Episodes
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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: "Spainâs crippling blackout shows need for gas in a greener world: Woodside CEO";
"What we lose when weather balloons donât fly";
"5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament â 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 âunusualâ 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. Hereâs what needs to change";
"As Australiaâs 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";
"Iâm Facing Prison for My Climate Activism. Hereâs Why.";
"Veteran-led disaster recovery group calls on Albanese for help to build army of 10,000 volunteers";
"Govt âactively consideringâ financing home solar via council mechanism";
"âThe spin has been wrongâ: rock art expert raises concerns over critical report ahead of Woodside decision".
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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 Woodsideâs North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision";
"âDesolateâ: farmers in NSWâs west battle drought as east coast mops up after floods";
"Reliable energy or âcarbon bombâ? Whatâs at stake in the battle over Australiaâs 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";
"'Itâs 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 thatâs too quick";
"The Pilbara is at risk of becoming a âwastelandâ. 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 â and thatâs just the start";
"Vivid, thrilling and ghastly: new theatrical adaptation of The Birds evokes climate disaster, terrorism and lockdown";
"Can Murray Watt fix Australiaâs broken nature laws? First stop, Western Australia";
"Antarctica has its own âshieldâ against warm water â but this could now be under threat".
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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, itâs bewildering".
"The True Cost of Pretending Climate Change Doesnât Exist";
"Trump administration plans to end greenhouse gas limits on power plants";
"This town was wiped out by Helene. How does it come back?";
"âDestruction everywhereâ: 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";
"Earthâs 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.";
"âWeâre really strugglingâ: 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 â 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 â 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 statesâ 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";
"Trumpâs âwinsâ on nuclear power are losses for taxpayers and public safety";
"Battery Recycling: How Accounting for Social and Environmental Benefits Boosts Returns";
"âAs journalists, we fail to extend empathy to ourselvesâ: 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. Itâs 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 Wonât Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn";
"Victorian planning laws blasted â wrong answer to market failure";
"Can glaciers regrow if global warming is reversed? Not in our l
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Salvador Rueda (pictured) envisages a car-free CBD for Melbourne, arguing during an event ar the city's RMIT University that Melbourneâs grid design and tram network made it suited to superblocks, and land close to train stations could be their starting point because âyou donât need the car, practicallyâ: "Car-free superblock pioneerâs vision for Melbourne â 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 âblocksâ 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 âcarbon-neutralâ 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 workerâs cooperative offer a solution?";
"How Green Is Pope Leo XIV?";
"âThe Earth Loses a Defenderâ: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet";
"After the 2025 election: Energy transition and restoration of Australian growth";
"Trumpâs 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.";
"âApril showersâ â a rainfall scientist explains what they are and why they are becoming more intense";
"How the weather got âstuckâ over the UK â and produced an unusually dry and warm spring";
"Haiku has captured the essence of seasons for centuries â 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 telemedicineâs carbon impact uncovers big climate benefits";
"House Republicans are about to wreck Trumpâs 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 Worldâs Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change";
"Europe âlaggingâ 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";
"Europeâs electricity grid is outdated and risks derailing fossil fuel phase out, report finds";
"âGreenlandisationâ, 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: itâs time to get reforms right";
"Tiny frogs and fjords: Australian student features in Nature's Science photo competition";
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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: "Thereâs no bridge too far for this climate activistâs cause".
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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.
"Theyâre still wincing from the memories of last winterâs energy crunch, when power became dangerously scarce and wholesale prices shot sky high.
âDroughts are no fun,â says Meridian Energyâs chief executive Mike Roan.
âTheyâre inevitable though.
âOur power system has been built with droughts in mind. The scale of the southern hydro lakes, Lake TaupĆ, the combination of them is there to provide that backup stored energy for and when a drought emerges.â
"But the past 12 months have been âhorribleâ with the August drought and loss of gas supply causing wholesale prices to spike", her story says.
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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 âleap modeâ for potholes â but itâs not a Ferrari";
"âGetting barer by the dayâ: drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust";
"Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive";
"Itâs almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?";
"Climate Justice Organizers Hold Mock Funeral for 1.5ÂșC Paris Agreement Target";
"Hawaiâi Isnât 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 giantsâ role in global warming";
"How we know global warming is real";
" Months after Helene, itâs still hard to drive these North Carolina roads";
"Australiaâs 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 CBDâs 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 Australiaâs Main Power Grid in First Quarter of 2025";
"Worldâs 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".
