People"; "The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades;" "Solar panel prices have fallen by around 20% every time global capacity doubled"; "Why seas are surging"; "Will Trump Cut Short the Biden Clean-Energy Boom? Investors Are Nervous."; "Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems"; "Poverty in Lahaina has doubled after 2023 wildfire: ‘We’re cutting down on what we eat’"; "Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions"; "50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia’s attitude to disasters changed forever"; "New York aims to fine polluters up to $75 billion with new climate law"; "The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Ceaseless Assault on Climate Policy"; "‘Ambitious’ climate claim against Attorney-General dismissed"; "UK to finish with coal power after 142 years"; "Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024"; "Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates"; "The University of Chicago’s new climate initiative"; "The clean energy transition, in 10 charts"; "Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization’"; "New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale"; "How to Start a Public University LNG Research Center: An LNG Lobbyist Director and Donations for Research Votes"; "Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK"; "AI air pollution takes deadly health toll"; "The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse"; "At Extinction Rebellion, we aimed for UK net zero in 2025. That won’t happen – so here’s what to do instead"; "Amazon wildfires and droughts are ‘ominous indicators’ of a long-feared tipping point"; "Roadmap to COP30 - Climate Action in 2025"; "Here are 12 climate resolutions to take with you into the new year"; "World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record"; "A more common enemy - How climate change spreads diseases and makes them more dangerous"; "Future fizzles: the promises and predictions for 2025 in Australia that came true (or didn’t)"; "Climate change will devastate value of homes, warns Bank of England"; "The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them?"; "Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators"; "The effect of CO2 ramping rate on the transient weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation"; "Americans’ support for climate justice": "To Combat Phoenix’s Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade"; "UK weather: amber snow warnings after temperatures hit -8C"; "China and Russia agree to deepen cooperation on Arctic shipping route"; "El Niño and La Niña, Explained
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (pictured) died a few days ago at 100. Here is Jonathon Altrer, who said that as President, "He peered over the horizon, especially on energy and the environment"; "Canary Media’s top 10 clean energy stories in 2024"; "A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science"; "Nuclear power had a strong year in 2024, but uncertainty looms for 2025"; "In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world"; "Sport produces mountains of high-tech waste. We are finding new ways to recycle it"; "Germany and Spain experienced some of the world’s costliest climate disasters in 2024"; "Violence, frayed tempers and hot weather — is mango madness real?"; "AI air pollution takes deadly health toll"; "If popular culture is anything to go by, 2024 is the year we simply gave up"; "These Graphics Help Explain What Climate Change Looked Like in 2024"; "North Carolina’s Climate Activists Brace for Trump’s Return"; "2024: a year of racism and lying to ourselves"; "From the sidelines to the helm: The Global South’s turn to lead climate policy"; "Millions of households in Great Britain face higher energy bills as price cap rises"; "‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (pictured) looks back, looks ahead and looks for hope. "Podcast: Facing the world at 3-degrees of warming"; "New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law"; "Long recovery ahead for wildlife hurt by Grampians fire, ecologist says"; "Is there a new energy future for Australia’s remaining oil refiners?"; "2024’s most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows"; "2025 tipped to be bumper year for EVs as emission laws change and new models arrive"; "The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope"; "In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world".
