Robert McLean's Podcast

My hometown newspaper, The Shepparton News, has undergone a remarkable change - it's now almost entirely a digital publication, switching from five print editions each week to just two. However, it will still be available to subscribers seven days a week via its digital editions.The change brings many benefits, particularly for those who follow this podcast, as all those stories the newspaper publishes about climate-related issues will be available in text-to-audio style and so can be included with the first being: "Locals encouraged to make the switch to electric living";"Transition to net-zero emissions";"It's Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe's Summers";"Storms drench spots on hot, humid D.C. Saturday";"Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change";"Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response";"Trump's big toxic bill will cost America – and the world";"Trucks are big polluters, but can batteries make them cleaner?";"Strung out: Power line problems put nation's renewable rollout on backburner";"AI tool tracks early hurricane formation";"Climate Change Degrades Nutritional Value of Crops, Study Finds";"Millions of Tons of Tiny Plastic Particles Are Polluting the Ocean, Study Finds";"Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost?";"Science Moms lean into ‘humanness' to educate on climate change risk";"Adapting to climate decline";"Europe's Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous";"Going it alone – how not to prepare for climate change";"Ancient WA rock art given UNESCO World Heritage status after 20-year campaign";"‘We don't want to be climate refugees': Torres Strait uncles fear for their islands and their people";"The solar battery rebate has arrived – here's how to steer clear of scammers";"Trump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter Fema";"The Texas flood, Australia and the psychology of evacuation";"More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction";"What's happened to Australia's green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered";"Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging";"Climate activists victim of flakey arrests";"Weather tracker: supercharged storms hit Texas's ‘Flash Flood Alley'";"Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn";"‘A war of the truth': Europe's heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action";"England's reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans";"Jeff Hardy: Promoting Global Change for Sustainable Peace to Secure the Second Human Evolution";"Futurist says there are three stages of human evolution - and we're currently in the second phase";"We should be paying more for our energy. Here's why".

The U.S. Senator, Sheldon Whitehouse (pictured), has stood before the Senate 300 times, urging his fellow Senators to "wake up" to the perils of climate change.The representative for Rhode Island can be seen on YouTube spelling out the facts and the realities of climate change, and how the fossil fuel industry has played its cards to capture government processes and, at the same time, confuse and deceive the public - "Senator Whitehouse Delivers 300th Time to Wake Up Speech".

The Conversation is a wonderful place to learn more about the climate crisis."The dangers of romanticising Britain's 1976 heatwave":"Climate change has doubled the world's heatwaves: how Africa is affected";"Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up";"Why homeowners are suddenly rushing to install rooftop solar";"As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent";"Tons of Invisible Plastic Pieces Lurk in Ocean Water";"The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come";"Trump's Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters";"Southern China and Hong Kong Brace for Floods and Fierce Winds from Danas";"Melting ice will strengthen the monsoon in northern Australia – but cause drier conditions north of the Equator":"New carbon forestry land restrictions only ‘palliative' – watchdog";"Climate anxiety meant I could no longer work as a pilot. But I love flying – and I know we can transform aviation";"Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt";"Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite' in fight against ‘malevolent' fossil fuel giants, says key senator";"Millan Millan and the Mystery of the Missing Mediterranean Storms";"Europe hit by storms and wildfires after heatwave - is climate change also to blame?";"To future-proof crops, science is half the battle. The other half is getting existing solutions into the field.";"Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods";"The growing problem electric vehicles are fuelling";"The third day of a heatwave is the tipping point … are we ready?":"Why homeowners are suddenly rushing to install rooftop solar";"‘He died trying to save Mystic girls': Camp director's last desperate bid to reach Bubble Inn cabin";"Marseille suspends flight and evacuates homes as wildfire reaches city's outskirts";"Texas pediatrician ‘no longer employed' after post about pro-Trump flood victims";"Murray Watt ramps up lobbying efforts in last-minute push to get Murujuga rock art on world heritage list";"American science is in crisis. It's a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists";"Patriots break cordon sanitaire to seize climate file in European Parliament";"Portugal records 284 excess deaths during heatwave as wildfires rage across Europe";"Thirsty future: Australia's green hydrogen targets could require vastly more water than the government hopes";"NZ Post is the latest company to drop its climate targets – another sign business is struggling to decarbonise";"Solar powers up retirement villages' sustainability plans";"River Seine in Paris Reopens for Public Swimming for the First Time in 100 Years";"UN Climate Expert Urges Criminalization of Fossil Fuel Disinformation to Protect Basic Human Rights";"Facing Climate Anxiety With Visual Comedy: ‘World Without End' Graphic Artist Christophe Blain";"Global unrest threatens fuel security, but electric vehicles could ease oil dependency";"

Stories about this month's flash floods in central Texas have dominated the news, and a panel assembled by Climate Central has discussed the impact of climate change and a link to a recording can be found at: "Understanding the climate connection with the devastating Texas floods";"Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America's Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying";"Texas floods kill at least 104, including 27 from Camp Mystic, as search for missing continues";"Texas Flood Live Updates: Hope Fades for Finding Survivors as Death Toll Passes 100";"Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn";"Climate Change Helped Fuel Heavy Rains That Led to Devastating Texas Flood";"At least 161 people missing in Texas floods as death toll rises to 109".

Auckland University's Dr Timothy Welch has applied his urban design skills to help local councils better understand what they need to do to keep their towns and cities cooler in a warming world.Dr Welch recently wrote about this on The Conversation in the story: "NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes".His story begins: "Stand on any car park on a sunny day in February and the heat will radiate through your shoes. At 30°C air temperature, that asphalt hits 50–55°C – hot enough to cause second-degree burns to skin in seconds."

Climate scientist Professor Michael Mann is critical of podcaster Joe Rogan, whom he says was one hundred and eight per cent wrong in his interpretation of a story - listen to that on Truthout - "Europe Sees Dangerous Heat Wave as North America Sets 3,000 Temperature Records";"Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave";"Trump's True Colors, Revealed";"A Special ‘Climate' Visa? People in Tuvalu Are Applying Fast.";"The World Is Warming Up. And It's Happening Faster.";"Trump's Attack on CA Environmental Law Brings Us Closer to Climate Catastrophe";"Italy and Spain bake in heatwave as cities issue red alerts and regions mull work bans";"1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa' to Australia – here's why everyone may ultimately end up applying";"Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years".

