• Climate News: 'This is sick', Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, on Tuesday night's Budget

  • May 17 2024
  • Length: 23 mins
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Climate News: 'This is sick', Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, on Tuesday night's Budget

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  • Richard Denniss (pictured) heads The Australia Institute and is alarmed at the Australian Labor Government's latest Budget that champions gas, a fossil fuel. "More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel"; "Solicitor general to appeal over case of climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights"; "Wet winter could cut UK food self sufficiency by about a tenth"; "Talking Shop: Telling the Climate Story Locally"; "The unsung heroes keeping our lights on"; "The 1.5C global heating target was always a dream, but its demise doesn’t signal doom for climate action"; "DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law"; "Estuaries provide more than a billion dollars in environmental benefits, research shows"; "Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on"; "Consumer groups criticise energy companies charging solar panel owners for exporting power"; "Gas giants dodge tougher tax hike in Labor-Greens deal"; "Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it"; "Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity"; "Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports"; "How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s"; "Copernicus: Record May wildfire emissions in British Columbia mark the start of the Canadian wildfire season"; "Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30%"; "Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds"; "How Wild Rice Forecasts Climate Change"; "The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining"; "Industrial emissions aren’t falling fast enough to meet US climate goals"; "‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists"; "Wildfires keep thousands evacuated in Canada, even as conditions improve"; "Northeast B.C. was parched throughout winter. It’s already on fire"; "How wildfire smoke is erasing years of progress toward cleaning up America's air"; "New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research"; "As Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Spin and Whirl, a New Effort to Rescue Them Begins"; "Climate Change Concerns Dip"; "La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon"; "New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power"; "How Wildfires Can Affect Climate Change (and Vice Versa)"; "Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest"; "An NRL player died at training due to exertional heat stroke. What is it and what should coaches and athletes know?"; "Car companies spending up on ads for SUVs despite Australia’s new fuel efficiency standards"; "Breathing Wildfire Smoke Could Raise Dementia Risk, New Study Finds". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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