Climate Conversations

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

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 oceanographer"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

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 joins the energy mix". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

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 on record"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

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!". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

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". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

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

Mooroopna's Rick Maloney (pictured) wrestled emotionally with the flood and now he is battling the insurance company: "Under water and under pressure: The fight to fix flood insurance"; "'Not the End of the World' author on tackling climate change"; "A data scientist’s case for ‘cautious optimism’ about climate change"; "Book review: ‘Saving Ourselves’ author says we can’t wait on global leaders to save the climate"; "Group to monitor air pollution in 12 U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations"; "New warning system could save lives during wildfires"; "Solar panel waste to reach crisis levels in next two to three years, Australian experts warn"; "Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry"; "Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet"; "Australia invented solar panels. Now 99 per cent of ours are made in China"; "Electric trucks get a boost from Biden, worrying trucking industry"; "Rising Temperatures, Rising Prices: How Climate Drives Inflation"; "What will climate risk cost you?"; "Australia must wean itself from monster utes ..."; "‘A lot of question marks’: $70m renewable-energy microgrid project divides Daintree"; "China is all in on green tech. The U.S. and Europe fear unfair competition."; "The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close"; "An Idyll on the Shores of a Toxic Lake"; "Chart: Which states support community-led clean energy the most?"; "Michigan nuclear plant aims to be first ever to reopen in US"; "Read an ER doctor’s essay on climate distress that no one else would publish"; "What will it take to protect India’s angry farmers from climate threats?"; "Cancellation of UN climate weeks removes platform for worst-hit communities"; "UN’s climate body faces “severe financial challenges” which put work at risk"; "New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks"; "Don't want your retirement savings invested in fossil fuels?"; "Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun"; "Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change"; "The Colorado River rarely reaches the sea. Here's why"; "About Dengue: What You Need to Know"; "Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike"; "The World Is Losing Migratory Species at Alarming Rates"; "After a hurricane or wildfire, communities can be overwhelmed by debris"; "A growing number of homeowners face repeat flooding"; "GOP lawmakers are fueling a conspiracy theory without mentioning ‘chemtrails’"; "Alan Kohler: Dire labour shortage warrants moratorium on fossil fuel export projects"; "Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks"; "Pennsylvania county joins other local governments in suing oil industry over climate change"; "At least 27 dead as flooding ravages southeast Brazil"; "This Kentucky coal mine could transform into pumped-hydro grid storage"; "Biden ESA rules reverse Trump moves and revive big debate"; "Biden Administration Restores Wildlife Protections Weakened Under Trump"; "Scientists devise a new, relatable measure of climate change: “outdoor days"; "Trump V2: An Environmental Nightmare?"; "Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks"; "How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change"; "Food prices will climb everywhere as temperatures rise due to climate change – new research"; "Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: stressed farmland shows 63% decline – new research"; "Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers"; "Cocoa Is More Expensive Than Copper as It Tops $9,000"; "Let’s seize the decade!'; "Calls for international criminal court to end ‘impunity’ for environmental crimes"; "Planting trees in the wrong places could be contributi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

George Broyles was one of the guests on the "Big Burnout", a webinar presented by ProPublica. Remy Shergill (pictured) talked about and explained how to accurately, comfortably and conveniently talk with others about climate change. Remy was a guest on a webinar presented by Vets for Climate Action entitled: "How to talk about Climate Change and Health". While discussing how to talk about climate change, Remy pointed towards the recently released toolkit from the 'World Health Organization". "EVs are coming, ready or not! Three columnists on Biden’s mandate."; "Ideal Easter weather across southern Australia before outback soaking moves south"; "AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station"; "Climate change could make 70% of global wine regions unsuitable for grape growing"; "Why investigators are looking into ‘dirty fuel’ in Baltimore bridge collapse"; "Indoor farms are remaking the produce market — at a cost to the planet"; "Ross River virus: more than 1,500 cases recorded in Queensland as mosquito numbers spike"; "Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed?"; "Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals"; "Neurological conditions like strokes and dementia are biggest threat to global health, study finds"; "The ​‘clean cement’ projects getting $1.5B in Biden admin funds"; "John Kerry’s Four Decades of Raising Climate Awareness on the World Stage"; "U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas"; "Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around"; "‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains"; "The greenest way to mine metals for batteries could be with plants"; "Emotional signatures of climate policy support"; "Climate Engineering: Doubling Down on Bad Habits"; "CERAWeek, Houston, U.S.A. Remarks by Amin H. Nasser Aramco President & CEO"; "Commission presents recommendation for 2040 emissions reduction target to set the path to climate neutrality in 2050"; "Explainer: Why some countries are aiming for ‘net-negative’ emissions"; "In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation"; "Biden promised to install thousands of EV charging stations. Only 7 have been built."; "How will climate change affect mosquito disease transmission?"; "We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy"; "New York Takes Crucial Step Toward Making Congestion Pricing a Reality"; "China opens WTO dispute against US subsidies to protect its EV industry"; "Yellen Warns China Against Flood of Cheap Green Energy Exports"; "UN body makes ‘breakthrough’ on carbon price proposal for shipping"; "Publication: Distributing Carbon Revenues from Shipping"; "Nations Aim to Zero Out Shipping Emissions by Midcentury"; "Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany"; "IMO agrees possible outline for maritime “net-zero framework”"; "Mexico City's 21 million residents are facing a severe water shortage"; "Dangerous humid heat in southern West Africa about 4°C hotter due to climate change"; "Ocean temperature hit record high in February 2024, EU scientists say"; "UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023"; "Trump V2: An Environmental Nightmare?"; "What your fruit bowl reveals about climate breakdown"; "Sinking Coastal Lands Will Exacerbate the Flooding from Sea Level Rise in 24 US Cities, New Research Shows": "Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks"; "Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension"; "Teresa O’Sullivan delivers 28 recommendations after two-year Black Summer bushfire inquiry"; "How fake gas frights and fanciful forecasts keep fossil fuels burning for longer"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

