Climate Conversations

Executive Secretary at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Steel (pictured during Q&A at London's Chatham House), has declared we have "Two years to save the world". As a bonus, you can follow this link and go to "Outrage and Optimism" to hear an interview with Simon Steill and then listen as hosts, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson, take a deep dive into what Simon Steill said. On climate, the world has gone from denial to procrastination. Climate inaction is no longer defended by denying the science, but because action is claimed to be ‘too costly’ or unachievable. Yet, the time to shape a liveable future is running out, with the decisions taken over the coming two years determining how close to limiting global warming to 1.5°C we will get by the end of the century. With more than 60 countries going to the polls this year, and nearly 90 per cent of the population in 125 countries want stronger climate action, every election is a climate change election.  We must now see climate action as a tool to create better, more equitable and cleaner societies, with solid economies built around plentiful, renewable energy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

"Investor heavyweights failing to boot directors on climate commitments"; Samantha Helps is full of praise for Violet Coco (pictured) in her piece on Pearls and Irritations: "XR blocking arteries of capitalism labelled “catastrophic inconvenience”"; "Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action" - Dana R. Fisher; "The EV revolution has stalled. Can these nifty bikes kick it back into gear?"; "Unprecedented spread of coral bleaching along Great Barrier Reef"; "After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking"; "Climate for Change"; "Plibersek scales back environment reforms as coral bleaching goes global"; "Fossil fuel’s war on protest"; "Jonathan Vigliotti: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America"; "Environmental impacts of underground nuclear weapons testing"; "Callaway Climate Insights founder David Callaway joins the Bulletin’s Governing Board"; "Is hydropower aging out of the clean energy race?"; "California derailed its booming rooftop solar buildout. Can it be fixed?"; "Climate Deniers in the 117th Congress"; "New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns"; "Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles"; "Brown University Study Documents Links Between National & Local Offshore Wind Opponents"; "Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?"; "Russia and Kazakhstan evacuate tens of thousands amid worst floods in decades"; "Climate change driving demand for predatory loans, research shows"; "Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts"; "India Forecasts Searing Heat Ahead of World’s Biggest Election": "UK Climate Minister Stands Down Ahead of General Election"; "Lightning and heavy rain kill dozens in Pakistan and Afghanistan in three days"; "Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record"; "As the Federal Government Proposes a Plan to Cull Barred Owls in the West, the Debate Around ‘Invasive’ Species Heats Up"; "Climate change is causing marine ‘coldwaves’ too, killing wildlife"; "As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle"; "A Highway in Indiana Could One Day Charge Your EV While You’re Driving It"; "Air pollution boosts Alzheimer’s disease risk"; "Air NZ calls for Govt mandates to help drive sustainable aviation fuel use"; "Corals are bleaching in every corner of the ocean, threatening its web of life"; "There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook"; "Sewage pollution could jeopardise Olympic swimming events in the River Seine, NGO warns"; "‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief"; "World in grip of new major coral bleaching event, reefs at risk"; "Switching to Plant-Based Diets Could Save More Than 200,000 Lives per Year, Study Finds"; "The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia"; "A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet: A Conversation With Peter Singer"; "Africa’s Great Apes Are Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds"; "Great Barrier Reef Suffering Record Coral Bleaching With Damage 59 Feet Below the Surface"; "Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?': "Trillions of tonnes of carbon locked in soil has been left out of environmental models – and it’s on the move"; "Greece to Invest $830 Million for Marine Conservation"; "Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go"; "Victorian households have the highest gas usage in the country — will they turn it around?"; "Faster-melting snow causes major flooding in Russia and Kazakhstan"; "BOM's first winter forecast for 2024 declares it could be one of Australia's warmest on record"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Just 40 minutes, along with a fair bit of research, with Gabrielle Bond (pictured), the woman behind the Modern Money Lab at Adelaides Torrens University, changed, no, exploded my views about economic ideas, particularly those of Federal Government deficits. Gabrielle is an enthusiast of the Modern Money Theory (MMT) and an ardent supporter of her contemporary from the university, Assistant Professor Steven Hail, who explained MMT through an article in The Conversation, entitled, "Explainer: what is modern monetary theory?". In that article, he discussed one of MMT's pioneers, Professor Bill Mitchell, who has long explored the workings and application of the Modern Monetary Theory. Of course, the real modern hero of MMT is U.S. economist, Stephanie Kelton, who can be seen in this TEDx talk "The big myth of government deficits" and again in this "Stony Brook University Presidential Lecture Series". My journey to interview Gabrielle began when I listened to Professor Kelton in Melbourne, where she talked about many things, including the movie "Finding the Money". It was in 2021 that reporter Gareth Hutchins wrote a story for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) entitled: "Modern Monetary Theory: How MMT is challenging the economic establishment". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

The Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie (pictured) talks about "Seizing the Decade"; "Consumer Energy Summit"; "Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe"; "Does "Every Little Thing" REALLY Stop Climate Change?"; "‘Historic’ European Court of Human Rights ruling backs Swiss women in climate change case"; "Solar canopy over Denver school parking lot will provide energy to low-income families"; "Climate complacency: study finds even the most informed people would rather take the easy option" "Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it"; "The Permian Basin Climate Bomb Series"; "How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster"; "The Rising Tide"; "The Peoples' Blockade"; "Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe"; "Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests"; "How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality"; "How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change"; "Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?"; "This is an emergency - climate silence is climate denial. #EndClimateSilence now"; "The Olympics are usually a sustainability disaster. Can Paris be different?"; "Australia could reach an ‘ambitious’ emissions cut of up to 75% by 2035, advisers tell Labor"; "Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?"; "Nexamp nabs $520M to build community solar across the US"; "In-depth Q&A: How does climate change drive human migration?"; "EU Policy. European Parliament approves energy market overhaul"; "‘It’s a sun trap’: climate crisis brings boomtime for British wine"; "‘A Massive Win for All Generations’: European Human Rights Court Rules Switzerland Violated Rights With Climate Inaction"; "Storm in Perth's north causes flooding, damage as BOM issues severe weather warning"; "Earth Day 2024"; "See photos, video of flooding in New Orleans metro neighborhoods during severe weather"; "Rainfall Intensity and Daily Rainfall on April 10, 2024"; "Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Stronger Clean Air Standards for Chemical Plants, Lowering Cancer Risk and Advancing Environmental Justice"; "Flooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from river"; "Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan"; "Labour may fail to grab target seats as young voters turn away over Gaza and climate"; "Carbon price should be set at $70 a tonne and rise six-fold by mid-century, says AEMC"; "New Yorkers for Clean Power"; "Rural opposition to solar farms goes beyond beliefs in climate change"; "The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records"; "Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green"; "How the essential, dirty steel industry is going green": "Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023"; "What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric"; "Brazil Labor Spat Thwarts Lula’s Bid to Boost Growth and Save the Amazon"; "Tanya Plibersek’s proposal to save Toondah Harbour is a win for both threatened species and people power"; "Deforestation rising in Colombia 5 years after peace deal"; "NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado"; "How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster"; "Earth sees hottest-ever March, the 10th record-breaking month in a row"; "Here’s how EVs could get 200 miles per gallon"; "Spies Like Us: why the Government is still backing Woodside over Timor-Leste"; "Power to the people? Bolivia’s hunt for gas targets national parks – and divides communities"; "Feeling depleted? So is the planet. Here’s how to move from exhaustion to empowerment"; "Incarcerated People Subjected To Worst Of Climate Change"; "Embodied Carbon = 10% Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions!". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Shepparton's Foott Waste is trialling an all-electric garbage truck and principal, Peter Foott (pictured behind the wheel of this revolutionary truck) took me for a "test ride" just a few days ago. "Understanding Climate Change: All the Natural and Human Causes"; "Split inside conservative green group over new nuclear agenda"; "Ontario's Nuclear Advantage"; "Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between"; "Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK?"; "Dutch court ruling considers national airline guilty of greenwashing"; "Fossil subsidies could have paid for Canadian wind and solar projects 12 times over"; "Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?"; "Generation starts at what will be South Australia’s biggest wind farm"; "Australia’s biggest coal generator teams up with SunDrive to make solar at Liddell"; "Solar Sunshot: Albanese pledges $1bn to take Australia from “pit to panel”"; "Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. Here’s how it works."; "Even Disney’s beloved Autopia ride is giving up on gas-powered cars"; "The Carbon Brief Profile: Australia"; "The Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria"; "An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn"; "Man's body found near reserve in Sydney's west after rain and extreme weather hits NSW"; "Carbon Emissions Reduction Rate in U.S. Has Doubled Since Passage of Inflation Reduction Act, Report Finds"; "Should Big Oil Be Tried for Homicide?"; "Zambia’s fossil-fuel subsidy cuts help climate and kids – but taxi drivers suffer"; "Is water provision in drought-hit Zambia climate ‘loss and damage’ or adaptation?"; "New PBS Documentary Focuses on a More Hopeful Future"; "Virginia’s Utility Regulator Approves Enough New Solar Projects to Power Nearly 200,000 Homes"; "Secondhand Clothing Market in U.S. Grew 7x Faster Than General Clothing Retail in 2023": "‘On the Move’ examines how climate change will alter where people live"; "Zimbabwean president declares state of disaster due to drought"; "Rivers Recover Rapidly Once Dams Are Gone, Study Finds"; "Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster’"; "Dam removals, restoration project on Klamath River expected to help salmon, researchers conclude"; "In the Pacific Northwest, Salmon Declines Upend a Way of Life"; "Climate change is changing how we keep time". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Former Federal Minister, Greg Combet (pictured) was a guest this week on the National Press Club talking about getting to net zero: "Greg Combet - Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority"; "After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking"; "Dive in: Climate change is affecting all types of weather"; "States brace for collision of weather systems"; "A man has died in Queensland floodwaters, as heavy rain lashes east coast"; "Australia’s soil to become net carbon emitter and threat to climate goals, report says"; "El Nino-linked drought threatens energy and food supplies in southern Africa with millions at risk"; "Thousands more of Tasmania 'giant' native trees could be spared from logging under policy change"; "Natasha’s hot home is bad for her health. So is the cost of living"; "When it comes to climate action, beware the policy bundle"; "Florida’s tiny ‘fairy tale’ deer are losing habitat as seas rise"; "Shell says landmark emissions ruling won't help climate goals"; "India Predicts Searing Heat in Threat to Lives, Power Supply"; "He Wants Oil Money Off Campus. She’s Funded by Exxon. They’re Friends."; "Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016"; "Boom in mining for renewable energy minerals threatens Africa’s great apes"; "Network Rail to spend £2.8bn to cope with effects of climate crisis"; "Snowball effect: Is artificial snow a long-term solution for ski resorts in a warming world?"; "Throwing Soup At Mona Lisa For The Climate Cause?"; "Buckled lines and landslides: How climate change is hitting Europe’s rail industry"; "In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants"; "Do organic farms cause unintended harm? Study finds uptick in pesticide use in neighbouring fields"; "Global Warming Will Enable Tropical Species From the Atlantic to Colonize the Mediterranean Sea"; "‘I want to tackle it in a big way’: Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects"; "Bird Flu Is Picking its Way Across the Animal Kingdom—and Climate Change Could Be Making it Worse"; "Europe is divided on nuclear power: Which countries are for and against it?"; "It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought"; "The Anthropocene already exists in our heads, even if it’s now officially not a geological epoch"; "A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch"; "Anthropocene: human-made materials now weigh as much as all living biomass, say scientists"; "Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting"; "No