There are now more electric cars on Norway's roads than petrol models - "Saturday Extra Summer"; "Victorian fire authorities confirm one home and sheds destroyed in Grampians bushfires"; "Grampians fire expected to burn for weeks, as warnings scaled down, residents return"; "REFRESH – Big Plastic: The New Big Oil"; "Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024"; "Labor argues ‘economic madness’ of Coalition’s nuclear plan would cost NSW $1.4tn"; "More heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf expected in the West"; "The world’s hope to fight common threats: The U.S. will wake up"; "Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?: "How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide"; "Heat Deaths Have Doubled in the U.S. in Recent Decades, Study Finds"; "Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions"; "
Michigan's "Tim" who declares himself "troll" says: To completely replace fossil fuels with any other energy source, we'd have to ramp up mining, replace giant fleets of machines, and rebuild a massive amount of infrastructure, not to mention inevitable changes to how we live. Doing that will (A) burn a bunch of carbon in the short run, (B) create new waste problems in the long run, (C) take too much time, (D) be very expensive, (E) put us in greater danger of crossing other planetary boundaries, and (F) cause social backlash that threatens political institutions. And that's just in the West. "Robert Reich"; "Why Trump won"; "Environmental Justice Australia"; "‘Time is running out’: Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears". "From sunburn to storms: How climate change is redefining the Aussie summer getaway"; "‘Devastation on the foreshore’: Where coastal erosion has almost reached homes"; "Victoria bushfires: Third town told to evacuate immediately as fire spreads"; "Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change"; "New year, new reads: Here are my favourite climate-related books from 2024"; "Is silence golden? What a change expert says about family climate conversations at Christmas time"; "If you’re thinking of buying or leasing an EV, now is the time"; "How to teach climate change so 15-year-olds can act"; "Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals"; "Climate 200 puts Coalition in crosshairs, with only one Labor seat on election hitlist"; "Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it."; "We invite you on a Transformative Journey"; "Sheep farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’"; "The New Climate Gold Rush: Scrubbing Carbon From the Sky"; "Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down"; "This European city made public transport free a year ago. Here’s what happened next"; "‘Time is running out’: Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears"; "How are decentralised energy grids revolutionising the future of energy?"; "A series of storms will bring rain, snow and wind to the West. How long it will last?"; "Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas"; "Christian Sawyer: “The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities”"; "They Fell Sick After Cleaning Up a TVA Toxic Disaster. A New Book Details Their Legal Battle"; "Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems"; "“This isn’t journalism – it’s fossil fuel propaganda”"; "Heatwaves and bushfires can be a dangerous mix for the electricity grid. Here’s how to shore up your supplies this summer"; "Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen"; "How to Repair the Planet? One Answer Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight"; "Construction is the world’s biggest carbon emitter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it". "E.P.A. Allows California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035".
Our costs jump at Christmas and so do our house gas emissions - "A pot plant tree, homemade gifts: How to have a sustainable Christmas"; "Why Trump will force Labor to delay 2035 climate target, and the Dutton challenge that follows"; "Is It Wrong to Bring a Child Into Our Warming World?"; "Arctic Tundra Shifts to Source of Climate Pollution, According to New Report Card"; "How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West"; "As the Clock Ticks to Act on the Climate Crisis, N.C. Activists Target a ‘Carbon Plan’"; "The Popemobile—And the U.S. Postal Service—Are Going Electric"; "Consumption is driving global greenhouse gas emissions"; "Albanese government approves four coalmine expansions as Greens condemn ‘despicable’ move"; "Mayotte volunteers face 'massive destruction' in the wake of Cyclone Chido"; "Pakistan and Bahamas join push for global pact to phase out fossil fuels"; "Jann says losing her home wasn't the worst part about Black Summer bushfires"; "Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt"; "More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start"; "A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act"; "Queensland authorities release dam water as