David Spratt (pictured) points to Australia's commitments to other crises to illustrate his arguments on how and why we should respond to the unfolding emergency of climate change.He wrote about that in an article published recently in The Canberra Times, available now on his website, "Climate Code Red".The article asks the question: "How bad can climate damage get?" And then answers that "Worse than you imagine".David, working with the late Phillip Sutton, co-wrote, in 2008, the prescient book "Climate Code Red". In the final paragraph on his latest piece, David writes: "All of this leads to one conclusion: we are on the edge of a precipice and humanity now needs to throw everything at the climate threat, literally “all hands on deck”.  The late Prof. Will Steffen's call to make climate the primary target of policy and economics is now a survival imperative. The business-as-usual delusion embraced by policymakers that climate is just another issue is laid bare by the 1.5°C time-bomb."David is an Australian climate policy analyst and advocate, and Research Director at the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. Spratt co-authored the 2008 book Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action, which argued for urgent, large-scale action to address the climate crisis. He co-authored 2018's What Lies Beneath: The Understatement of Existential Climate Risk with Ian Dunlop, which called for a reframing of climate science within an existential risk management framework. His work explores climate threats and human security, risk methods, and the need for restorative action.

Melbourne Age reporter, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, takes us into the deniers' playbook to help us understand the motives: "How to get the best bang for your climate buck";"Woodside's North West Shelf gas extension is being challenged in the courts. Could it be stopped?";"How bad can climate damage get? Worse than you imagine";"Global warming is changing cloud patterns. That means more global warming";"A Heat Wave Leaves Britons Looking for Ways to Stay Cool";"Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish";"Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests";"Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn";"Freak wind gusts made worse by climate change threaten airline passenger safety";"West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?";"Beneath a ‘heat dome,' the Washington monument closes and a region girds itself";"Figuring Out a Battery Storage System to Fit New York's Wind and Solar Ambitions Has Not Been Easy";"Insect Numbers Are Plummeting: Here Are Eight Easy Ways to Help";"Are Sharks and Rays Using Offshore Wind Farms as Habitats?";"How to feel about climate change? A scientist reflects on anger, hope and love.";"The Fossil Fuel Industry Hasn't Come Up With a New Story in 100 Years, Why Do Climate Folks Find It So Hard to Keep Up?";"Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project";"Only two years left of world's carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn";"Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows";"Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech";"War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies";"How Close Are the Planet's Climate Tipping Points?".

Donald Trump's order to have the U.S. military attack uranium enrichment sites in Iran refreshes our understanding of the "tyranny of the immediate".From The New York Times, we hear about "Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites".The military is not included in the 2019 Paris emissions targets due to pressure and agitation from the U.S., and this bombing raid clearly illustrates the reasons for that, as the emissions would have been equal to those of a small country.However, the Iranian assaults are a clear reminder of the tyranny of the immediate and why we need to rise above that and remember that climate change remains, all the time, in the background as an existential threat.And here is that earlier episode of Climate Conversations - "Press briefing: Covering Climate Now helps us understand the tyranny of the immediate in global conflicts".

Climate change regularly falls victim to the tyranny of the immediate, meaning it is pushed out of major media outlets by news perceived as more urgent or immediate.Beyond that, for some years, articles covering climate issues were rarely seen in national media and, in a few instances, almost prohibited.That is changing as it is now a topic frequently covered, as illustrated in recent episodes of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television show, "Landline".Data scientist, Hannah Ritchie, writes about "How much biofuel would we need to decarbonise aviation?";And here you can hear her discussing "Heikki Malinen: Does sustainable aviation fuel work?" on her podcast, "Solving for Climate';And should you be eager to know more about "Hannah Ritchie";"Discarded clothes from UK brands found in protected Ghana wetlands – Greenpeace";"The desalination plant is running, but these Victorian towns are on water restrictions";"Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country";"Sustainable Aviation Fuels Are Struggling to Take Off Amid Greenwashing Claims";"Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims";"Government to consider changes to gas appliance ban";"Indicators of Global Climate Change";"Brazil: Let's deliver on our old climate promises before making new ones";"How ‘sophisticated' climate misinformation gets to the heart of power";"Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales'";"England's rivers ‘under threat' as water extraction surges to record levels";"Fuel firms can challenge California's emission limits, supreme court rules";"Here's how climate change is affecting your home insurance";"As anti-tourism protests grow in Europe, we need a rethink – but that's no reason to stop travelling";"Do solar farms make good neighbors? New study challenges NIMBY assumptions.";"Don't expect rooftop solar to power NZ's future, says new Meridian boss";"The rise of the Anthropocene can be tracked in hummingbirds' beaks";"Labor's new environment laws won't be ‘credible' unless new projects consider climate change, advocates warn";"Can Solar and Geothermal Energy Help a Church and Its Neighbors Wean Off Fossil Fuels?";"Predicting current and future habitat of Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) under climate change";"Cleanup underway after storms topple trees, power lines across D.C. region";"Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season";"Bribe or community benefit? Sweeteners smoothing the way for renewables projects need to be done right";"As the federal government fumbles on nature law reform, the states are forging ahead";"Overhead power lines kill millions of birds a year. Scientists found a way to help cut the devastating toll";"UK Plans to Ban Destructive Activities Like Bottom Trawling in Marine Protected Areas";"Protected Bike Lanes Lead to Nearly Twice as Many Bicycle Commuters: Study";"Oil Prices Drop, but Iran-Israel Conflict Raises Many Risks";"xAI Data Center Emits Plumes of Pollution, New Video Shows";"Climate crisis could hit yields of key crops even if farmers adapt, study finds";"The world's shrinking cloud cover is driving record temperatures, new research finds";"Trump is undermining U.S. science. Here's why that's dangerous.";"Net zero's a bit under the weather in Barnaby land";"How big is the generational divide on climate change?';"Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says";"Attenborough's Ocean is the film I've been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message";"UK temperatures of 45C may be possible in current climate, Met Office says".

Covering Climate Now takes us into the world's war zones to help us understand how the tyranny of the immediate distracts us from the hard realities of climate change.The group, an organisation set up by journalists, for journalists, most recent "press briefing' was entitled: "War and Climate Change".The group says: "War and climate change are intertwined in ways that journalists need to understand. Violent conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere are not only causing terrible human suffering, they are feeding the climate crisis."War — and military operations in general — have a massive carbon footprint that is often overlooked, partly because militaries' emissions are excluded from limits imposed under UN climate agreements. Not only does conflict contribute emissions, but extreme weather and other climate impacts can kindle armed conflict — both within nations as people from drought-stricken rural communities migrate to cities and between nations. Perhaps most challenging for journalists is that, when guns and bombs are killing people, that necessarily grabs headlines, but also edges out climate change on the news agenda."