EV recovery, with worst sales quarter in nearly 3 years"; "‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk"; "Inside the minds of the oil rig-climbing activists"; "Australia faces postwar-style reconstruction to reach net zero target, Greg Combet says"; "An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works"; "East coast weather: big wet headed for Sydney after month of rain dumped on parts of Victoria in 24 hours"; "Why artificial submarine curtains won’t save West Antarctica’s retreating glaciers"; "Out of alignment: how clashing policies make for terrible environmental outcomes"; "Scientists warn Australians to prepare for megadroughts lasting more than 20 years"; "Native animals that survived Bayindeen bushfire face increased threat from predators six weeks on"; "Tiwi Islands leaders appeal to federal government to reconsider offshore gas project approvals changes"; "First Nations people must be at the forefront of Australia’s renewable energy revolution"; "Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis?"; "A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it"; "Awful’: climate crisis threatens to sink historic north-east golf club". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Catherina McKenna (pictured) heaps praise on COP21 during an address to Columbia Climate School - "Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations"; "Ugly, treeless, hot: Push to force developers to plant trees in Melbourne’s outer suburbs"; "‘Opportunistic’ fraud and scams target disasters in a warming world"; "Ready or not, self-driving semi-trucks are coming to America’s highways"; "Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"; "Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal"; "A River in Flux"; "How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale"; "Can Flashy Music Festivals Go Green?"; "Australian music festivals are increasingly affected by climate change. But is the industry doing enough to mitigate its impact?"; "17 people taken to hospital during Ed Sheeran concert at Acrisure Stadium"; "Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms"; "Nearly 100 injured as hailstorm pummels Louis Tomlinson concert in Colorado"; "The BBC, Guyana, and Untangling North-South Climate Complexities"; "How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale"; "Flash flooding possible as thunderstorms rumble towards Melbourne from the west"; "Weather tracker: Cyclone Gamane unexpectedly veers into Madagascar"; "How a Blind Oceanographer Studies Temperature-Regulating Currents"; "Too far or not far enough? These are Europe’s most and least popular climate policies"; "Major storm to sweep United States with severe weather, snow, flooding"; "U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas"; "BYD says plug-in electrics will exceed 50 pct of new car sales in China in next 3 months"; "Po Valley: Air pollution is causing serious health risks for more than 16 million Italians"; "2024 Must Be the Year for Exponential Climate Action"; "Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension"; "Energy giant wrongly received thousands from welfare payments of former customers under Centrelink scheme"; "Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets"; "Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world"; "El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the world this year"; "There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice"; "First Wisconsin tornadoes in February: ‘It’s an absolute shock’ (photos)"; "Water now a major risk for world’s supply chains, reports CDP"; "Environmentalists Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill"; "Volcanoes Can Affect Climate"; "Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds"; "Labor’s chance to protect youth over fossil fuels"; "The surprising reasons why Big Oil may not want a second Trump term". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Mooroopna's Rick Maloney (pictured) wrestled emotionally with the flood and now he is battling the insurance company: "Under water and under pressure: The fight to fix flood insurance"; "'Not the End of the World' author on tackling climate change"; "A data scientist’s case for ‘cautious optimism’ about climate change"; "Book review: ‘Saving Ourselves’ author says we can’t wait on global leaders to save the climate"; "Group to monitor air pollution in 12 U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations"; "New warning system could save lives during wildfires"; "Solar panel waste to reach crisis levels in next two to three years, Australian experts warn"; "Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry"; "Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet"; "Australia invented solar panels. Now 99 per cent of ours are made in China"; "Electric trucks get a boost from Biden, worrying trucking industry"; "Rising Temperatures, Rising Prices: How Climate Drives Inflation"; "What will climate risk cost you?"; "Australia must wean itself from monster utes ..."; "‘A lot of question marks’: $70m renewable-energy microgrid project divides Daintree"; "China is all in on green tech. The U.S. and Europe fear unfair competition."; "The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close"; "An Idyll on the Shores of a Toxic Lake"; "Chart: Which states support community-led clean energy the most?"; "Michigan nuclear plant aims to be first ever to reopen in US"; "Read an ER doctor’s essay on climate distress that no one else would publish"; "What will it take to protect India’s angry farmers from climate threats?"; "Cancellation of UN climate weeks removes platform for worst-hit communities"; "UN’s climate body faces “severe financial challenges” which put work at risk"; "New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks"; "Don't want your retirement savings invested in fossil fuels?"; "Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun"; "Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change"; "The Colorado River rarely reaches the sea. Here's why"; "About Dengue: What You Need to Know"; "Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike"; "The World Is Losing Migratory Species at Alarming Rates"; "After a hurricane or wildfire, communities can be overwhelmed by debris"; "A growing number of homeowners face repeat flooding"; "GOP lawmakers are fueling a conspiracy theory without mentioning ‘chemtrails’"; "Alan Kohler: Dire labour shortage warrants moratorium on fossil fuel export projects"; "Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks"; "Pennsylvania county joins other local governments in suing oil industry over climate change"; "At least 27 dead as flooding ravages southeast Brazil"; "This Kentucky coal mine could transform into pumped-hydro grid storage"; "Biden ESA rules reverse Trump moves and revive big debate"; "Biden Administration Restores Wildlife Protections Weakened Under Trump"; "Scientists devise a new, relatable measure of climate change: “outdoor days"; "Trump V2: An Environmental Nightmare?"; "Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks"; "How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change"; "Food prices will climb everywhere as temperatures rise due to climate change – new research"; "Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: stressed farmland shows 63% decline – new research"; "Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers"; "Cocoa Is More Expensive Than Copper as It Tops $9,000"; "Let’s seize the decade!'; "Calls for international criminal court to end ‘impunity’ for environmental crimes"; "Planting trees in the wrong places could be contributi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

George Broyles was one of the guests on the "Big Burnout", a webinar presented by ProPublica. Remy Shergill (pictured) talked about and explained how to accurately, comfortably and conveniently talk with others about climate change. Remy was a guest on a webinar presented by Vets for Climate Action entitled: "How to talk about Climate Change and Health". While discussing how to talk about climate change, Remy pointed towards the recently released toolkit from the 'World Health Organization". "EVs are coming, ready or not! Three columnists on Biden’s mandate."; "Ideal Easter weather across southern Australia before outback soaking moves south"; "AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station"; "Climate change could make 70% of global wine regions unsuitable for grape growing"; "Why investigators are looking into ‘dirty fuel’ in Baltimore bridge collapse"; "Indoor farms are remaking the produce market — at a cost to the planet"; "Ross River virus: more than 1,500 cases recorded in Queensland as mosquito numbers spike"; "Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed?"; "Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals"; "Neurological conditions like strokes and dementia are biggest threat to global health, study finds"; "The ​‘clean cement’ projects getting $1.5B in Biden admin funds"; "John Kerry’s Four Decades of Raising Climate Awareness on the World Stage"; "U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas"; "Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around"; "‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains"; "The greenest way to mine metals for batteries could be with plants"; "Emotional signatures of climate policy support"; "Climate Engineering: Doubling Down on Bad Habits"; "CERAWeek, Houston, U.S.A. Remarks by Amin H. Nasser Aramco President & CEO"; "Commission presents recommendation for 2040 emissions reduction target to set the path to climate neutrality in 2050"; "Explainer: Why some countries are aiming for ‘net-negative’ emissions"; "In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation"; "Biden promised to install thousands of EV charging stations. Only 7 have been built."; "How will climate change affect mosquito disease transmission?"; "We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy"; "New York Takes Crucial Step Toward Making Congestion Pricing a Reality"; "China opens WTO dispute against US subsidies to protect its EV industry"; "Yellen Warns China Against Flood of Cheap Green Energy Exports"; "UN body makes ‘breakthrough’ on carbon price proposal for shipping"; "Publication: Distributing Carbon Revenues from Shipping"; "Nations Aim to Zero Out Shipping Emissions by Midcentury"; "Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany"; "IMO agrees possible outline for maritime “net-zero framework”"; "Mexico City's 21 million residents are facing a severe water shortage"; "Dangerous humid heat in southern West Africa about 4°C hotter due to climate change"; "Ocean temperature hit record high in February 2024, EU scientists say"; "UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023"; "Trump V2: An Environmental Nightmare?"; "What your fruit bowl reveals about climate breakdown"; "Sinking Coastal Lands Will Exacerbate the Flooding from Sea Level Rise in 24 US Cities, New Research Shows": "Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks"; "Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension"; "Teresa O’Sullivan delivers 28 recommendations after two-year Black Summer bushfire inquiry"; "How fake gas frights and fanciful forecasts keep fossil fuels burning for longer"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

The Program Coordinator with Geelong Sustainability, Karina Donkers (pictured) encouraged me to talk about my time working with an oil and gas exploration company, The Western Geophysical Company of America. This word journey began for me following an unexpected meeting with the Melbourne-based Friends of the Earth. "VFF names policy and advocacy leaders"; "Fuels versus food fight becoming ‘less emotional’"; "Crackdown on dark roofs in plan for growth suburbs"; "Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south"; "Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects"; "When heat kills - The effects of climate change on worker"; "The Atmosphere Doesn't Care About Your Feelings"; "What is solar thermal?"; "Call of Duty | Anjali Sharma"; "Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’": "EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support"; "MPs and activists challenge claim North Sea oil and gas supports 200,000 jobs"; "Undammed"; "How one German village exemplifies the cancer risk from wood burning"; "Industry shutdowns are messy and painful: 4 lessons Australia’s coal sector can learn from car-makers about bowing out"; "Over half of European voters think climate action is a priority, exclusive Euronews poll reveals"; "Products in US supermarkets linked to deforestation of tropical forests"; "Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a ‘gamechanger’"; "Ukraine rejects claims of Western pressure over attacks on Russian oil facilities"; "National Plan to Look Into Homeowners Insurers Hits a Hurdle"; "US gas producers shrug off low prices, bet on LNG boom"; "Energy Dept. Awards $6 Billion for Green Steel, Cement and Even Macaroni Factories"; "Geothermal is the hottest thing in clean energy. Here’s why"; "The best way to get everyone into electric cars? Hint: It’s not a mandate."; "Net emission reductions from electric cars and heat pumps in 59 world regions over time"; "Land-use harmony in renewables rollout at the centre of new Queensland roadmap"; "Swift parrots still in peril, despite revised numbers of surviving birds due to new counting method"; "Moolarben Coal Mine report finds koala colony would be displaced by expansion plans"; "Scientists Warn The Price of Food Is Expected to Increase Every Year From Now on"; "Federal government makes late changes to controversial gas approval laws but crossbench concerns remain"; "'Act immediately to survive': Warnings issued as bushfire rages near Perth"; "If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool"; "The energy sector is having its Uber moment"; "Grand Prix or booby prize?"; "Meet Rose Abramoff, Climate Scientist Turned Climate Activist"; "India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms"; "South Sudan heatwave: Extreme weather shuts schools and cuts power"; "COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal"; "Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds"; "Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory"; "UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023"; "Climate change creates legal risks for sports organisations and directors: report"; "The rapid roll-out of batteries" - Beyond Zero Emissions report "See one cherry tree’s rush to an early bloom, day by day"; "Australia must lead the world on nature restoration through ambitious interpretation of international law"; "Thousands rally across Australia in growing push to end native forest logging". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message