Climate News: Laughter and drinks amid climate worsened chaos in Los Angeles

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

Stuart Goldsmith (pictured) flies business class but makes his ethical point about flying that way, with a smile on his face. &quot;The Media’s Mega-Failure on LA’s Mega-Fires&quot;; &quot;Press Briefing: How the LA Wildfires Are Fueled by Climate Change&quot;; &quot;‘Some homes weren’t designed with fire in mind’: Is timber to blame for LA wildfires?&quot;; &quot;‘Not out of the woods yet’: Critical fire warning for LA extended an extra day&quot;; &quot;VIDEO: &#39;Absolutely terrifying&#39;: Former NSW Fire Commissioner discusses LA wildfires&quot;; &quot;Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it&quot;; &quot;Easing conditions will help crews battle L.A. fires&quot;; &quot;Los Angeles Fires Lead to Over $200 Billion in Losses, Potentially the Most Expensive Wildfire Event in U.S. History&quot;; &quot;Wealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World’s Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds&quot;; &quot;Ecology of Fear: Mike Davis’ history of LA and natural disaster is re-read whenever fire rages in California&quot;; &quot;Boiling Point&quot; - podcast; &quot;Australia is becoming an uninsurable nation. There may only be one solution&quot;; &quot;Why the LA fires should spark economic alarm in Australia&quot;; &quot;‘Some homes weren’t designed with fire in mind’: Is timber to blame for LA wildfires?&quot;; &quot;Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven&quot;.

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".

What's happened in Los Angeles is a portent for what we could see in Australia according to: listen to Greg Mullins - "As California burns, how will Australia respond to this climate-fuelled crisis?"; "Los Angeles residents flee wildfire, firefighters battle blaze in Pacific Palisades"; "Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry;" "BoM data finds 2024 was Australia’s second-hottest year on record"; "Wade Crowfoot on Building Wildfire Resilience"; "11 killed, 35,000 acres burned by California wildfires"; "‘There was nothing you could do’: The two days when fire swallowed Los Angeles"; "Deadly wildfires surge in size in Southern California and force more evacuations"; "As fires rage, CA fears home insurance collapse"; "You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again."; "LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?"; "The role of climate change in the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles fires"; "Celebrities kick off fire relief efforts, Jamie Lee Curtis pledges $1.6m"; "Nearly 800 prisoners now helping to battle Los Angeles fires"; "Australia leases US firebombing aircraft in the northern winter. So what happens when LA burns in January?"; "Epic aerial assault to protect homes in Brentwood, Encino as L.A. wildfire death toll rises"; "‘We don’t know the half of it’: More deaths feared in ever-expanding LA fires"; "Wildfires latest: Pacific Palisades fire is most destructive in Los Angeles history"; "‘Like a bomb was dropped’: Devastating before-and-after pictures reveal scale of destruction".

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’".

Geelong's Climate Cafe meets again this month - "Climate Café launched in Geelong"; "Winter Storm Blankets the East Coast, With Arctic Air on Its Heels"; "Locking up a 77-year-old climate protester is proof of a broken justice system"; "Wind Wars"; "Cost-of-living crisis meets new era of electric cars"; "Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts"; "What Would It Take to Bring Renewable, Reliable Power to Puerto Rico?"; "Polar Vortex’ Got You Baffled? Try This Extreme-Weather Guide"; "Global Water Monitor"; "High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds"; "World Water Film Festival Makes a Splash at Columbia Climate School"; "'He was prescient’: Jimmy Carter, the environment and the road not taken"; "A new solar project in Brooklyn could offer a model for climate justice"; "UK EV sales reached record highs in 2024, SMMT reveals"; "In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world"; "Artefacts from Pacific museums being put at risk"; "UK Electricity Reached a Record 58% From Low-Carbon Sources in 2024"; "All Chicago City Buildings Now Run on Renewable Energy"; "Deep-Sea Mining 101: Everything You Need to Know"; "Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees to Replace Those Destroyed by Hurricanes Helene and Milton"; "Winter Storm Blair: Millions across North America hit by polar vortex"; "Fuel-hungry utes and SUVs dominate Australian sales, with Corolla the only small car on top 10 list"; "Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here"; "Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows"; "The Renewable Energy Transition Has Residents of a Small Arizona Town on Edge".

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"; "<a href="https://www.canarymedia.c