Guardian reporters, Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed, alert readers to the frightening impact of a Western Australia gas project: "Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project"

Geoff Rose (pictured), a Professor in Transport Engineering, Monash Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, discusses the trials, challenges and opportunities of E-bikes and E-scooters in his article on The Conversation: "E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer".Geoff delves into history to tell us of an early interview about e-bikes in which a woman in Portland, Oregon, in the U.S., told him how an e-bike had enabled her to recover her life.He urges authorities to abandon their fixation with the power of e-bikes and e-scooters and allow law enforcement to administer comparatively simple speed restrictions.

Dr Philip Lawn (pictured at COP 23, where he dared mention population and was almost thrown out of the room) was the preeminent speaker at the June 14 Swanpool Environmental Film Festival.Dr Lawn's address followed the screening of the movie "Climate Extreme: At the abyss?"The small country at Swanpool (about 20 km south of Euroa) was booked out for the annual festival.

Bicycle Network CEO, Alison McCormack (pictured) pedals to work, finding both fitness and peace of mind. Her story was in the Melbourne Age: "Why cycling to work is better for your brain than walking"."Activists like Greta Thunberg care more about fame than facts";"Israel says Greta Thunberg has been deported after seizure of Gaza-bound ship";"This group is the most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses by far";"Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn't know it in the cities";"Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor's North West Shelf decision";"Valencia's flood was a catastrophe. Was it also a crime?";"9 myths about electric vehicles have taken hold. A new study shows how many people fall for them";"Australia's next national adaptation conference";"Interview: 'Australia's E-Bike moment' with Bicycle Network's CEO, Alison McCormack";"New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate' emissions reduction plan";"Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice?";"Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year";"Trump Determined To Gut The Endangered Species Act";"AI Threatens Efforts To Combat Climate Change";"NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date";"Extreme Heat Hazards";"A critical review of the effectiveness of electric fans as a personal cooling intervention in hot weather and heatwaves";"There are clear laws on enforcing blockades – Israel's interception of the Madleen raises serious questions";"Australia's government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas – but will it work?";"Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg's Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments";"In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age";"‘Ticking Time Bomb' of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study";"2025 Global Energy Investment to Reach Record $3.3 Trillion, Driven by ‘Clean Technologies': IEA Report";"A 500MW Wind Energy Plant Launches in Egypt";"‘Shelter and Storm': Tamara Dean's Memoir of Living in the Driftless";"These Kids Fought the Climate Crisis in Court. Now They're Taking on Trump";"On Ireland's peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition";"More than Half of all Daily Trips Were Less than Three Miles in 2021";"It looks like a golf cart, maxes out at 25 mph and could be your next city car".

Writing in "Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century", Jean-Luc Mélenchon argued that Earth's ecosystem wasn't coping with the combination of a booming population and capitalism."As disasters loom, emergency managers say they aren't counting on FEMA";"The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct' Research.";"‘There are no rules on the high seas': Australia to play a key role on ocean protections";"Inside Climate News: A weekly conversation about top climate news";"Are Any of Us Really Ready for Fire Season?";"The NSW floods were bad enough. But then came the mould, and getting rid of it in winter is ‘almost impossible'";"Trump's New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law";"How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas";"Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference";"Tropical storm Barbara off south-west Mexico coast could become hurricane";"Will the North Sea oil and gas industry be Labour's next U-turn?";"Israeli army detains Greta Thunberg after boarding Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla ship".

Some rain has fallen in parts of Victoria, and among those celebrating were these kids (pictured).However, one Victoria farmer says: "‘I won't get excited until my hair is wet': This weekend is make or break for farmers";Podcast: "Mining in the deep blue";"In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan";"A carbon tax and some key policy challenges";"UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern' at the state of the Great Barrier Reef";"The slippery question of how to define a wetland";"Gulf Coast Communities Take on Insurers Backing Trump-Approved Fossil Fuel Facilities";"DOE Axes $3.7B in Clean Energy Grants—Is America's Net Zero Future in Jeopardy?";"Trump​ Is Going to Raise Your Insurance Premiums";"‘Fast running out of time to turn the tide': Australia at sea in vast marine heatwave";"Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World's Corals";"Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows".

Greens MP Sue Higginson (pictured) talks about rain-bombs, rivers falling from the sky during a discussion on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National program, "Country Breakfast"."Australia's renewable energy shift to be powered by gas";"‘I lost everything': Swiss residents in shock after glacier debris buries village";"A prince, traditional owners and a ‘carbon bomb': Inside Woodside's extension plans";"The range of EVs is surging, but certain fears are holding back sales";"What role will gas play in Australia's energy transition?";"10 Steps to Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate";"Earth's seasonal rhythms are changing, putting species and ecosystems at risk";"Most of Australia's conservation efforts ignore climate risks – here are 3 fixes";"Could a river sue a corporation? Robert Macfarlane's books change the world – now he's advocating for the world's waterways";"North West Shelf gas extension will deliver ‘almost nothing' to Australia's public purse";"Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave";"Prime minister says Australia will bid to co-host 2026 UN climate change meeting";"Youths Sue Trump to Stop Anti-Climate Agenda, Arguing It Violates Right to Life";"'Going to get worse': Why Sam's dream home came with a $30,000 insurance dilemma";" The Republican Plot to Let People Die of Heatstroke";"Woodside spills 16,000 litres of oil into ocean north of Ningaloo";"Australia's winter weather forecast: Here's what the BoM says to expect";"Traditional owners angry over North West Shelf Gas extension";"Glacier collapses, burying nearly all of Swiss Alpine village";"Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years";"Why Trump's push for ‘gold-standard science' has researchers alarmed";"Reclaiming power in a broken energy system"';"Carbon footprint of Israel's war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries";"Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days";"Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire";"UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern' at the state of the Great Barrier Reef";"WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update 2025-2029".

Dr Kristina Dahl (pictured) is the vice president for science at Climate Central, leading the group's scientific activities, helping design analyses that enable people throughout the world to connect their lived experiences to climate change.During the interview, Dr Dahl said: "We are all living in a 'climate-changed' world.Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people's lives.It says: "Climate Central uses science, big data, and technology to generate thousands of local storylines and compelling visuals that make climate change personal and show what can be done about it. "We address climate science, sea level rise, extreme weather, energy, and related topics."We collaborate widely with TV meteorologists, journalists, and other respected voices to reach audiences across diverse geographies and beliefs," it says.