flooding risks rise ahead of more rainy weather"; "The Moana effect: how small island developing states are bringing their struggle against climate change to the world"; "Just Stop Oil’s harsh sentences are the logical outcome of Britain’s authoritarian turn against protest"; "Six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines"; "‘We’re gobsmacked’: climate groups angered by Labor’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim"; "Integrity in the transition: the case for a new Australian carbon removals framework"; "Risky Influence: The legal implications of misaligned climate-related lobbying by Australian companies"; "Cyclone Chido map: ‘Horrific’ devastation as French island Mayotte hit by most powerful cyclone in 90 years"; "From destruction to deadly heat, photojournalists capture the reality of climate change in 2024"; "Carbon capture: The inside story of how a ‘delay tactic’ became a darling of the EU"; "Cyclone Chido: Are European countries throwing their overseas territories to the climate wolves?"; "From renewables to fossil fuels in Europe: How does your country generate electricity?"; "Want to try out climate fiction? Take your pick from the finalists of the first-ever fiction prize"; "Body heat could be the next big renewable after scientists invent ultra-thin tech to power wearables"; "Mayotte volunteers face 'massive destruction' in the wake of Cyclone Chido"; "'Forever chemicals' found in Sydney sewage by-products used in food production"; "Climate's collision course: Science meets politics"; "Australians are gripped by feelings of doom about the state of the world. It’s time to throw the phone away"; "More coal and gas, less renew
Australia's Liberal Party Leader Peter Dutton (pictured) has abandoned facts, and his party's fundamental beliefs to argue the benefits of nuclear power: "Dutton said a reactor’s waste would fill a Coke can. Try 27,000 of them"; "‘He’s scared’: Dutton demands debate as Albanese taunts ‘hiding’ opposition leader"; "Police, nurses and firefighters to be enticed to buy electric vehicles"; "Is Angus Taylor really claiming nuclear power will cut power bills by 44 per cent?"; "Dutton abandons Liberal principles in nuclear energy pitch"; "Australia’s latest brush with extreme heat shows just how good weather forecasting really is"; "Climate California Live 2024"; "Was Van Gogh an environmentalist ahead of his time?"; "Space is a human-influenced environment. We need to treat it that way."; "How Shell greenwashed gas with sham Chinese carbon credits"; "‘Fascinating and troubling’: Australians would rather save a single human life than prevent an entire species from becoming extinct"; "Japan Announces Goal to Produce Up to 50% of Energy From Renewables by 2040"; "Energy Prices Drop Below Zero in UK Thanks to Record Wind-Generated Electricity"; "The Drowning South - Why seas are surging"; "Major Win for Youth Climate Activists in Montana Supreme Court"; "Four Ways to Jump-Start Clean Hydrogen Finance in 2025"; "Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community"; "‘Making Argentina great again’? What a year under a climate-change denying president has done for the country"; "Analysis: Only five proposals for coal plants remain across OECD’s 38 countries"; "The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them?"; "Biden Sets Higher U.S. Goal Under the Climate Pact That Trump Aims to Abandon"; "Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years"; "Was 2024 a breakout year for next-generation geothermal energy?"; "US EPA approves California plan to ban sale of gas-only cars starting in 2035"; "Increasing Drought Frequency Brings Threats to U.S. Wildlife, Research Finds"; "Inside the Race to the Top"; "‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season"; "How Fleets Can Electrify Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles"; "‘Forever Chemical’ TFA Detected in Mineral Water Brands in Europe"; "Social Scientist Dustin Mulvaney Discusses Solar Power, Trump and the Need to Prioritize Environmental Justice"; "1 in 4 Properties in England at Risk of Flooding by 2050: Report"; "Maryland Uses Millions in Federal Grants to Ramp Up EV Charging Network and Keep Up with Demand"; "Slowly but surely? Nearly half of EU's new cars in 2023 were hybrid and electric"; "After Ending in Overtime, COP29 Called 'Big F U to Climate Justice'"; "Scorching Temperatures Put Nearly 100 Million Under Heat Advisories"; "Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect"; "Climate anger can lead to action – or curdle into despair. We found out why"; "What It Looks Like on an Island Steamrolled by a Cyclone"; "Heatwaves and bushfires can be a dangerous mix for the electricity grid. Here’s how to shore up your supplies this summer"; "Power