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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. Hereâs why";
"These 3 climate misinformation campaigns are operating during the election run-up. Hereâs how to spot them";
"How to talk about climate change";
"The Womenâs Climate Congress";
"About one third of young adults are skeptical about democracy";
"Woodside commits $18bn to US project that climate advocates warn âwould export harmful gas until the 2070sâ";
"New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. Itâs no contest.";
"Renewables, coal or nuclear? This election, your generationâs 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 âSocial Tipping Pointâ and More Government Action, Experts Say";
"âThe World Is Moving Forwardâ: UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Interests and Hostile Governments Canât Stop Clean Energy Future";
"How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases";
"London councils yet to spend ÂŁ130m in local climate funds";
"Why Australiaâs 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 Laborâs win, thereâs no turning back";
"Ocean warming is accelerating, scientist warns";
"83 per cent of 5-year-olds will be exposed to âunprecedentedâ 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 Lakesâ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.";
"Banning cars in city centres has worked around the world. Why isnât Londonâs 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 âresilientâ. But what does it actually mean?";
"House Votes to Block Californiaâs Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars";
"Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors";
"âProtest shapes the worldâ: Rebecca Solnit on the fight back against Trump";
"Mark Carneyâs 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";
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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".
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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.
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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".
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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 Duttonâs nuclear proposal: âOur 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 Duttonâs speech at the Liberal party campaign launch";
"Can climate scientists save the world?";
"Sudden closure of Story Bridge to cyclists shows âcar is still king in Brisbaneâ";
"Peter Duttonâs climate policy backslide threatens Australiaâs clout in the Pacific â right when we need it most";
"Most bike lanes in inner Melbourne have less than 40% tree cover â thatâll 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?".
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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, " Australiaâs 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 itâs surprisingly honest and informative!";
"Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget";
"Trumpâs new reason for canceling grants: âClimate anxietyâ";
"World Expo 2025 opens in Osaka themed 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives'";
"Fresh details emerge on Australiaâs 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";
" Californiaâs $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trumpâs wavering tariffs";
"Beyond anxiety: Teensâ mental health suffers on Africaâs climate frontlines";
"Fire smoke tied to thousands of premature deaths in 2017 alone";
"Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise";
"âWaste Warsâ: 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 â in someone elseâs electorate";
"March 2025: Earthâs 3rd-warmest March on record";
"Some good news on the climate transition";
"New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make âNo Sense,â 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 Thatâs 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, âgreen reliefâ offers respite, healing and beauty";
"Australian voters are left in the dark on climate targets as they head to the ballot box";
"âEndearing and fascinatingâ yellow-bellied glider faces âinexorable slideâ into extinction";
"Green activist group is pausing work after backlash by investors";
"The unusual inspiration for this energy-free cooling system is elephant skin";
"âDeep Change Theoryâ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say";
"Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the Worldâs Main Climate Pact";
"âEveryone is breathing thisâ: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the worldâs coldest capital";
"Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report";
"Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australiaâs devastating floods";
"Not enough water available for Coalitionâs nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds";
"Trumpâs EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters";
"The Coalition prepares to soften Australiaâs 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";
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Dr Cathy OPke (pictured) was at TEDx Bendigo talking about our Cities: Our Climate Change Antiheroesâ 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 Australiaâs 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 â but thereâs no sign of that in the election campaign";
"Reality check: coral restoration wonât save the worldâs 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";
"âTheir determination is heroicâ: Portuguese youth mount fresh climate lawsuit against government";
"âSociety is at a crossroadsâ: 5 deep changes experts say will turn us away from the climate abyss";
"In the rain-soaked South, storms portend future âgenerationalâ floods";
"These recycling techniques could help keep clothes out of landfills";
"Pet dogs have âextensive and multifariousâ impact on environment, new research finds";
"Why California and the West could face a âbig fire seasonâ later this year";
"Oil Execs Warn Privately That Trumpâs âChaosâ Could Be âDisasterâ 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";
"Laborâs home batteries policy could help people who will never take it up. Hereâs how";
"Hereâs who topped the rankings in this yearâs scorecard for sustainable chocolate â and which confectionery giant refused to participate";
"In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas";
"Iâm a disaster reporter. But I was not prepared to watch my city burn.";
"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging";
"Antarcticaâs hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise";
"Batteries for all, not just the rich? Laborâs home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair";
"98% of Queensland prawn areas at risk of inundation by rising seas this century";
"âSame shit, different yearâ: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record";
"Itâs not easy being a street tree, but this heroic eucalypt withstands everything we throw at it";
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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.
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