Decisions by Australia's Labor Government through its newly minted Environment Minister, Murray Watt, have sent shudders through many, and the airwaves of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation were alive with comments and observations: "Australia's largest gas project granted extension";"Gas is no longer a dirty word for Labor. Should it be?";"The Woodside boss's attacks on my generation are blatant scapegoating – and we see straight through them ";"Damaging winds follow ‘unusual' dust storm in Victoria";"As Australia's carbon offset industry grapples with integrity concerns, how can companies genuinely tackle climate change?";"5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver".

The lights recently went out across Spain, and the Australian oil and gas giant, Woodside, was quick to seize on the consequences of the disruption to drive home the importance of ensuring reliable energy supplies: "Spain's crippling blackout shows need for gas in a greener world: Woodside CEO";"What we lose when weather balloons don't fly";"5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver";"'A war zone': Desperate for help, flood-hit residents say army deployment 'isn't enough'";"Rather than blaming carbon, Paul Hawken argues we should recognise its role in animating life. This way, we can heal the planet";"Could the fuel powering F1 next season also run your car?";"Damaging winds follow ‘unusual' dust storm in Victoria";"Carbon-negative fuels startup Aeon Blue finds welcoming home in Atlantic Canada";"Waste generation is rising, and circular economy action is the answer";"As the energy transition ramps up, Australia risks becoming a more unequal society. Here's what needs to change";"As Australia's carbon offset industry grapples with integrity concerns, how can companies genuinely tackle climate change?";"For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas";"I'm Facing Prison for My Climate Activism. Here's Why.";"Veteran-led disaster recovery group calls on Albanese for help to build army of 10,000 volunteers";"Govt ‘actively considering' financing home solar via council mechanism";"‘The spin has been wrong': rock art expert raises concerns over critical report ahead of Woodside decision".

Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, claims he cares about climate change, but then supports his Environment Minister, Murray Watt, in his moves to quickly advance a major gas project off the Western Australian coast: "Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside's North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision";"‘Desolate': farmers in NSW's west battle drought as east coast mops up after floods";"Reliable energy or ‘carbon bomb'? What's at stake in the battle over Australia's North West Shelf";"Clean-up begins as waters recede after devastating NSW floods";"Greenwashing is rife in Australia, but could its days be numbered?";"The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial";"'It's all gone': After losing nearly everything to the floods, Kelly now faces mould and rats";"The NSW floods have already been linked to climate change. Scientists are debating if that's too quick";"The Pilbara is at risk of becoming a ‘wasteland'. Could green iron help?";"The intensifying climate driver behind the coastal deluges and inland drought";"Spectacular rescue amid isolation and exhaustion";"Climate Council Statement On NSW Floods: More Destructive Due To Climate Change";"Disaster or digital spectacle? The dangers of using floods to create social media content";"Urban rewilding has brought back beavers, hornbills and platypuses to city parks – and that's just the start";"Vivid, thrilling and ghastly: new theatrical adaptation of The Birds evokes climate disaster, terrorism and lockdown";"Can Murray Watt fix Australia's broken nature laws? First stop, Western Australia";"Antarctica has its own ‘shield' against warm water – but this could now be under threat".

Australia's National Party was successful in recent Federal elections and subsequently has been beating its chest in celebratory joy, but not everyone feels the same way, according to this opinion piece in the Melbourne Age: "Denial is hard to grasp in the city. In flooded Taree, it's bewildering"."The True Cost of Pretending Climate Change Doesn't Exist";"Trump administration plans to end greenhouse gas limits on power plants";"This town was wiped out by Helene. How does it come back?";"‘Destruction everywhere': Taree cleanup begins as NSW floods reignite inter-agency tensions";"Dry spell hits Shepparton as rainfall plummets below average";"The intensifying climate driver behind the coastal deluges and inland drought";"Earth's major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says";"ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.";"‘We're really struggling': Fire levy pushing drought-stricken farmers to the brink";"New Mexico Is the Latest State Developing Standards to Protect Workers in Extreme Heat";"Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?";"The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere";"Gas industry could get far more than $200m if deals keep flowing – Jones";"We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global response";"Climate Council Statement On NSW Floods: More Destructive Due To Climate Change";"The shadows of Amazon dams";"A Truly Dark Day in DC" - Bill McKibben"Trump and Republicans are targeting blue states' climate policies";"The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce";"Climate change could drive surge in foreclosures and lender losses, new study finds";"How states can fight climate change without the feds";"Eight EU countries form coalition of the willing on crisis preparedness";"Trump's “wins” on nuclear power are losses for taxpayers and public safety";"Battery Recycling: How Accounting for Social and Environmental Benefits Boosts Returns";"“As journalists, we fail to extend empathy to ourselves”: How climate reporting is impacting mental health";"More Than 1 in 4 Cars Sold Globally in 2025 Expected to Be EVs: IEA Report";"NSW on alert: these maps show the areas at risk of flooding and storms";"Floods, fires and even terrorist attacks: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?";"In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It's an impossible choice";"The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere";"Nuclear has highest investment risk; solar shows lowest, say US researchers";"James Hansen and the scientific contest about accelerated warming: 2025 is the crunch year";"One-in-500-year floods: How often do they really happen and what does the term mean?";"How the government is setting everyone up to fail on green claims";"Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate";"In Chicago, Artists Imagine a World Without Prisons or Environmental Hazards";"Flooding Caused by Atmospheric River Over Maryland Shows How Climate Change Is Stressing Inland Communities";"Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won't Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn";"Victorian planning laws blasted – wrong answer to market failure";"Can glaciers regrow if global warming is reversed? Not in our l