The Program Coordinator with Geelong Sustainability, Karina Donkers (pictured) encouraged me to talk about my time working with an oil and gas exploration company, The Western Geophysical Company of America. This word journey began for me following an unexpected meeting with the Melbourne-based Friends of the Earth. "VFF names policy and advocacy leaders"; "Fuels versus food fight becoming ‘less emotional’"; "Crackdown on dark roofs in plan for growth suburbs"; "Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south"; "Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects"; "When heat kills - The effects of climate change on worker"; "The Atmosphere Doesn't Care About Your Feelings"; "What is solar thermal?"; "Call of Duty | Anjali Sharma"; "Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’": "EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support"; "MPs and activists challenge claim North Sea oil and gas supports 200,000 jobs"; "Undammed"; "How one German village exemplifies the cancer risk from wood burning"; "Industry shutdowns are messy and painful: 4 lessons Australia’s coal sector can learn from car-makers about bowing out"; "Over half of European voters think climate action is a priority, exclusive Euronews poll reveals"; "Products in US supermarkets linked to deforestation of tropical forests"; "Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a ‘gamechanger’"; "Ukraine rejects claims of Western pressure over attacks on Russian oil facilities"; "National Plan to Look Into Homeowners Insurers Hits a Hurdle"; "US gas producers shrug off low prices, bet on LNG boom"; "Energy Dept. Awards $6 Billion for Green Steel, Cement and Even Macaroni Factories"; "Geothermal is the hottest thing in clean energy. Here’s why"; "The best way to get everyone into electric cars? Hint: It’s not a mandate."; "Net emission reductions from electric cars and heat pumps in 59 world regions over time"; "Land-use harmony in renewables rollout at the centre of new Queensland roadmap"; "Swift parrots still in peril, despite revised numbers of surviving birds due to new counting method"; "Moolarben Coal Mine report finds koala colony would be displaced by expansion plans"; "Scientists Warn The Price of Food Is Expected to Increase Every Year From Now on"; "Federal government makes late changes to controversial gas approval laws but crossbench concerns remain"; "'Act immediately to survive': Warnings issued as bushfire rages near Perth"; "If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool"; "The energy sector is having its Uber moment"; "Grand Prix or booby prize?"; "Meet Rose Abramoff, Climate Scientist Turned Climate Activist"; "India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms"; "South Sudan heatwave: Extreme weather shuts schools and cuts power"; "COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal"; "Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds"; "Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory"; "UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023"; "Climate change creates legal risks for sports organisations and directors: report"; "The rapid roll-out of batteries" - Beyond Zero Emissions report "See one cherry tree’s rush to an early bloom, day by day"; "Australia must lead the world on nature restoration through ambitious interpretation of international law"; "Thousands rally across Australia in growing push to end native forest logging". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Melbourne's Grand Prix is economically costly, but no one's talking about the carbon cost: "The Australian Grand Prix is here to stay, but at what cost?"; "Scientists struggle to explain ‘really weird’ spike in world temperatures"; "I’ll be dead before the worst of it, but I’m fearful for those who won’t"; "Yes, nuclear’s an option. But let there be no confusion about its flaws"; "Climate change threatens snow cover at ski destinations worldwide"; "Peter Dutton in standoff with state Liberal leaders over federal Coalition’s nuclear plan"; "Q&A: Extreme Heat, Severe Storms Among Key Climate Challenges for Maryland’s New Chief Resilience Officer"; "World’s largest oil companies ‘way off track’ on emissions goals, report finds"; "Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?"; "New York State Legislature Votes to Ban CO2 Fracking, Closing a Decade-Old Loophole in State Law"; "California’s Climate Leaders Vow to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies to Account"; "Blocking Burning Man and Vandalizing Van Gogh: Climate Activists Are Done Playing Nice"; "‘Planting a tree is hope in action’: the people regenerating urban habitats and growing community"; "In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates"; "These lakes are usually still frozen over. See how they look now."; "Heat index—how hot it feels—is rising faster than temperature"; "Climate quitting: the people leaving their fossil fuel jobs because of climate change"; "Amazon inks PPA to purchase electricity from UK wind farm"; "Women and girls suffer first when droughts hit poor and rural areas, says UN"; "The cars, the chargers or the customers? A look at what's behind cooling EV sales growth"; "300,000 more UK children fell into absolute poverty at height of cost of living crisis"; "Meet the man who has mapped Canada’s net-zero carbon future"; "Almost a third of Australia’s plant species may have to migrate south if we hit 3 degrees of warming"; "Cray industry fears seismic testing could hit Australia's lucrative Western Rock Lobster fishery"; "Sperm