Tim answers the call for comment and Peter Dutton (pictured) releases costs for nuclear power. "‘Farcical’: PM rubbishes Dutton’s nuclear plan"; "The Coalition reveals the cost of its nuclear power plan – but the devil is in the missing detail"; "Malaysia, Thailand brace for more rains after floods kill more than 30"; "Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels"; "Monday predicted to hit record high temperatures"; "How the world gave up on 1.5 degrees"; "Miguel bought a car. Then there was a $2000 cost to charge it"; "We’ve entered the era of gutless government"; "Why is everyone talking about nuclear energy?"; "Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision"; "The very big assumption Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan makes"; "Rare glimpse at stunning reef beside Woodside’s gas-drilling ambitions"; "Dutton abandons Liberal principles in nuclear energy pitch"; "‘Amazon of the Seas’ Threatened by Oil and Gas Developments"; "Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord"; "China holds the world’s climate future in its hands"; "How good! Victoria is set to gain three new massive national parks soon"; "VIDEO: Around 100 protesters rally against a proposed gas import terminal": "Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds"; "Rare glimpse at stunning reef beside Woodside’s gas-drilling ambitions"; "Miguel bought a car. Then there was a $2000 cost to charge it"; "Energy generators poke holes in Dutton’s nuclear plan as questions over costings pile up"; "Grattan on Friday: Dutton’s nuclear policy would have coal-fired power stations operating for a lot longer"; "Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills"; "Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’"; "EPA will grant California the right to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035"; "How to stay safe in the heat"; "Global EV sales surge in November - here's how China is driving momentum"; "California conservation efforts have raised Lake Mead by 16-feet in two years, regulators say"; "Arctic Tundra Goes From Carbon Sink to Carbon Source for the First Time in Millennia: NOAA Report"; "Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision"; "Queensland environment minister stands by ‘scepticism’ about human-induced climate change"; "Share the nuclear free Australia petition with loved ones";' "Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south"; "Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates"; "Excerpt: Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World by Elizabeth Sawin"; "Murder, mayhem, and minerals: The price of the renewable energy revolution"; "Are solar farms destroyed during storms? Experts debunk the myth that panels can’t handle the wind"; "Mission rewilding: Scotland and Wales are trailblazing Europe’s nature restoration"; "Climate change's more than €550 billion price tag is pushing up insurance costs, report says"; "Clear skies over the Atlantic: Is climate change to blame for the alarming absence of clouds?"; "That’s not cricket: Dutton nukes CSIRO’s probity"; "The Postal Service’s electric mail trucks are way behind schedule"; "US supreme court hears oil railway case with environmental protections at stake"; "I regret none of the climate policies we pushed in Ireland. But we underestimated the backlash"; "'It sounded like a war': How an ordinary December turned 'Armageddon' for these Aussies"; "
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Dave Sweeney (pictured) stood on Melbourne's Collins St and told the crowd of about 30 why nuclear power stations are a bad idea and a step backwards for Australia. Dave, a nuclear-free campaigner with the Australian Conservation Foundation, was also the co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), two things about which he is passionate and subsequently deeply committed. He loves his work and, he believes, it helps pay his "planetary rent" The December 3, Collins St, Melbourne nuclear power station protest during which Dave spoke was organized by the city's office of "Friends of The Earth". Listen to this episode and Dave talks about why he helped set up the Nobel Peace Prize-winning ICAN and what international success means, personally and for the group
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The Melbourne office of Friends of the Earth organized a Collins St protest outside a building that was the venue for a Federal Government inquiry into the Liberal National Party's idea that Australia should build and commission seven nuclear power stations throughout the nation. More than 30 people joined the noisy but peaceful demonstration. While passers-by were left with no doubt the nuclear power stations were too expensive, too dangerous and too slow, those attending had the chance to listen to several exciting, articulate and far-seeing speakers, including two people from the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Associate Professor Tilman Ruff (pictured) and Dave Sweeney who is also with the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). Representatives of the Melbourne-based "Lighter Footprints" and the "Kooyong Climate Change Alliance" and a passionate Danae Bosley from the Victorian Trades Hall Council also spoke.