Salvador Rueda (pictured) envisages a car-free CBD for Melbourne, arguing during an event ar the city's RMIT University that Melbourne's grid design and tram network made it suited to superblocks, and land close to train stations could be their starting point because “you don't need the car, practically”: "Car-free superblock pioneer's vision for Melbourne – and the one thing he forbids";"Humanity is compressing millions of years of natural change into just a few centuries";"Average months now feel cold thanks to climate change";"How weather ‘blocks' have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe";"Heat extremes in southern Africa might continue even if net-zero emissions are achieved";"Waste-to-energy in Australia: how it works, where new incinerators could go, and how they stack up";"Energy Australia is in court accused of greenwashing. What is the case about and why is it significant?";"The maps that show how climate change is driving up the cost of insuring Melbourne homes ";"EnergyAustralia accused of misleading customers over ‘carbon-neutral' bills";"How parts of a dead gas rig washed up on our beaches";"As the Latrobe Valley moves away from coal jobs, could a green worker's cooperative offer a solution?";"How Green Is Pope Leo XIV?";"‘The Earth Loses a Defender': Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet";"After the 2025 election: Energy transition and restoration of Australian growth";"Trump's New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law";"As Costs and Temperatures Rise, Trump Moves to Gut Low-Income Energy Assistance";"A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.";"‘April showers' – a rainfall scientist explains what they are and why they are becoming more intense";"How the weather got ‘stuck' over the UK – and produced an unusually dry and warm spring";"Haiku has captured the essence of seasons for centuries – new poems contain a trace of climate change";"The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts";"First large-scale study of telemedicine's carbon impact uncovers big climate benefits";"House Republicans are about to wreck Trump's nuclear-powered dream";"Plastic may be warming the planet more than we thought";"Project 2025 Is at the Center of Trump 2.0";"How the World's Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change";"Europe ‘lagging' behind on human rights by not recognising right to healthy environment, experts say";"Red meat and cars mean French men have a 26% higher carbon footprint than women, study says";"Europe's electricity grid is outdated and risks derailing fossil fuel phase out, report finds";"‘Greenlandisation', sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world";"Running blind: The silencing and censoring of environmental threats to US national security";"To the new environment minister, Murray Watt: it's time to get reforms right";"Tiny frogs and fjords: Australian student features in Nature's Science photo competition";"

Violet Coco (pictured) has the innate ability to reach into people, touch their hearts, make them feel something, make them angry, and yet comfort them with the thought that someone is doing something about alerting the world to the terrors of climate change.Violet, a woman with the seeming innocence of a young girl, was taken to lunch by Angus Delaney, and here you can hear the audio of a story he wrote for the Melbourne Age: "There's no bridge too far for this climate activist's cause".

Sharon Brettkelly (pictured) will go to extreme lengths, in this case, heights, to get to the bottom of a good story.Sharon, who writes for The Newsroom in New Zealand, tells the story this time on The Detail: "Powering New Zealand from a Wellington wind farm".She writes: "When rain poured into our South Island hydro lakes last week, electricity bosses heaved a huge sigh of relief."They're still wincing from the memories of last winter's energy crunch, when power became dangerously scarce and wholesale prices shot sky high.“Droughts are no fun,” says Meridian Energy's chief executive Mike Roan.“They're inevitable though.“Our power system has been built with droughts in mind. The scale of the southern hydro lakes, Lake Taupō, the combination of them is there to provide that backup stored energy for and when a drought emerges.”"But the past 12 months have been “horrible” with the August drought and loss of gas supply causing wholesale prices to spike", her story says.

Professor Tim Flannery (pictured) was one of three speakers on a Climate Council webinar tonight (May 13), facilitated by the Council's CEO, Amanda McKenzie.The webinar, which attracted hundreds of people, was entitled "After the Vote: What Australia's new parliament means for climate - and how we can make the most of it".The webinar discussed:What kind of progress should we expect under the new Albanese Government? What are the best opportunities in the new Parliament? And what might the handbrakes be?What should our vision for climate action in Australia be for the next three years, and how can I help make it a reality?

Chinese electric car companies are building vehicles that are both nimble and fast, and denting the sales of traditional manufacturers: " This luxury car can use ‘leap mode' for potholes – but it's not a Ferrari";"‘Getting barer by the day': drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust";"Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive";"It's almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?";"Climate Justice Organizers Hold Mock Funeral for 1.5ºC Paris Agreement Target";"Hawai'i Isn't Backing Down From Its Lawsuit Against Big Oil Over Climate Crisis";"Trump considers weakening nuclear agency in bid for more power plants";"Trump promised U.S. dominance. Instead, energy companies are faltering.";"Scientists say they can calculate the cost of oil giants' role in global warming";"How we know global warming is real";" Months after Helene, it's still hard to drive these North Carolina roads";"Australia's clean energy industry has just survived a near-death experience. Where to from here?";"Climate Crisis Wildfires Caused 15,000 Smoke Inhalation Deaths in 15-Year Span";"New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee";"Environmental stand-off threatens aquatic oasis in bayside Melbourne";"The CBD's future is car-free and open all hours, say these big thinkers";"Watch out: America is becoming less ready for natural disasters";"Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity";"NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters";"Renewables Generated 43% of Electricity Used by Australia's Main Power Grid in First Quarter of 2025";"World's Richest 10% Responsible for Two-Thirds of Global Heating Since 1990: Study";"28 Major U.S. Cities Are Sinking, Mostly Because of Groundwater Withdrawal, Study Finds";"GOP Advances Bill to Fast-Track Fracking, Logging and Mining on Public Lands";"Spain-Portugal blackouts: what actually happened, and what can Iberia and Europe learn from it?";"Clever new technique turns falling rain into renewable energy";"Solar squeeze: US tariffs threaten panel production and jobs in Thailand";"'We're really stuck': The Australians who can't afford to stay in, rebuild or insure their homes";"100-Year Storms Now Expected at Least Once a Decade in Bangladesh, Study Finds".

