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Climate Conversations

By: Robert McLean
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  • A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.
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  • Climate News: 'This is sick', Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, on Tuesday night's Budget

    Climate News: 'This is sick', Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, on Tuesday night's Budget
    May 17 2024
    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"; MTC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    23 mins
  • Climate News: 'It is pretty scary', former Chief of Defence, Admiral Chris Barrie, from 'Too Hot to Handle' webinar

    Climate News: 'It is pretty scary', former Chief of Defence, Admiral Chris Barrie, from 'Too Hot to Handle' webinar
    May 14 2024
    Retired Admiral, Chris Barrie (pictured), who once led the Australian Defence Force and who was speaking recently on the webinar, "Too Hot to Handle - the scorching reality of Australia's climate security failure", finds the rapidly unfolding climate crisis as "pretty scary". "Fossil fuel subsidies hit $14.5 billion in 2023-24, up 31%"; "Nations must go further than current Paris pledges or face global warming of 2.5-2.9°C"; "Brook trout are in trouble in Adirondacks lakes"; "Opposition questions government's inflation forecast"; "How a long-lost fish species was brought back to Bendigo"; "Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World"; "15,000 squares, 500 hours, 19 months: how I used embroidery to make sense of Australia’s catastrophic fires"; "Where did money come from?"; "Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest buildings creates high emissions"; "How Texas became the hottest grid battery market in the country"; "Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023"; "Scrapping the waste export levy threatens Australia’s emerging lithium battery recycling industry"; "Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay"; "Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference": "Field workers, farm owners, and buyers band together to protect workers from heat"; "Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system"; "Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire"; "Phoenix Braces—and Plans—for Another Hot, Dry Summer"; "The Arctic ice between Russia and the US is melting. What’s at stake at the top of the world?"; "Is the Coalition planning to overtake Labor and tax rich inner-city EV drivers?"; "Climate Extremes Slammed Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year. A New UN Report Details the Impacts and Costs"; "More Australians are looking to ditch their cars. But the alternatives haven’t quite arrived"; "Why Highway 1 is the climate challenge that California can’t fix"; "Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages"; "Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra"; "Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2024"; "Malaysia’s appetite for oil and gas puts it on collision course with China"; "Academics and Lawmakers Slam an Industry-Funded Report by a Former Energy Secretary Promoting Natural Gas and LNG"; "Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not."; " --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    23 mins
  • Interview: Susan Lengyel champions conversation, especially those 'at the Crossroads'

    Interview: Susan Lengyel champions conversation, especially those 'at the Crossroads'
    May 13 2024

    Susan Lengel (pictured) champions conversation about climate change, but beyond that, and critically, "Conversation at the Crossroads".

    Susan, who hails from South Australia and once worked for that State's National Parks and Wildlife Service", enriched her climate change experience and knowledge while working with "The Royal Parks" in London.

    Check out the group's website and you'll learn that Susan has vast experience in grassroots activism.

    Also, check out the group's coming events and I'm sure you will find something there to capture your interest and stimulate your mind.

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