whales drop 'bubble of poo' off WA to prevent orca attack in rarely recorded encounter"; "Australians fear climate disasters will force them away from place they live, new survey finds"; "Fossil fuel firms could be tried in US for homicide over climate-related deaths, experts say"; "Phasing out fossil fuels a ‘fantasy,’ oil executives say amid giant profits"; "Here’s why there is no nuclear option for Australia to reach net zero"; "Euroviews: It’s the Amazon’s turn to lead on just transition, decriminalisation, and global climate action"; "Monster utes are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with our world"; "Biden seeks to accelerate the EV transition in biggest climate move yet"; "Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles"; "Woodside mounts bid to stave off another investor climate revolt"; "Review ordered into green legal group over bid to halt Santos’ gas project"; "Nuclear slow and expensive, renewables fast and cheap: Bowen slaps down Coalition “fantasy”"; "Environmental group’s spy satellite to sniff out fugitive emissions". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Melbourne-based home energy guru, Tim Forcey, was at a recent meeting of Zero Carbon Tatura to talk about what he does and his soon-to-be-released book, "My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to Slash Your Energy Bills, Protect Your Health & save the Planet". The advice offered by Tim is available, equally, from GV Community Energy CEO, Geoff Lodge, who was at the Wednesday, March 20, meeting of Zero Carbon Tatura. Interested people can also hear and watch Tim as he goes through a home energy audit on a home near Yea. Tim was also recently a guest on "Climate Conversations". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Life sometimes gets in the way of living and so brings on silence, but that has not been the case for Violet Coco (pictured) and her Extinction Rebellion counterparts: "‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists who shut down West Gate Bridge"; "'Red alert': Heat records were smashed in 2023, and 2024 is likely to be even hotter"; "‘How many lives do you put at risk?’: Anger after man dies at music festival during heatwave"; "The family of an athlete who died from heat stroke sued organisers for millions. Lawsuits in Australia are ‘almost inevitable’"; "Like chasing Tasmanian tigers: What’s behind the Coalition’s nuclear push"; "Was it really hotter inside than out this summer? 100 renters found out"; "High temperatures create 'wild year' for flora and fauna"; "How a snowmobile tour company is getting ready for a future with less snow"; "Australia’s big electricity generators say nuclear not viable for at least a decade"; "On a climate rollercoaster: how Australia’s environment fared in the world’s hottest year"; "Magpies in survival mode due to climate change and noise"; "Scientific Consensus: 99.9% Agreement on Human Climate Causation"; "Finally, good news for power bills: energy regulator promises small savings for most customers on the ‘default market offer’"; "Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater. What can land managers do?"; "The government wants to fast-track approvals of large infrastructure projects – that’s bad news for NZ’s biodiversity"; "‘Red alert’ to world as every major climate record busted"; "Daily Sea Surface Temperature"; "Surfing venue with data centre faces new 3.8°C climate warming rule"; "Climate Capitalism by Akshat Rathi"; "Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit record high in 2023 - IEA"; "Today marks the spring equinox — and it’s a day early this year"; "A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: The End of Winter"; "California lawmakers have a plan to plug old, vapor-spewing oil wells. Could it backfire?"; "Climate rollercoaster: How Australia's environment fared in the world’s hottest year"; "‘$420 a year’: How climate change could cost some Sydneysiders"; "Aussie kids learn what to pack in an emergency and how to prepare emotionally for disaster"; "‘Water is worth more than gold’: eco-activist Esteban Polanco on why violence won’t stop him"; "Florida Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers"; "Punxsutawney Phil says early spring. Here’s why that could be a thing."; "How Climate Change Drives the Spread of Invasive Plants"; "What price chocolate as climate change hits cocoa crops of poor farmers?"; "Air Pollution in Classrooms Could Be Reduced by Up to 36% With Simple Method, UK Researchers Say"; "California Must Triple Its Rate of Carbon Emissions Reductions to Reach 2030 Target, Report Says"; "Summer Solstice Triggers Mass, Synchronized European Beech Tree Reproduction, Study Finds"; "NVES: Aussies want cleaner, money saving cars – Climate Council"; "Scientists find evidence of a wetter world, recorded in Australian coral colony"; "Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves - Research shows the science is behind them"; "Continued logging of NSW koala habitat is ‘a profound tragedy’, conservationist says"; "New Study Shows Planting Trees May Not Be as Good for the Climate as Previously Believed"; "Asia Pacific Cycling Conference" "Even as the fusion era dawns, we’re still in the Steam Age"; "Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know"; "Handout or necessary investment? Funding of Gina Rinehart-backed mine raises concern"; "What's in store for Europe's nuclear energy?"; "In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy"; "WA had its hott --- 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