Rebecca Huntley (pictured) appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television program Q&A, questioning the viability and value of Australia's National Party."Even as emissions level off, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is growing faster than ever. Here's why";"These 3 climate misinformation campaigns are operating during the election run-up. Here's how to spot them";"How to talk about climate change";"The Women's Climate Congress";"About one third of young adults are skeptical about democracy";"Woodside commits $18bn to US project that climate advocates warn ‘would export harmful gas until the 2070s'";"New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It's no contest.";"Renewables, coal or nuclear? This election, your generation's energy preference may play a surprising role";"James Hansen and the scientific contest about accelerated warming: 2025 is the crunch year";"Yosemite scientists now forced to clean bathrooms";"Hawaii Sues Big Oil for Alleged Climate Deception After Trump Administration Tried to Block the Litigation";"Unleashing the 89% of People Who Want Climate Action Could Lead to ‘Social Tipping Point' and More Government Action, Experts Say";"‘The World Is Moving Forward': UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Interests and Hostile Governments Can't Stop Clean Energy Future";"How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases";"London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds";"Why Australia's most prominent climate change deniers have stopped talking about the climate";"Greening the Hill Mk2";"Writing to the future is one of the most powerful climate actions you can take";"The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change";"Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor's win, there's no turning back";"Ocean warming is accelerating, scientist warns";"83 per cent of 5-year-olds will be exposed to ‘unprecedented' extreme heat in their lifetime";"Europeans want homegrown renewable energy over fossil fuels from Trump or Putin, poll confirms";"More Frequent Fire Weather";"Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes' Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.";"Banning cars in city centres has worked around the world. Why isn't London's Oxford Street pedestrianised yet?";"Climbing Shoes Can Release Potentially Harmful Chemicals Into the Air of Bouldering Gyms, Study Says";"Climate Essentials";"Fossil fuels are bad business";"Puerto Rico drops climate lawsuit after DoJ sues states to block threats to big oil";"Climate Risk Map of Australia";"Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.";"Logging and palm oil plantations are expanding in Malaysia.":"We talk a lot about being ‘resilient'. But what does it actually mean?";"House Votes to Block California's Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars";"Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors";"‘Protest shapes the world': Rebecca Solnit on the fight back against Trump";"Mark Carney's Climate Strategy: Balancing Carbon Policy, Trade, and Energy Security";"Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies";"

Professor David Lindenmayer (pictured). from The Fenner School of Environment & Society at the Australian National University, was the guest on a May 1 webinar organised by the "Victorian Forest Alliance".Professor Lindenmayer discussed "Disturbance and flamability: how logging and burning makes forests more flammable".His understanding of Australian forests, their history and how our interference with them, along with the challenges with the quickly unfolding dilemma of climate change, makes them significantly more susceptible to fire,

Sue B. Inches (pictured) wants to build a better world, so she is doing what she can in that she has written a book about "Environmental Advocacy", she teaches on that topic, and also has been giving sermons about hope in challenging times, and beyond, that she advocates for people, corporations and governments at all levels to take action on the mitigation of climate change.Sue's thoughts about climate change can be found on her weekly Substack.She admires the University of Maine, which she says is doing wonderful work with floating wind turbines.

Simon Molesworth (pictured far from the austerity of a courtroom, working on his far western New South Wales property) sees the exhibitions of old ("fun fares" as he describes them) as a means to bring an understanding of climate change to as many people as possible.The Melbourne-based barrister, who has long been involved with climate and environmental movements throughout Australia, was the keynote speaker on Wednesday, April 30, at the Australian Cleantech Showcase 2025.

A kitchen table discussion, during Victoria's 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, resulted in the design and construction of the first Frankenstein-like "Power-Droid" by former film and television stuntman, Purven Pather, aided by his business partner and wife, Jessica Gower.The arrival of the Power-Droid was followed by the creation of the company, Equoria, which is about "Powering your production with portable, renewable power sources".The Power-Droid, a mobile box of just over 80 kilograms, looking smart in its new finery and remote from its Frankenstein-like elder, was on show at the recent "Australian Cleantech Showcase 2025."

The City of Greater Shepparton followed the earlier lead of other municipalities, declaring a "climate emergency" in 2020, passing the motion on the casting vote of the then mayor, Cr Seema Adullah.Shepparton climate activists are concerned that the new council, elected last year and whose climate credentials are unknown, will move to see that 2020 reversed, just as has been the case at Mornington: "Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan".On April 22, the organisation that has been set up by journalists for journalists, "Covering Climate Now", organised and staged a webinar with a panel of three, moderated by the Audience Editor from Covering Climate Now, Theresa Riley, which discussed "The Future of Climate Activism".A poem from Ashanti Kunene stunned the audience with her act of provacation and the opening of the "Systemic Investing Summit 2025".Former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore, ignited the San Francisco "Climate Week Conference" when he compared some Trump administration actions to those of Nazi Germany.And The Guardian covered the same issue: "Al Gore draws parallels between Trump 2.0 and early Nazi Germany in speech".From The Washington Post: "For Earth Day 2025, here are simple planet-friendly activities that people can incorporate into their lives, starting with their morning shower."Again from The Washington Post: "This Earth Day, there are some reasons to be hopeful about the climate".

Rob Bakes from Vote Climate One, which includes the Traffic Light Election Guide, says, "The only thing we've got left is one another; we can't rely on government."He also says, "When you look at the science, we are in real troubles, We're buggered".Rob, whose passion is as wide as it is deep, finds comfort in talking with Geelong's Mik Aidt, who runs the bay City's "The Sustainable Hour".The Traffic Light Election Guide has already proved its worth, and Rob has urged people to take the advice it offers and make certain that, come Saturday, May 3, Australia will have a minority government.

Daniel Lancefield (pictured), who manages the "Victorian Clean Tech Cluster", worked in community organisations and not-for-profits for more than 15 years in sport and the arts before joining the Victorian Cleantech Cluster as Manager in 2022. Since then, Daniel has developed a deep passion and appreciation for all things clean and green, and has an extensive network of people across clean technology, climate technology, circular economy and sustainability. He's now overseeing the staging of the group's "Australian Cleantech Showcase 2025" on Wednesday, April 30, at "The Timber Yard" in Port Melbourne.The event is sponsored by the "Fishermans Bend Ideas Group", "Earth Systems", the "City of Melbourne", and the "Melbourne Climate Network".

Taking the nuclear conversation to the people: "Online Citizen Assembly";"The Climate Council's Climate Risk Map of Australia";"Weather tracker: north-west Italy braces for thunderstorms and snow";"One brick higher";"Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton's nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas";"Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation";"How climate change could disrupt the construction and operations of US nuclear submarines";"Ten things we learned from Peter Dutton's speech at the Liberal party campaign launch";"Can climate scientists save the world?";"Sudden closure of Story Bridge to cyclists shows ‘car is still king in Brisbane'";"Peter Dutton's climate policy backslide threatens Australia's clout in the Pacific – right when we need it most";"Most bike lanes in inner Melbourne have less than 40% tree cover – that'll get worse, new maps show";"Outback publican finds hostelry coated in mud as residents return to tiny Queensland outpost after flooding";"Layoffs at NOAA Signal Setback for Climate Research and National Security";"Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power";"Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024";"Climate Change Is Helping Heartworm Spread to Pets in the Mountain West";"Is AUKUS a priority when climate change - which should be the focus - is about to upend our region?".

Democracy, that's democracy as envisaged by Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri and his Online Citizen Assembly he writes about in Pearls and Irritations.He argues, " Australia's fading democracy calls for radical rethinking";"Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.";"The Australien Government has made an ad for the coming election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative!";"Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget";"Trump's new reason for canceling grants: ‘Climate anxiety'";"World Expo 2025 opens in Osaka themed 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives'";"Fresh details emerge on Australia's new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents. An expert explains";"Scottish wildfire risk increases after lack of spring showers";"UK weather: wildfire warning as hottest day of the year expected";"Some good news on the climate transition";"Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons";" California's $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trump's wavering tariffs";"Beyond anxiety: Teens' mental health suffers on Africa's climate frontlines";"Fire smoke tied to thousands of premature deaths in 2017 alone";"Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise";"‘Waste Wars': A Conflict With No End in Sight";"The Home of Natural Sequence Farming";"A Natural Sequence Farm.";"Victoria wants to burn more waste for energy – in someone else's electorate";"March 2025: Earth's 3rd-warmest March on record";"Some good news on the climate transition";"New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,' Legal Experts Say";"Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers";"NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire";"Meet a Family That's Betting the Farm on a Wild Idea. Literally";"Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute";"Governments agree green shipping targets and fees for missing them";"Renewable and Low-Carbon Sources Accounted for Over 40% of Global Electricity Production in 2024: Report";"Friday essay: in an uncertain world, ‘green relief' offers respite, healing and beauty";"Australian voters are left in the dark on climate targets as they head to the ballot box";"‘Endearing and fascinating' yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide' into extinction";"Green activist group is pausing work after backlash by investors";"The unusual inspiration for this energy-free cooling system is elephant skin";"‘Deep Change Theory' Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say";"Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the World's Main Climate Pact";"‘Everyone is breathing this': how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world's coldest capital";"Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report";"Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia's devastating floods";"Not enough water available for Coalition's nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds";"Trump's EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters";"The Coalition prepares to soften Australia's 2030 climate target, while reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement";"How Capitalism Crashes Democracy";"Livestock producer speaks with SBS about impacts of floods in south-west Queensland";"

Dr Cathy OPke (pictured) was at TEDx Bendigo talking about our Cities: Our Climate Change Antiheroes' and challenging us to reimagine cities as robust climate solutions rather than just sources of emissions. She explained that while national governments debate, cities are becoming command centers for climate action - a role so crucial that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is preparing its first-ever special report focused on cities. Through examples from Bendigo to Singapore, Cathy Oke shows how 13,000 local governments worldwide are already leading bold climate initiatives, often outpacing national action. The future of our climate will be decided in our cities, she argues, and every citizen has a role in this transformation. Dr Cathy Oke OAM is a leading voice in urban sustainability and city leadership, combining 25 years of practical and academic expertise. She serves as Associate Professor in Informed Cities in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, while advising the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy on research and innovation. "Understanding climate change";"A UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute report shows Australia's fossil fuel exports are a significant contributor to global warming";"The Rise and Fall of Degrowth";"Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there's no sign of that in the election campaign";"Reality check: coral restoration won't save the world's reefs";"Nations debate historic first global carbon tax as shipping faces pressure to cut emissions";"NYC and Long Island Could Lose 80,000 Homes to Flooding by 2040, Exacerbating Housing Crisis: Report";"Meet Zen, the border collie teaching rescue dogs as climate change compounds avalanche risks";"Scientists say human-caused pollution may be masking the true extent of climate warming";"‘Their determination is heroic': Portuguese youth mount fresh climate lawsuit against government";"‘Society is at a crossroads': 5 deep changes experts say will turn us away from the climate abyss";"In the rain-soaked South, storms portend future ‘generational' floods";"These recycling techniques could help keep clothes out of landfills";"Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious' impact on environment, new research finds";"Why California and the West could face a ‘big fire season' later this year";"Oil Execs Warn Privately That Trump's ‘Chaos' Could Be ‘Disaster' for Their Industry";"Coalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns";"Pipis, octopi, starfish and more have died en masse in South Australia, but it's not clear why";"Climate Change is even worse than we thought, but this might be good news.";"Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer";"Beyond the Threshold: The Urgency of Climate Change";"Labor's home batteries policy could help people who will never take it up. Here's how";"Here's who topped the rankings in this year's scorecard for sustainable chocolate – and which confectionery giant refused to participate";"In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas";"I'm a disaster reporter. But I was not prepared to watch my city burn.";"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging";"Antarctica's hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise";"Batteries for all, not just the rich? Labor's home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair";"98% of Queensland prawn areas at risk of inundation by rising seas this century";"‘Same shit, different year': Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record";"It's not easy being a street tree, but this heroic eucalypt withstands everything we throw at it";"

Glenn Connley (pictured), moderator for the "Climate Academy" webinar organised by The Australia Institute.Industrial Atlantic salmon farming near Tasmania is a story that needs to be told and understood, and this "Climate Academy" webinar moderated by Glenn Connley and featuring Leanne Minshull and Eloise Carr is a wonderful opportunity for people to learn more about what's happening in this southern Australian State.Also, it's an equally wonderful chance to learn more about what's happening to Maugean Skate that has inhabited Australian waters, well, 300 square kilometres of Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast.The Skate has inhabited the harbour since T-Rex roamed the Earth.

Linden Ashcroft (pictured) went from wanting to be a poet to climate science, although she still dabbles in poetry.Linden grew up in country Victoria, in Tatura near Shepparton, on the lands of the Yorta Yorta people, and is a lecturer, climate scientist and science communicator at the University of Melbourne.Her parents still live in Tatura, and she will be back there on Saturday, September 6, for an event organised by the Transition Towns group in Tatura.The Tatura Transition Towns program will include, in addition to Linden, a performance from the Melbourne band, "Music for a Warming World".Short films and other identities are being organised now for the September 6 event.People can learn more about "Tatura Transition Towns" by checking its Facebook page.

Challenges on her home farm prompted Karin Stark (pictured) to pull together her first National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo in 2019. Now, this year's event will be in Bendigo. In what is a first for Victoria, the conference and expo will be held at The Capital Theatre in View St, Bendigo, on Wednesday, July 23.The expo opens at 8:00 a.m., and the conference follows at 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.On the National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo website, it says:"This event brings together farmers, agriculture and energy consultants, peak bodies and Government representatives to share stories of on-farm renewables, their business case and discuss what's driving the transformation of energy use in agriculture."Large scale solar and wind developments present opportunities for farmers and regional communities if planned well with meaningful engagement around benefit sharing. These topics plus combining farming and solar, termed agrivoltaics, also forms part of the yearly Conference program."Ms Stark has urged farmers to attend the event and hear the keynote speaker, the Energy Program Director from the Grattan Institute "Are we there yet? The country's economic transformation".

Australia's former Secretary to the Treasurer, Ken Henry (pictured) has written about "cowardly politics" and "robbing our children blind", along with the 'juvenile climate politics" - "Cowardly politics is robbing our children blind. It's time to be brave";"Citizen Future: why we need a new story of self and society";"I've spent my life fighting nuclear. Here's what Dutton isn't telling you about his reactors";"Renewables v nuclear: the facts point to one clear winner";"Trump's ‘climate' purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it";"Solar panel windows that could turn whole buildings into power plants smash electricity record";"Energy expert slams Dutton's 'populist anti-market' gas plan as self-defeating 'betrayal'";"Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low";"Outback flood tops 1974 levels, as residents evacuate amid major stock loss fears";"Small town flown out as ‘dynamic' flooding hits large parts of Queensland";"New York to make major greenhouse gas emitters pay for past pollution".

Climate change and it impact on life in Australia's northern parts has been ignored by the Australia Football League (AFL) as it has progressed plans to build a multi-million dollar stadium in Darwin, the capital of Northern Territory.The climate community is well aware that wet-bulb temperatures expected in Darwin within decades could make life in that northern capital not only difficult, but for many people, fatal.Senior players from the Brisbane Football Club (that's on the other side of the country, but still in a northern state) had urged the AFL not to schedule matches to start before midday as it is simply too hot.Here is what Fox Sports had to say about the Darwin plans: "‘A truly national AFL': $735m Darwin stadium plan unveiled as NT bids to land 20th club";"Peter Dutton's new energy plan sounds like a gas. In reality it means more emissions – and more profits for industry";"‘Hard to see how lower pricing will emerge': Experts doubtful of Dutton's gas plan";"The oil industry takes its critics to court";"Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests";"U.S. Honeybee Deaths Reach Record High: Survey";"Earth's soil is drying up. It could be irreversible.";"Seymour Alternative Farming Expo".

Economist Angela Jackson (pictured) was among the guests on the ABC's latest Q&A program and talked passionately about the seriousness and reality of climate change."Their profit, our cost: Should fossil fuel companies pay for climate disasters?";"Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record in the air and the oceans";"The maps that reveal how climate disasters are driving up insurance premiums in Sydney";"Zali Steggall stands by controversial offshore wind, seeks to broaden climate debate";"Greenhouse gas emissions. Winning slowly or losing the battle?";"'Devastating' wildfires in South Korea claim lives and force evacuations";"South Korea Battles Some of Its Worst-Ever Wildfires";"2024 Wrapped: Yes, Climate Change Will Probably Kill You";"The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires";"The true story behind the ‘gold bars' at the heart of Trump's biggest climate fight".

Emma Bacon (pictured) is among the most climate-aware and knowledgeable Australians and leads the Sydney-based non-government organisation. "Sweltering Cities".You can hear more of Ms Bacon's almost prescient thinking on the "Finding Nature" podcast.If you're in Geelong this Friday, March 28, get along to that city's "Climate Cafe"."Garbage trucks are catching fire. Your battery could be to blame";"Forget the Future — The Fall of Society Has Already Begun";"I Wrote A Book About Water: Here's What I Learned";"‘Sugar-daddy' Trump comes for CSIRO on scientific research funding";"US Banks Quit Climate Alliances and Targets. What Does This Mean for a Green Transition?";"‘Apoplectic' environment groups halt Coalition attack ads to take aim at Albanese over species' ‘death warrant'";"Billionaires Advance Fossil Fuels at “Energy Super Bowl” in Houston";"Here's How the Right Is Packaging Its Conspiracies in Environmentalism".

The 89 Percent Project is a year-long global journalistic effort to explore a pivotal but little-known fact about climate change: The overwhelming majority of the world's people want their governments to take stronger action. The project launches on April 20, 2025, with a week of focused coverage by journalists and newsrooms worldwide coinciding with Earth Day. A second week of focused coverage will come in October, before Brazil's COP30 UN climate summit.The idea of The 89 Percent Project arose from a slew of recent scientific studies finding that the overwhelming majority of the world's people — between 80 and 89% — want stronger climate action. This overwhelming global majority of people, however, does not realize that they are a majority; most think their fellow citizens don't agree.

Climate change is a dilemma that appears to escape the understanding of most people astounding me."In the Australian outback, climate change widens the racial divide";"The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we're being told";"Trump may ax EPA's research office and fire most of its staff";"Trump's attacks on science are a massive blow to Australia. These numbers show why";"Helene blew through nearly six months ago. North Carolina's recovery has barely begun.";"Why Europe is going ‘car-free'";"How restaurant leftovers are playing a role in audacious bid to bring life back to Port Phillip Bay".

Anthony Stott (pictured) is a Geelong psychologist, whose fertile mind helps us understand how we can profit from his fresh idea of "Green Prosperity"'.Anthony has put Green Prosperity on the table. Beyond that bold and adventurous thinking, he helps people through the travails of climate anxiety through his work at Aspire Health and Psychology at Werribee.This thoughtful fellow first attracted the attention of Climate Conversations at a recent gathering of the "Geelong Climate Cafe ".During our conversation, we discussed Green Prosperity's likeness to the "Degrowth Network of Australia", although as Anthony points out, the two have subtle and important differences.Anthony has written two papers on Green Prosperity, both are freely available via email.

Usually, episodes of "Climate Conversations" begin with a relevant or outstanding quote, but this event from La Trobe University, "Climate change: where are we now?" was littered with powerful and important quotes.Subsequently, I decided it would be best if you listened first and then chose for yourself — enjoy, it is a powerful webinar.

A friend fears nuclear annihilation more than whatever climate change has in store."How Formula 1 is trying to cut its carbon emissions, on and off the track";"Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries";"How Climate Change Is Framed to Disempower You";"‘Greeted by concrete': Town fights for trees as rail project steamrolls historic avenue";"The campaign battle over the next step to cheaper power bills";"Alfred held its punches, but is Queensland prepared for a bigger blow?";"Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries".