Podcasts about climate news

“Action is the antidote to despair.” On this episode we look at how to move forward on climate when it feels like our federal government is determined to push us backward. Learn about actions you can take right now, right here in Wisconsin to defend progress. And hear from climate advocate and Wisconsin farmer Chelsea Chandler on climate strategy in the age of "drill baby drill." Host: Amy Barrilleaux Guest: Chelsea Chandler Resources for you: Clean Wisconsin Take Action Analysis: Solar farms produce 100 times more energy per acrea than corn ethanol Threats to federal funding for pollution cleanup, clean energy initiatives spark anger in Wisconsin communities PSC approves most powerful solar project in Wisconsin history

My daughter's Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (example pictured) helps out during Tropical Cyclone Alfred."Alfred to slow and lessen in severity, but window of destruction remains open";"Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here's how climate change might have influenced it";"States prepare for cyclone flooding as authorities urge ‘do not underestimate this storm'";"Cyclone Alfred live updates: Thousands without power; calls for help; 'lessons to be learned'";"We lived through the Lismore floods three years ago. Now Cyclone Alfred brings a new threat";"As the weather bureau pumps out crucial cyclone information, millions look elsewhere";"As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth's hottest on record";"Why nuclear energy is not worth the risk for Australia";"Tropical Cyclone Alfred's destruction driven by climate change";"Cyclone Alfred has slowed down – why is that dangerous?".

Tropical Cyclone Alfred troubles coastal northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland, triggering memories of flooding in Lismore in NSW."‘Stripped to our bare bones': three years on from the floods, Lismore's housing crisis is worse than ever";"Queensland evacuations begin as Cyclone Alfred storm path tracks towards Brisbane";"How to prepare for Cyclone Alfred and what to do if it's too late to leave";"Clive bought his house because of the view. Now he wonders if this is the last time he'll enjoy it";"Tropical Cyclone Alfred to lash Queensland and New South Wales, Australia";"Panic buying, giant waves as Cyclone Alfred barrels towards coast";"‘Like preparing to fight a war': Can we stop a cyclone in its tracks?".

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is roaming about near the coast of Australia's south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales: "Northern NSW residents urged to prepare for first tropical cyclone since 1990";"The coastal Victorian city with ambitious plans but a big sea-rise problem";"Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here's what that means for forecasts.";"Amazon loses fight to exempt data center from energy regulation";"More Growth, More Problems: System Change Not Climate Change";"Slow-moving and erratic: Why cyclones like Alfred are so hard to predict";"Secure the boat, pile sandbags and hunker down: Queensland's Bribie Island braces for Cyclone Alfred";"Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south";"How to prepare for a cyclone, according to an expert";"Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world's strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound";"Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let's avoid single-use items";"Anti-Trans Disinfo Creeping on Climate Justice Spaces (Part 2 of 2)";"Over 90% of countries fail to submit new NDCs by deadline";"German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe";"Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution";"EPA Under Trump Besieged by Mass Terminations, Axed Programs, Funding Cuts";"Wildfires in the Carolinas prompt a state of emergency, evacuations";"Labor backs household batteries in bid to win over voters on cost-of-living and climate worries";"‘This is unusual': Northern NSW braces for first tropical cyclone in decades";"Mine copper without destroying the planet? London-based project gives scientists hope";"Submarine cables keep the world connected. They can also help us study climate change";"'Real threat': Queensland residents warned to prepare for category 2 Cyclone Alfred";"Premier claims WA a ‘renewable energy powerhouse' but leaked document shows wind and solar projects have ‘stalled'";"Four million Queenslanders warned they could be in ‘firing line' when cyclone heads towards coast";"New report slaps an official price tag on Australia's precious natural assets";"Weathering the Storm: Maryland's Chief Resilience Officer Reflects on Year One as Climate Threats Increase";"These buildings use batteries made of ice to stay cool and save money";"Cop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enough";"Column: Time for California to get serious about cheaper, cleaner energy";"Nuclear reactors could become targets of war, defence experts warn";"New ‘heat map' tool predicts which Australian cities are at risk from extreme heat";"A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan. What Are the Potential Health Impacts?";"Seeking sanctuary from a deranged world? Bring on the footy";"Heatwaves, fires, torrential rain, fish kills: Australia's summer of climate extremes";"Weathering the Storm: Maryland's Chief Resilience Officer Reflects on Year One as Climate Threats Increase";"Back to basics – and familiar faces – as Greens eye balance of power";"‘Cruel and thoughtless': Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency NOAA";"The Troubled Energy Transition";"Peter Dutton's nuclear accounting trick #4: Assume climate change

How close-knit community is better than rugged individualism - "Surviving the Climate Apocalypse (With a Little Help From My Friends)";"America Loses Its Soul When It Rejects People Fleeing Danger";"Climate change is coming for coastlines, from ancient cities to modern California: Study";"Why the U.S. has been home to Earth's most unusually cold air this year";"How heatwaves can wreak havoc on your mental health";"Farmers, investors, miners and parents: how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences";"How to inoculate yourself (and others) against viral misinformation";"The end of Germany's climate crusade";"Populist AfD “sand in the gears” of German climate efforts";"Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report";"Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected' species".

The Liberal-National Party's fanciful idea of nuclear power for Australia will deliver the 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge - "‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb': 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition";"Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb' that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis shows";"World urged to stay the course on climate action as Trump turns away";"The future of clean energy storage could lie in Australian coal towns";"When the World is On Fire and Anxiety, Contempt, and Climate Distress Join Your Meeting";"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";"Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects";"From grasslands to ‘moonscape': Dismay, anger over illegal clearing in Melbourne's west";"Climate misinformation and disinformation is rife. Could you spot fake content online?";"A powerful force is stopping the Indian Ocean from cooling itself – spelling more danger for Ningaloo";"The promise of green iron, steel and ammonia is keeping the green hydrogen dream alive";"California Unveils Bill to Force Polluters to Pay for Climate-Driven Disasters";"More EVs Migrate to Tesla's Chargers, With Some Bumps";"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters".

Simon Holmes à Court will be in conversation with Rick Brazalle (pictured) at a Lighter Footprints event at Melbourne's Malvern Town Hall on Wednesday, March 5, discussing "Powering 2025: Driving Australia's Energy Transition"."What Would Real Energy Independence Look Like?";"This wind farm is retiring, so what happens to its tonnes of steel?";"Elon Musk's Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it";"A Simple Farming Trick That Could Remove CO₂ from the Atmosphere";"Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals";"How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report";"Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?";"Net zero emissions by 2050 is great for the fossil fuel industry";"Water Access in North Gaza, Rafah Down to 7 Percent of Pre-Genocide Levels";"An Economist's Dire Forecast About Just How Much Climate Change Will Impact GDP";"Trump Wants the Federal Government's Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations";"Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires";"Lethal Greed: How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick";"A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn";"Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate";"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";"Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal's aquifers";"States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump reversal";"Climate change education can survive four more years of climate change denial";"Kore Power has a new plan after canceling $1.2B battery plant in Arizona";"Local Governments Can Achieve Texas-Sized Impacts from Distributed Energy Assets and Virtual Power Plants";"Broken Levers" - George Monbiot;"The climate crisis is a cost-of-living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it";"Activist asks Supreme Court to keep climate case alive";"Tim Winton: Labor hasn't delivered on more effective nature laws. It's not just embarrassing, it's calamitous";"‘Serious concerns': national assessment reveals rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted";"Why the death knell of a brutal 200km Dutch ice race signals trouble for Australia";"Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over";"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank' Grants";"The New Plutocracy";"Energy and Wildlife Conservation: A Two-Pronged Approach";"New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West";"Trump's Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff";"Gradually, Then Suddenly";"Whale poop may have been a key fertilizer for oceans".

Alex Pearce (pictured) was just in Grade Six when he quizzed former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, about how he would combat climate change and care for the environment.Now as the Fremantle Football Club captain and proud Palawa man, Alex still has the same concerns - "Athletes turn up the heat on politicians over climate change";"The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town ...";"Santos urges next PM to back Narrabri amid gas shortage fears";"Government's 'wilful bastardry' dooming young people, former bureaucrat says";"‘Like an underwater bushfire:' Shocking images as heatwave bleaches Ningaloo";"Beyond Trump: The new frontlines for climate action";"Trump's wind power restrictions put blue states' climate goals out of reach";"How to protect more Australian homes from the growing risks of floods, fires and other climate disasters";"SEC rule suspension is early gift for Trump's oil and gas supporters";"A global coffee price spike is about to drip into your mug";"How optimism can keep you healthy during stressful times";"How We Distribute Power Will Influence Our Future";"Protecting the Climate (documentary film review)";"Study paints a future picture of climate-resilient UK crops: chickpeas, oranges, and even okra";"Large-scale recycling of modern textiles is now in sight";"Greens Bracing For The Worst With President Trump, Take 2";"Rural Ohioans oppose solar farms, right? Not so, developer finds";"As California EV sales stall, what happens to its landmark mandate?";"Making Oil Companies Pay";"Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here's what happens when it's recycled";"Yes, Australia needs new homes – but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world";"How a few inches of rain turned ‘catastrophic' in Kentucky and West Virginia";"Has the BYD Shark 6 already been dethroned? Ahead of April arrival, GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV claims better towing and off-road numbers";"South Africa Is a Warning";"How the Oil Industry Turned Climate Change into a Partisan Issue";"Global warming could be making Europe less windy: What does this mean for renewable energy?";"Has your morning coffee got more expensive? Climate change could be to blame";"Brazil's Lula defends oil exploration in the Amazon as a way to finance green energy";"Can We Put a Price on Climate Damages?";"'Inside I was screaming': The unexplored trauma of sudden and extreme weather";"Fighting Floods with Florals: Planting Wildflowers to Stop Climate Change";"Climate change will impact everything everywhere all at once";"Praise Song for a False Spring";"Peter Dutton sidesteps questions on state-funded nuclear disaster insurance plan";"Improve the Soil, Improve the Earth";"More than half of Australia's homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them";"Fish and chips shouldn't come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates";"

Stories about climate change are not yet "the news of the day" but they soon will be, it just needs news editors and reporters, and there are some, to demonstrate courage and commitment to tell their audiences what is really happening, who is responsible and what people can do about this dilemma."New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached";"March of the EVs: Cheap Chinese cars to flood Australian roads";"Torrential rains bring landslides, destruction to fire-scarred Southern California";"How your suburb's lack of trees could be affecting your health";"Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton's nuclear plan";"Trump's DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program";"Who Will Feed the World?";"Richest nations ‘exporting extinction' with demand for beef, palm oil and timber";"Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds";"A ‘recipe for extinction': can the US's envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad'?";"After this Australian town burned down, experts warned against rebuilding. Nobody listened";"SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes";"Extreme Heat Awareness Day";"Revealed: ‘extremely concerning' industry influence over UN aviation body";"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";"Price hikes and shortages flagged after banana crops ‘cop a flogging' in north Queensland floods";"How Did We Get Here? I Simply Drove Mindlessly Forward";"Trump Nominates Oiliest Fossil Fuel Lobbyist to Run the Bureau of Land Management";"Want to make sure you don't swelter in your next home? Check these 12 features before you rent or buy";"‘A house battery you can drive around': how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid";"Trump's New Energy Secretary Called Germany's Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.' But He Missed All the Nuance";"New German Government Report Highlights Growing Climate Security Risks";"Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands";"NT strips funding from green groups, boosts fossil fuels, in foretaste of Dutton administration";"China's coal power habit undercuts ‘unprecedented pace' of clean energy";"Ukraine war raised flight emissions by 1% as planes rerouted, study says";"Climate Change Imperils Pensions. Here's How Some Investment Managers Protect Them.";"Trump's LNG Strategy Makes No Sense";"Rio Tinto says wind and solar make economic sense, but LNP stands in way of its plans to save smelters";"A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump";"The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux";"DOGE's Illegal Takeover Pulls From Fascist Playbooks";"Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly";"A Free-Transit Prescription for Healthier Communities";"In deep water: Ocean literacy among young people is worryingly low, new survey finds";"Confused about climate? The essential terms you need to know";"New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration";"Later is too late to act on climate change.";"Renewables shift is ‘unstoppable' despite US exit from Paris Agreement, says UN climate chief";"2024 was Earth's hottest year on record, passing a dangerous warming threshold".

The late Phillip Sutton (pictured) helped me understand how ending our addiction to fossil fuels would worsen global warming, at least momentarily, but then provide an avenue to the solution.Phillip co-authored the prescient 2008 book "Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action" with David Spratt, the Research Director for "BreakThroughOnline", The National Centre for Climate Restoration is an independent think tank that develops critical thought leadership to influence the climate debate and policy-making."Trading Hope for Reality Helps Me Parent Through the Climate Crisis";"Fact check: Have emissions risen under the Albanese government?";"Mayors Across US Urge Congress Not to Repeal Clean Energy Tax Credits";"One hundred ‘carbon-neutral' corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns";"Paris Agreement 1.5°C threshold reached in 2024";"Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead', says renowned climate scientist";"James Hansen says we're underestimating global warming acceleration — is anyone listening?";"How to defeat populism";"‘Ridiculous blunder': Trump wades into California's water wars – and strikes some of his strongest supporters";"Amusing Ourselves to Death";"22 Republican AGs Sue to Stop New York's Attempt to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Damages";"Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says";"Los Angeles Wildfires Were More Likely Due to Climate Change: Report";"A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia's stark choice on water justice";"Explainer: what does it actually mean to ‘firm' renewables?";"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";"Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way";"Nature and shops: here's what people told us they want most from urban planning";"Golf courses can be safe havens for wildlife and beacons of biodiversity";"What Happens in the Arctic Won't Stay in the Arctic";"Climate Politics: What Would Donald Trump Do?";"The Plastic Crisis: A Health and Environmental Emergency";"How nature can strengthen Greater Sydney's flood resilience";"As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost";"This form of anxiety is not officially recognised. But it's widely affecting young people";"A Ugandan climate activist works to hold global superpowers accountable";"CCAG: At the intersection of climate expertise and action";"You're invited to POWFest";"Air Pollution Exposure Reduces Ability to Concentrate on Everyday Tasks: Study";"UK Flood Defense Spending to Reach Record Levels in Face of Climate Crisis";"2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record";"Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list";"Greenland ice sheet cracking more rapidly than ever, study shows";"Heavy weekend snow and ice will hit swath of Midwest and Northeast";"Biden's Environmental Record";'"Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?";"Heavy weekend snow and ice will hit swath of Midwest and Northeast";"DOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate Data";"Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?";"Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists";"‘Backsliding': most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 n

My friend was distressed, feeling useless and unable to make an impact, John Grimes (pictured), by comparison, is motivated and calling out Peter Dutton's nuclear power place. "Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit"; "China's ‘artificial sun' has sent shockwaves through the West"; "Australia can be a winner from Trump's climate retreat"; "Australian Security Leaders Climate Group"; "Lies, damned lies and catastrophic risks"; "Climate change and Australian security: a conversation with Admiral Chris Barrie"; "Climate Adaptation Fair"; "Extreme heat: Where 50C temperatures could hit this week"; "The 2024 Climate Movement in Photos (and Some Words)"; "Renewables option as climate change fuels conflict"; "It's about to be very stormy across the U.S. Why and where it will be worst." "What Trump's Return Means for the Climate — And How The World Must Respond"; "Yes, really, it's going to be called the Gulf of America"; "Power prices surge as coal and clean energy supply falters"; "To keep your cool in a heatwave, it may help to water your trees"; "Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead', says renowned climate scientist"; "Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats"; "LA Burning: Capitalism, Climate Change and Resistance"; "The Climate Fix: Solutions for a Warming World"; "The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Fully Contained"; "The world is heading towards 3 degrees Celsius of warming. Will humanity have a future?"

A warning from the English broadcaster, writer and naturalist, David Attenborough (pictured) - "Climate change is the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced'. "How do climate scientists maintain their hope in a warming world?"; "Greens' $8 billion scheme for 50 cent fares across Australia comes with costing questions"; "Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing"; "What Climate Progress Is Possible Now?".

Professor Tony Hayment (pictured) is Australia's newly appointed Chief Scientist: "Statement from Professor Tony Haymet"; "Ed Husic discusses appointment of new chief scientist"; "Prof. Tony Haymet – Australia's new Chief Scientist"; "Inside Trump's Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule"; "How you could save $3000 in power bills by making simple changes"; "'Be prepared to die out there': Workers blow the whistle on Adani's Carmichael coal mine"; "Kentucky's Mountaintop Mines Are Turned Into Neighborhoods"; "For years, these artists painted L.A. on fire. Now life is a charred canvas."; "Power prices surge as coal and clean energy supply falters".

My central Shepparton home in northern Victoria, Australia, was not impacted by the 2022 floods that inundated much of the city. Shepparton is central to the Goulburn Valley and is part of the Nicholls Federal Electorate, which is one of the highest-risk areas in Australia. The Goulburn Valley is on a riverine floodplain. Insurance was the topic of a recent webinar organized by the organization, "Covering Climate Now". Climate change is evolving to become a worldwide catastrophe for the insurance industry as discussed in the story from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "Insurance cost of Los Angeles wildfires may be felt in Australia"; "Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We're Not Ready for It."; "Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It's Not Wind or Solar"; "Orange rivers, longer days: Nine ways our planet changed in its hottest year yet"; "What time to leave the beach before scorching heat turns to wild winds"; "On Friday, we got above freezing"; "The PM's Climate Speech we've been waiting for"; "Floating solar project converts former gravel pit into 20 MW power generating pond"; "3 reasons to fear humanity won't reach net-zero emissions – and 4 reasons we might just do it"; "Marble Bar flooded after 100mm of heavy rain, major WA highway reopens"; "Don't call me teal: meet the Climate 200-backed candidate set to take on Peter Dutton"; "Disasters Are Exactly the Time for Urban Planning"; "Wanting to ‘return to normal' after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic"; "As Trump Targets Biden's Environmental Justice Initiatives, Activists Gear Up for Legal Fights"; "Should Los Angeles be in such a rush to rebuild after the devastating wildfires?"; "The Dissonance of Climate Promises at Davos"; "Donald Trump Exits Paris Agreement, Again: What It Means for the U.S. and the World?"; "A Novelist Imagined a Climate-Driven Wildfire Burning LA, Then Watched It Happen"; "Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains"; "California leaders reject Trump administration order to allow immigration enforcement in schools"; "EVs account for 9 out of 10 new passenger car sales in Norway in 2024"; "How the Climate Crisis Became an Insurance Crisis"; "The Next Financial Crisis: Insurance"; "I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary"; "Wild weather brings spectacular dust storm to Onslow in WA's Pilbara"; "The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story"; "Are we smart enough for democracy?"; "Why Trump's Positions on EVs Would Shoot America in the Foot"; "New York's Congestion Pricing Could Worsen Traffic in Poor Neighborhoods"; "Will the Steady State Economy Be Funded?"; "The World Revolution Can Use a Crowd-Sourced Global Policy Cloud"; "Sustainability reporting is the problem, not the solution (or: The case against CSRD)"; "‘We've been dumbed-down': Australian farmers want the right to repair their own tractors again"; "The Nature Conservancy pledges to continue honoring the Paris Agreement"; "5 ways Project 2025 appeared in Trump's presidential directives"; "Building for conservative victory through policy, personnel, and training."; "The tourist beach town where the ocean threatens a way of life"; "Four homes lost as fires threaten multiple communities across southern WA"; "UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers"; "How the world has responded to Trump's Paris climate agreement withdrawal"; "Storm Éowyn hits UK and Ireland: 1,000 flights cancelled amid ‘danger to life'"; "

The inauguration of Donald Trump as the U.S. President was lamented and considered grim news at the second meeting of the Geelong Climate Cafe on Friday, January 24. The 10 people at the cafe were deeply concerned about Trump's rise to The Whitehouse but quickly shifted to more parochial matters about which the participants felt they could do something. "Why do so few apartments in Sydney and Melbourne have cost-saving solar panels?"; "World's largest iceberg on collision course with British island"; "‘Managed retreat': Should Australians withdraw from our beloved coastlines?"; "Touring disaster sites, Trump says he wants to get rid of FEMA"; "Los Angeles begins long recovery from fires — and braces for new disasters"; "Hughes and Laguna fires spread on another day of fire danger in Los Angeles"; "Trump says a ‘valve' can solve California's water woes. Experts say it's not true."; "Why environmental conservation won't save nature"; "Ageing coal generator fleet spells trouble for power outages"; "Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris Agreement. Here's why that's not such a bad thing"; "World Leaders Remain Committed to Paris Climate Agreement Despite Trump's Withdrawal"; "It's science, not fiction: high-tech drones may soon be fighting bushfires in Australia"; "Sleeping on beaches and staying social: how Australians kept cool in heatwaves before modern technology⁠": "How wildfire, humans and a warming climate led to the extinction of California's big mammals 13,000 years ago – podcast"; "After Trump's pullback, Bloomberg promises to fill US funding gap to UN climate body"; "Geoengineering Technology to Remove Methane From Atmosphere Deemed Ineffective in New Study"; "Western Australia bushfires: homes reportedly lost and thousands told it is too late to leave"; "Swarm of jellyfish swimming in bioluminescence looks ‘magical' – but it's a warning sign"; "Genesis Invitational will relocate to Torrey Pines after California fires"; "‘Scare tactics' and uncertainty: What Trump's offshore wind order means"; "Trump freezes Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure-law funding"; "Revisiting Applied Hope"; "Zeroing in on Steel Sector Emissions for Market Transformation"; "Firefighters battle to keep upper hand on new wildfire north of Los Angeles"; "‘We surpassed human limits to stop this': LA megafires show our approach to fire needs to change"; "I felt death in the flames': how lighting a forest fire inspired one man to transform barren ranches into rainforest"; "Grounded is mobilising to safeguard land and housing for future generations"; "LNP's refusal to cap K'gari visitors risks ‘destroying' heritage-listed island, custodians warn"; "Why Is It So Cold in the South If the Planet Is Warming? Here's What We Know."; "This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires"; "Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it"; "Wildfires drive record leap in global level of climate-heating CO2"; "Spreading like wildfire: How Trump's misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation"; "We live in times of multiple entwined crises – but our policy responses aren't keeping up"; "Memo to Trump: Five reasons to act on climate"; "The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted"; "Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows"; "Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge"; "

The Mayor of Hobart, the capital city in the Australian State of Tasmania, Anna Reynolds (pictured) has voiced concerns on Linkedin about her city facing a bushfire threat in conditions similar to those that recently razed large portions of Los Angeles during a wildfire driven by fierce Santa Anna winds. She asked the LinkedIn community for answers/comments about several issues and one to reply was a climate scientist and Professor Emeritus from the University of Melbourne, David Karoly. "‘To anyone who lost their home in the #lafire I will paint it for free'"; "The Climate Peril We Overlook"; "Snow and ice will hit swath of South that hasn't seen a storm like this in decades"; "L.A. Fires Revive Calls for a ‘Climate Superfund' Law in California"; "Trump plans to declare a 'national energy emergency.' What does that mean?"; "With ‘damaging' winds, extreme fire danger returns to Southern California"; "‘Catastrophic': Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds"; "Trump Signs Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies"; "Trump just declared an ‘energy emergency.' Here's what it means."; "Fast moving Hughes Fire breaks out in Castaic, prompting evacuations"; "LA immigrant rights groups were bracing for Trump — and then came the fires"; "‘I've been in many ways erased': Artist on Eaton Fire grief"; "Conspiracies are rife about water and the LA fires. Here's what experts say"; "The L.A. fires are just the beginning of a crisis spreading across the country"; "Trump Attacks Climate Action, Environmental Protections on First Day Back in Power"; "How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus"; "Study shows hot leaves can't catch carbon from the air. It's bad news for rainforests – and Earth": "NZ's climate policies are no longer enough to keep warming at 1.5°C – here's what needs to happen"; "2024 Brought the World to a Dangerous Warming Threshold. Now What?"; "L.A. Fires Revive Calls for a ‘Climate Superfund' Law in California"; "Mandatory climate reporting proving valuable for ESG investors"; "Why some are working against public transport and rail"; "Are Southern California Fires Outpacing Wildlife's Ability to Adapt?"; "CO2 Levels Rose at Record Rate in 2024"; "Trump Withdraws United States from Paris Agreement"; "Cement has an emissions problem. Can tech that mimics coral fix it?"; "Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work"; "High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world's longest study finds"; "Making aluminium uses 10% of Australia's electricity. Will tax incentives help smelters go green?"; "Smelters will close without green aluminium funding, Albanese warns as Dutton labels $2bn pledge a ‘con job'"; "The LA fires left a beloved school in ashes. Now, parents are rallying to restart their ‘community'"; "Can we really fight fire with fire? Why pre-burning is no magic bullet"; "Trump signs executive order directing US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement — again"; "With ‘damaging' winds, extreme fire danger returns to Southern California"; "Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the World's Main Climate Pact"; "Almost 26,000 hectares of threatened species habitat approved for clearing under Labor in 2024, new report finds"; "Texas Regulators Finalize Oilfield Waste Rule"; "Wildfire school recovery"; "

A group of people reached for some normalcy "As L.A. burned, some venues tried to provide laughter, drinks and normalcy"; "As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles"; "Calif. Republicans weigh in on Trump allies' calls for fire aid conditions"; "The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?"; "How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling"; "For L.A.'s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability"; "A new kind of urban firestorm"; "Advocates Warn of Climate, Cancer Risks From a Potential Trump Rollback on Electric Big Rigs and Buses"; "Power utility sued over woman's death as crews make progress against LA fires"; "Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn"; "GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor'"; "‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now'"; "Peering Into a Bleak, ‘Uninsurable Future'"; "Timeline: How the LA fires erupted into the worst natural disaster in California history"; "The California wildfires are not ‘natural disasters' – they're man-made catastrophes"; "Hottest year on record sent planet past key global warming limit of 1.5C for first time in 2024"; "Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits"; "A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights"; "Why Chinese EVs are displacing Teslas"; "How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again"; "What might sports look like in a warming world?"; "Chart: EV sales grew slowly in 2024 — but still set new records"; "Without enough utility power, California EV truck depots try microgrids"; "‘There's literally nothing': surrounded by destruction, Los Angeles begins to process scale of loss"; "‘It's going to be rough': what Trump's response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters"; "I knew one day I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn't expect them to be such losers"; "New weather system to strike eastern Australia with strong winds and rain"; "Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital'"; "New Study Shows How Fossil Fuel Sectors Create a Climate Denial Echo Chamber on Social Media"; "More Americans, Risking Ruin, Drop Their Home Insurance"; "The Wrong Lesson From Trudeau's Fall Is That Climate Action Is Unpopular"; "Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend'"; "I'm a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real"; "Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters"; "How Climate Change Is Complicating a Beloved Midwest Pastime: Ice Fishing"; "Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City's Housing Crisis"; "Wealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World's Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds"; "Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend'"; "Los Angeles Fires Lead to Over $200 Billion in Losses, Potentially the Most Expensive Wildfire Event in U.S. History"; "Yes, Imitation Meat Is Processed. Can It Also Be Healthy?"; "From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world"; "The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result"; "

Simon Kerr (pictured) is alarmed about the world community not being prepared for what is coming and writes on Medium about "What's Happening with the Planet? A Short Update for 2025". He is a climate change thinker, a research fellow, the creator of "Music for a Warming World", and has a PhD in Political Ecology. He was a guest on this podcast in June 2024 in an episode entitled: "Interview: 'This is one of the most important books I've seen for some time': Simon Kerr praises 'Living Hot'".

Stuart Goldsmith (pictured) flies business class but makes his ethical point about flying that way, with a smile on his face. "The Media's Mega-Failure on LA's Mega-Fires"; "Press Briefing: How the LA Wildfires Are Fueled by Climate Change"; "‘Some homes weren't designed with fire in mind': Is timber to blame for LA wildfires?"; "‘Not out of the woods yet': Critical fire warning for LA extended an extra day"; "VIDEO: 'Absolutely terrifying': Former NSW Fire Commissioner discusses LA wildfires"; "Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home' – and what it means to lose it"; "Easing conditions will help crews battle L.A. fires"; "Los Angeles Fires Lead to Over $200 Billion in Losses, Potentially the Most Expensive Wildfire Event in U.S. History"; "Wealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World's Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds"; "Ecology of Fear: Mike Davis' history of LA and natural disaster is re-read whenever fire rages in California"; "Boiling Point" - podcast; "Australia is becoming an uninsurable nation. There may only be one solution"; "Why the LA fires should spark economic alarm in Australia"; "‘Some homes weren't designed with fire in mind': Is timber to blame for LA wildfires?"; "Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven".

New York Times climate reporter, Christopher Flavelle (pictured) discusses Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses and how the city responded to the present fire crisis. "California's insurance crisis is a warning for America"; "‘It's ironic': how climate crisis is driving Trump push on Greenland and Panama"; "Republicans see the LA wildfires as an opportunity to punish California"; "Death toll from Palisades and Eaton fires climbs to 24. What we know about those killed"; "‘The Love in the Air Is Thicker Than the Smoke'"; "Why firefighters say the Los Angeles blazes have been unstoppable"; "Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn't bode well"; "In pictures: The deadly path of a small bush fire that came to devastate the LA elite"; "California's Insurance System Faces Crucial Test as Losses Mount"; "Supreme Court Clears a Path for Climate Lawsuits to Proceed".

Amy Chozick (pictured) wants someone to take control in Los Angeles, as she writes in her guest essay in The New York Times: "Los Angeles Is Being Crushed Under the Weight of Inaction"; "‘We got our fingers crossed': residents in limbo after LA fires force evacuations"; "The Eaton Fire Is Now One of California's Deadliest"; "'We are not in the clear': Dangerous Santa Ana winds forecast to resume in Los Angeles"; "Disinformation reigns as bushfires devastate California": "How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off'"; "Middle-Class Dreams Lie in Ruins in Palisades Mobile Home Park"; "L.A.'s wildfires have leaders fighting on two fronts: Nature and politics"; "The Los Angeles fires won't affect climate denial. They should."; "Can the Coalition turn teal seats back to blue?"; "Are Australia's urban centres prepared for a fire like Los Angeles?".

Bushfire expert, David Bowman, has warned us against "kicking the can down the road" - he asks: "Could what happened in LA occur here? Short answer: Yes"; "Los Angeles prepares for return of strong winds as fire death toll rises to 16"; "Five battles that will define Australia's climate war election"; "The Last House Standing"; "Gov. Gavin Newsom says he expects death toll will rise"; "'Unimaginable terror and heartbreak' in LA as heightened winds threaten to worsen fires"; "As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth's hottest on record"; "‘We're in a New Era': How Climate Change Is Supercharging Disasters"; "Scientists Say Musk Wrongly Downplays Climate Role in L.A. Fires"; "What it feels like to live in a city on fire"; "Winds will ramp up in coming days, challenging firefighters and keeping evacuees from being able to return"; "U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged".

Tesla and X owner, billionaire Elon Musk uses his position to spead disinformation about the LA fires and the California Fire Authority using sexist and racist language: "Elon Musk blames female firefighters of colour for LA fires"; "Their homes torched amid a housing crisis, L.A. residents wonder where to go"; "‘We don't know the half of it': More deaths feared in ever-expanding LA fires"; "Drones Take Off in the Battle Against the Los Angeles Fires"; "‘It was just dust': Shocked families return to find their charred homes"; "Los Angeles wildfires already pegged as costliest blaze in U.S. history"; "Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire"; "More evacuations as fire changes direction, posing new threat to Los Angeles"; "See how a small fire in L.A. turned into a monster, hour by hour"; "The LA Fires and the Big Bang"; "Los Angeles wildfires already pegged as costliest blaze in U.S. history"; "Coming Soon to Our Musk-Trump Hellscape: AI-Trained Tesla Robotaxis"; "Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn⁠"; "Global Warming Surges Well Past 1.5-Degree Mark in 2024"; "Another Polar Vortex Is Blasting the U.S. With Harsh Winter Weather. So How Is Climate Change Involved?"; "Caught in a Climate Bind, New York State Is Reconsidering Nuclear Power"; "After Three Hurricanes in 13 Months, Residents of Cedar Key, Florida, Are Considering the Island's Future—and Their Own".

Devastating fires at Palisades in America's California are, in my view from some 12,000 kilometres away, a direct outcome of climate change. "What it was like on the ground as the Pacific Palisades fire spread"; "California wildfires ignite as strong winds fuel flames"; "The A.I. Power Grab"; "The new phantom menace isn't as bad as you think. Waymo rocks!"; "Fires rage out of control across Los Angeles as officials warn of worse to come"; "Live Updates: California Officials Scramble to Fight Fires With Strained Resources"; "Why the L.A. fires became so bad so quickly"; "Wildfires are raging through the US west. Here's how to protect yourself"; "World's climate fight needs fundamental reform, UN expert says: ‘Some states are not acting in good faith'".

Ingrid Robeyns (pictured) has written an amazingly timely book - "Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth". You can hear an interview with her by Adam Canover on "Factually - Why Billionaires Should Be Banned". Powerful writing by Adam Knox in the Melbourne Age - "It's worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?"; "More than 100 water rescues as heatwave sweeps across Victoria"; "The Weather That Changed Us | Heatwave"; "Federal Labor pledges to fund bulk of Bruce Highway upgrade in re-election bid"; "The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions"; "Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden's new subsidies show why."; "The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse": "Southern Ocean winds to break stifling heatwave baking Australia's south-east"; "Australia needs better ways of storing renewable electricity for later. That's where ‘flow batteries' can help"; "Why drought and a big wind event spell fire trouble for Southern California"; "Several flights cancelled across Germany as extreme winter weather brings widespread disruption"; "After Three Hurricanes in 13 Months, Residents of Cedar Key, Florida, Are Considering the Island's Future—and Their Own"; "These cities will be hardest hit as winter storm brings snow and ice to many states"; "Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research"; "What to know about the heavy snow and ice storms soon to hit a swath of the U.S."; "Polar vortex expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of US"; "Landman Is in Love With the Myths That Oilmen Tell About Themselves"; "Why the Argument That LNG Is Essential to the Energy Transition Is ‘Nonsense'"; "2024 – a dire year for Human Survival"; "Improvements to Electric Vehicles Ease Concerns About Range Loss in Cold Climates"; "Firefighters battle fresh blazes in Victoria as pockets of NSW burn"; "Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters"; "A season of uncertainty for this Helene-stricken Christmas tree farm"; "China records warmest temperature in 2024"; "Weather warnings remain as flooding clean-up starts"; "An economic lifeline: Why Iran opposes production curbs in UN plastics treaty "; "Medical Schools Around the World Are Expanding Their ‘Climate Change Curriculums'"; "World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink"; "Greenhushing' Is On the Rise as Companies Go Silent on Climate Pledges"; "On beaches of Gaza and Tel Aviv, two tales of one heatwave": "Reckoning With Climate Anxiety in the Wake of the US Election"; "The Earth's Colors Are Changing—and Climate Change Could Be Partially to Blame"; "Most Costly Climate Disasters of 2024 Killed 2,000 People and Inflicted $229 Billion in Damages"; "Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024"; "Year of deadly weather: Climate change added 41 extra heat days and supercharged disasters"; "‘Ironic': climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows"; "Plants Are Becoming Less Nutritious Because of Climate Change, Impacting Herbivores From Insects to Giant Pandas"; "Trump accused of attacking UK energy policies on behalf of fossil fuel industry"; "Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden's new subsidies show why."; "The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions"; "New York to Charge Biggest Emitters for Climate Damages Under New Law"; "The world's hope to fight common threats: The U.S. will wake up"; "‘An ecological disaster': Russia deals with aftermath of massive fuel oil spill"; "

Heat records are tumbling - "Australia just had its second-hottest year on record – and temperatures will rise again"; "The $80 billion question buried in Dutton's nuclear power plan"; "Victoria braces for weekend heatwave as total fire ban declared in state's west"; "The key step to making your holiday period more environmentally friendly"; "Drilling could resume where a 1969 oil spill inspired Earth Day"; "Heat Is Claiming Mexico's Young People"; "The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades;" "Solar panel prices have fallen by around 20% every time global capacity doubled"; "Why seas are surging"; "Will Trump Cut Short the Biden Clean-Energy Boom? Investors Are Nervous."; "Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems"; "Poverty in Lahaina has doubled after 2023 wildfire: ‘We're cutting down on what we eat'"; "Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions"; "50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia's attitude to disasters changed forever"; "New York aims to fine polluters up to $75 billion with new climate law"; "The Fossil Fuel Industry's Ceaseless Assault on Climate Policy"; "‘Ambitious' climate claim against Attorney-General dismissed"; "UK to finish with coal power after 142 years"; "Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024"; "Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates"; "The University of Chicago's new climate initiative"; "The clean energy transition, in 10 charts"; "Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization'"; "New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale"; "How to Start a Public University LNG Research Center: An LNG Lobbyist Director and Donations for Research Votes"; "Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK"; "AI air pollution takes deadly health toll"; "The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse"; "At Extinction Rebellion, we aimed for UK net zero in 2025. That won't happen – so here's what to do instead"; "Amazon wildfires and droughts are ‘ominous indicators' of a long-feared tipping point"; "Roadmap to COP30 - Climate Action in 2025"; "Here are 12 climate resolutions to take with you into the new year"; "World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record"; "A more common enemy - How climate change spreads diseases and makes them more dangerous";  "Future fizzles: the promises and predictions for 2025 in Australia that came true (or didn't)"; "Climate change will devastate value of homes, warns Bank of England"; "The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won't this Labour government face them?"; "Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing' waste incinerators"; "The effect of CO2 ramping rate on the transient weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation"; "Americans' support for climate justice": "To Combat Phoenix's Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade"; "UK weather: amber snow warnings after temperatures hit -8C"; "China and Russia agree to deepen cooperation on Arctic shipping route"; "El Niño and La Niña, Explained

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (pictured) died a few days ago at 100. Here is Jonathon Altrer, who said that as President, "He peered over the horizon, especially on energy and the environment"; "Canary Media's top 10 clean energy stories in 2024"; "A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science"; "Nuclear power had a strong year in 2024, but uncertainty looms for 2025"; "In 2025, let's make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world"; "Sport produces mountains of high-tech waste. We are finding new ways to recycle it"; "Germany and Spain experienced some of the world's costliest climate disasters in 2024"; "Violence, frayed tempers and hot weather — is mango madness real?"; "AI air pollution takes deadly health toll"; "If popular culture is anything to go by, 2024 is the year we simply gave up"; "These Graphics Help Explain What Climate Change Looked Like in 2024"; "North Carolina's Climate Activists Brace for Trump's Return"; "2024: a year of racism and lying to ourselves"; "From the sidelines to the helm: The Global South's turn to lead climate policy"; "Millions of households in Great Britain face higher energy bills as price cap rises"; "‘Moving to the mountaintops': rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea".

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (pictured) looks back, looks ahead and looks for hope. "Podcast: Facing the world at 3-degrees of warming"; "New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law"; "Long recovery ahead for wildlife hurt by Grampians fire, ecologist says"; "Is there a new energy future for Australia's remaining oil refiners?"; "2024's most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows"; "2025 tipped to be bumper year for EVs as emission laws change and new models arrive"; "The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope"; "In 2025, let's make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world".

There are now more electric cars on Norway's roads than petrol models - "Saturday Extra Summer"; "Victorian fire authorities confirm one home and sheds destroyed in Grampians bushfires"; "Grampians fire expected to burn for weeks, as warnings scaled down, residents return"; "REFRESH – Big Plastic: The New Big Oil"; "Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024"; "Labor argues ‘economic madness' of Coalition's nuclear plan would cost NSW $1.4tn"; "More heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf expected in the West"; "The world's hope to fight common threats: The U.S. will wake up"; "Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?: "How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide"; "Heat Deaths Have Doubled in the U.S. in Recent Decades, Study Finds"; "Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions"; "

Michigan's "Tim" who declares himself "troll" says: To completely replace fossil fuels with any other energy source, we'd have to ramp up mining, replace giant fleets of machines, and rebuild a massive amount of infrastructure, not to mention inevitable changes to how we live.  Doing that will (A) burn a bunch of carbon in the short run, (B) create new waste problems in the long run, (C) take too much time, (D) be very expensive, (E) put us in greater danger of crossing other planetary boundaries, and (F) cause social backlash that threatens political institutions.  And that's just in the West. "Robert Reich"; "Why Trump won"; "Environmental Justice Australia"; "‘Time is running out': Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears". "From sunburn to storms: How climate change is redefining the Aussie summer getaway"; "‘Devastation on the foreshore': Where coastal erosion has almost reached homes"; "Victoria bushfires: Third town told to evacuate immediately as fire spreads"; "Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change"; "New year, new reads: Here are my favourite climate-related books from 2024"; "Is silence golden? What a change expert says about family climate conversations at Christmas time"; "If you're thinking of buying or leasing an EV, now is the time"; "How to teach climate change so 15-year-olds can act"; "Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals"; "Climate 200 puts Coalition in crosshairs, with only one Labor seat on election hitlist"; "Insuring your home has never been harder. Here's how to do it."; "We invite you on a Transformative Journey"; "Sheep farmers are helping save Tasmania's native grasslands: ‘We're better off working together'"; "The New Climate Gold Rush: Scrubbing Carbon From the Sky"; "Iran's Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire' Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down"; "This European city made public transport free a year ago. Here's what happened next"; "‘Time is running out': Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears"; "How are decentralised energy grids revolutionising the future of energy?"; "A series of storms will bring rain, snow and wind to the West. How long it will last?"; "Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas"; "Christian Sawyer: “The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities”"; "They Fell Sick After Cleaning Up a TVA Toxic Disaster. A New Book Details Their Legal Battle"; "Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems"; "“This isn't journalism – it's fossil fuel propaganda”"; "Heatwaves and bushfires can be a dangerous mix for the electricity grid. Here's how to shore up your supplies this summer"; "Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen"; "How to Repair the Planet? One Answer Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight"; "Construction is the world's biggest carbon emitter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it". "E.P.A. Allows California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035".

Our costs jump at Christmas and so do our house gas emissions - "A pot plant tree, homemade gifts: How to have a sustainable Christmas"; "Why Trump will force Labor to delay 2035 climate target, and the Dutton challenge that follows"; "Is It Wrong to Bring a Child Into Our Warming World?"; "Arctic Tundra Shifts to Source of Climate Pollution, According to New Report Card"; "How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West"; "As the Clock Ticks to Act on the Climate Crisis, N.C. Activists Target a ‘Carbon Plan'"; "The Popemobile—And the U.S. Postal Service—Are Going Electric"; "Consumption is driving global greenhouse gas emissions"; "Albanese government approves four coalmine expansions as Greens condemn ‘despicable' move"; "Mayotte volunteers face 'massive destruction' in the wake of Cyclone Chido"; "Pakistan and Bahamas join push for global pact to phase out fossil fuels"; "Jann says losing her home wasn't the worst part about Black Summer bushfires"; "Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt"; "More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It's just the start"; "A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act"; "Queensland authorities release dam water as flooding risks rise ahead of more rainy weather"; "The Moana effect: how small island developing states are bringing their struggle against climate change to the world"; "Just Stop Oil's harsh sentences are the logical outcome of Britain's authoritarian turn against protest"; "Six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines"; "‘We're gobsmacked': climate groups angered by Labor's ‘no new coalmines' claim"; "Integrity in the transition: the case for a new Australian carbon removals framework"; "Risky Influence: The legal implications of misaligned climate-related lobbying by Australian companies"; "Cyclone Chido map: ‘Horrific' devastation as French island Mayotte hit by most powerful cyclone in 90 years"; "From destruction to deadly heat, photojournalists capture the reality of climate change in 2024"; "Carbon capture: The inside story of how a ‘delay tactic' became a darling of the EU"; "Cyclone Chido: Are European countries throwing their overseas territories to the climate wolves?"; "From renewables to fossil fuels in Europe: How does your country generate electricity?"; "Want to try out climate fiction? Take your pick from the finalists of the first-ever fiction prize"; "Body heat could be the next big renewable after scientists invent ultra-thin tech to power wearables"; "Mayotte volunteers face 'massive destruction' in the wake of Cyclone Chido"; "'Forever chemicals' found in Sydney sewage by-products used in food production"; "Climate's collision course: Science meets politics"; "Australians are gripped by feelings of doom about the state of the world. It's time to throw the phone away"; "More coal and gas, less renew

In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Karen Schoen is joined by H. Sterling Burnett, Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy and Managing Editor of Environment & Climate News. Together, they dive into the critical issues shaping America's energy future and environmental policies.Burnett shares his expert insights on:Why the Paris Climate Treaty was never about the climate and how to put an end to it.The case for repealing the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandates and revitalizing oil, gas, and coal production.How offshore wind projects threaten consumers, ecosystems, and coastal communities.The importance of regulatory reform to promote transparency and restore common sense in environmental policy.Join us for a compelling discussion packed with actionable ideas and bold strategies for a prosperous, energy-independent America. H. Sterling Burnett brings unparalleled expertise to the conversation, making this a must-listen episode for anyone concerned about the future of climate and energy policy.This episode features audio from The Prism of America's Education podcast, hosted by Karen Schoen.

In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Karen Schoen is joined by H. Sterling Burnett, Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy and Managing Editor of Environment & Climate News. Together, they dive into the critical issues shaping America's energy future and environmental policies.Burnett shares his expert insights on:Why the Paris Climate Treaty was never about the climate and how to put an end to it.The case for repealing the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandates and revitalizing oil, gas, and coal production.How offshore wind projects threaten consumers, ecosystems, and coastal communities.The importance of regulatory reform to promote transparency and restore common sense in environmental policy.Join us for a compelling discussion packed with actionable ideas and bold strategies for a prosperous, energy-independent America. H. Sterling Burnett brings unparalleled expertise to the conversation, making this a must-listen episode for anyone concerned about the future of climate and energy policy.This episode features audio from The Prism of America's Education podcast, hosted by Karen Schoen.

Join Sterling Burnett of The Heartland Institute as he delves into the critical intersection of climate policy and energy independence. This three-part series examines “Top 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump in His Second Term,” exploring the challenges posed by green energy policies under the Biden administration.From the impacts of the Paris Climate Accords to the future of oil and gas leasing, Burnett provides thought-provoking insights on maintaining affordable, reliable energy for all Americans. Whether you're passionate about climate policy or seeking clarity on energy debates, this podcast unpacks the issues with expert analysis and actionable ideas.Stay informed with Environment and Climate News—your resource for discussions that shape the future of energy and the environment.

Join Sterling Burnett of The Heartland Institute as he delves into the critical intersection of climate policy and energy independence. This three-part series examines “Top 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump in His Second Term,” exploring the challenges posed by green energy policies under the Biden administration.From the impacts of the Paris Climate Accords to the future of oil and gas leasing, Burnett provides thought-provoking insights on maintaining affordable, reliable energy for all Americans. Whether you're passionate about climate policy or seeking clarity on energy debates, this podcast unpacks the issues with expert analysis and actionable ideas.Stay informed with Environment and Climate News—your resource for discussions that shape the future of energy and the environment.

Innovations to make flying time shorter, transporting cargo in a more efficient way and banks moving away from financing fossil fuel loans - there is quite a lot of blue sky thinking in the climate space. Jack Board and Liling Tan list them out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 1:We talk with Phil McKenna, who writes for Climate News.We discuss the morphing of RFK Jr. from environmentalist to Trumpian opposoer to climate-friendly policies. We review his opposition to off-shore wind farms, such as Cape Wind, to similar initiatives. Part 2:We speak with Mario Alejandro Ariza, who writes for Floodlight. We discuss the use of “Ghost candidates” in electoral races in Florida, and how various election spoilers are involved. These candidates are solicited and hired by “consultants” to run for office to reduce the chances of real candidates. These ghost candidates are not expected to win, but only to subvert the candidacy of others. The “consultants” are funded with dark money. This is usually a tactic used by Republicans and industry groups (Florida Power and Light) to prevent the success of reformers. WNHNFM.ORG  production

On this week's edition of Climate News Weekly, James Lawler and Julio Friedmann discuss Exxon-Mobil's projections of flat oil demand by 2050, closing the last coal-fired power plant in the UK, disproportionate impacts of climate change in Africa, and more.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

Welcome back to Season 10! With the hosts together again following our break, Tom, Paul and Christiana are bursting with news and analysis.  Up for discussion this week, the hosts try to understand why the Democrats haven't been talking much about climate change and what drives Kamala Harris' outrage and optimism. They delve deeper into the UK's new Labour Party's plans around energy, nature and climate change.   Plus the hosts scan the horizon for the consequential moments in climate policy, with UNGA, Climate Week NYC and two COPs hurtling towards us.    NOTES AND RESOURCES   Outrage + Optimism, Live at Climate Week NYC Event Title: It's Time To Unite For Mission 2025 Event Details: Tuesday 24th September, 12:00 - 13:00 ET, Glasshouse (NYC) Event Description: Mission 2025 is a coalition of courageous leaders - mayors, governors, CEOs, investors, athletes, musicians and citizens - who are inviting governments to ratchet upcoming national climate plans (known as Nationally Determined Contributions) in line with the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5C. Described as ‘Defenders of Paris', Mission 2025 Partners arrive at Climate Week New York with a major update of new organizations who are ready to embolden governments to set more ambitious plans and accelerate implementation because they know this can unlock trillions in private investment, scale cheap renewable energy, support industries to compete in a low carbon economy, and safeguard living standards equitably for our people. As a live recorded Outrage+Optimism podcast, this flagship event will demonstrate how these plans can be upgraded by showcasing government and real economy leaders who are driving towards ‘positive tipping points' across the three themes of energy, nature & food, and finance.  The event is supported by the Mission 2025 Partners and convened by Groundswell – a collaboration between Global Optimism, Bezos Earth Fund and Systems Change Lab – together with the Climate Group. Registering: Please reach out to groundswell@globaloptimism.com if you are interested in joining this event   Fact check: Sea levels are already rising faster per year than Trump claims they might rise over ‘next 497 years' CNN, June 2024 Trump's chat with Musk on X fact-checked BBC, August 2024 Climate Concerns Dip - Monmouth University Poll, May 2024 Labour Government's In-Tray for Climate Change, Energy and Nature Carbon Brief Summit of the Future Watch Sherman Guity win Costa Rica a Gold Medal in the Paralympics 100m   Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Climate News Weekly is back to cover the week's biggest stories in climate news with host James Lawler, joined by Julio Friedmann and Darren Hau. The team kicks off this week's coverage with an analysis that uses artificial intelligence to determine the impacts of 1500 climate policies on emissions. Up next, Julio and James discuss a new CarbonMapper satellite that can detect methane and carbon dioxide emissions with high precision. The team also discusses the hydrogen industry's struggle to go green and the looming reality of irreversible climate tipping points.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

Climate News Weekly is back to cover the week's biggest stories in climate news with host James Lawler, joined by Dina Cappiello and Julio Friedmann. The team kicks off this week's coverage with upheaval in the voluntary carbon market. Up next, Julio and Dina discuss developments in politics, from Kamala Harris' VP pick to a Brazilian oceanographer's appointment as Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority. Later, our team covers extreme weather events and China's latest emissions goals. In other news this week, shareholders at Glencore fought for the company to retain its coal business - and won.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

James Lawler is joined by Carbon Direct's Julio Friedmann for Climate News Weekly. Join James and Julio as they discuss what Kamala Harris' candidacy and potential presidency could mean for climate policy, followed by positive signs that China's emissions may be hitting a turning point. The team also covers the accident involving a wind turbine off the coast of Massachusetts, bipartisan grid permitting reform legislation, and the EPA's latest round of funding for climate pollution. The team rounds out their coverage of this week's news by discussing wildfires sweeping the Northwestern U.S. and Canada, the (new) hottest day on record, and a power grid struggling to withstand the impacts of climate change.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

Climate News Weekly is back to cover the week's biggest stories in climate news. James Lawler, Julio Friedmann, and Darren Hau begin this episode with a discussion of the latest extreme weather events, including Hurricane Beryl and record-breaking heat over the last year. Up next, James, Darren, and Julio discuss developments in the EV industry like Tesla's market share falling below 50 percent and falling battery prices. Later, Darren and James discuss a copper deposit discovered with the help of AI. To round out this week's headlines, the team covers a report predicting that oil demand will peak in 2025.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

In the latest installment of Climate News Weekly, James Lawler and Dina Cappiello (RMI) discuss a variety of stories on climate, sustainability, and technology. Dina and James cover a breaking story out of the Supreme Court: the ruling that ended Chevron deference and slashed the power of regulatory agencies. Later, James and Dina analyze the Economist's special report on solar and a tax on methane emissions from gassy cows and pigs. Also covered this week: a new angle on climate-related insurance impacts, climate washing lawsuits' success, and Mexico's over-burdened grid.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

Climate News Weekly is back to cover the week's biggest stories in climate news. Host James Lawler, joined by Julio Friedmann (Carbon Direct), begins this episode with follow-up coverage of heat-related fatalities at the Hajj pilgrimage. Up next, James and Julio discuss two tales of climate risk- one relating to critical infrastructure and the other relating to the insurance industry. Later, the team covers a recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court and pushback against the UN's biodiversity treaty. Rounding out this week's stories, James and Julio discuss a G7 debate on who bears responsibility for climate action.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

On this week's Climate News Weekly, James Lawler and Julio Friedmann discuss the latest in global climate news. Up first, James and Julio cover the latest developments in Europe; namely, green parties suffering losses in the latest elections as EU steelmakers risk missing their climate targets despite billions in subsidies.  Our hosts also discuss climate impacts around the world, from record temperatures making the Hajj pilgrimage particularly perilous to a deluge in Florida. James and Julio round out this week's news with discussion of the New York congestion pricing pause and what it means for the city's residents. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - STEVE MILLOY - with Junk Science, senior legal fellow at the Energy and Environment Legal Institute and former Trump EPA Transition team member SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/JunkScience Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Monday, May 13, 2024 / 7 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lots of news lately on stories we've been following, so in today's episode: an update! The landmark Carbon Majors report has been updated with some surprising new data, and the European Court of Human Rights has sent down an historic ruling that will shape how EU legislators look at energy and climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning journalist and CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir shares the story of his new book LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (CAN BE): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World, explains why reporting on climate includes reporting on EVERYTHING, the one thing that makes humans special from every other animal on the planet, advice from Mr. Rogers, the influence from his very unique upbringing, why there's no climate change without culture change and why Earth repair is self-repair, and bonds with host Stephanie Maas over a mutual admiration of Taylor Swift.

Lots of news lately on stories we've been following, so in today's episode: an update! The landmark Carbon Majors report has been updated with some surprising new data, and the European Court of Human Rights has sent down an historic ruling that will shape how EU legislators look at energy and climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices