Investors pour more than US$3 trillion into fossil fuels - check this out on Urgewald, "Investing in Climate Chaos";

"El Niño doesn't automatically mean it won't rain. Here's why it's been so wet and stormy for Australia's eastern states";

"Rooftop solar drives out coal, wind and grid-scale solar";

"Parts of Victoria, SA, NSW on flood watch after thunderstorms and heavy rainfall";

"Communities prepare properties for storms";

"Historic homes, now flooded, promised protection works that never happened";

"The costly car choice we need to rethink";

"Food Systems & the Environment | CHEF AJ LIVE! with Dr. Peter Johnston";

"An Ecology Minister With an Oil Pedigree Will Lead Global Climate Talks";

"Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change";

"How to get people to kick fossil fuels out of their homes";

"Seymour told to evacuate, too late to leave for Yea as floodwaters rise";

"Residents told to evacuate as drenching rains hit south-east Australia";

"Residents told to evacuate as drenching rains hit south-east Australia";

"An Ecology Minister With an Oil Pedigree Will Lead Global Climate Talks";

"Awash with fossil fuel money, African football is sowing the seeds of its own destruction";

"Climate solutions and problems";

"The planet burns on a bonfire of farming regulations";

"Australia heats up with eighth-warmest year on record";

"Bochum, Germany to extract geothermal heat from abandoned coal mines";

"Rishi Sunak’s woes mount with oil bill rebellion, byelections and asylum row".

Geelong's Mik Aidt explains The Blue Dot and discusses why we should care.

"‘Incredible’ rain, storms to batter Victoria, prompting flash-flood warnings";

"The projects that would supercharge Victoria’s green energy future – but are stuck in limbo";

"Can you guess how crazy last year’s weather was? Try this game.";

"Melting ice - uncovered history:"

"Dying in the Fields as Temperatures Soar";

"Nottinghamshire residents face 'pure hell' as homes cut off in floods";

"COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100";

"Queensland storm disaster to cost more than $2 billion, state treasurer says, as extent of damage grows";

"Australian Defence Force arrives in south-east Queensland to aid storm recovery as thousands remain without power";

"The Human Cost of Anthropogenic Global Warming: Semi-Quantitative Prediction and the 1,000-Tonne Rule";

"Heavy Rain in U.K. Causes Hundreds of Flood Warnings and Travel Disruptions";

"Farmer’s plants grow year-round in geothermal greenhouse in upstate New York";

"Climate change is hurting kids’ mental health, report finds";

"Ten ‘you must be kidding’ weather and climate facts of 2023";

"5 cleantech startups that didn’t survive to see 2024";

"Australia’s changed climate: The Bureau’s yearly reminder";

"Virtually the entire Lower 48 is about to experience extreme weather";

"It’s not just the total rainfall – why is eastern Australia experiencing such sudden, devastating downpours?";

"‘Snow drought’ grips California and western United States, despite recent storms";

"Why are France, Germany and England flooded - and is climate change to blame?";

"Azerbaijan appoint state oil company veteran as Cop29 president";

"China announces plans to manage electric vehicles power demand";

"Ten climate questions for 2024";

"Six takeaways from 2023’s climate change news";

"El Nino didn’t keep the rain away, but Australia is still heating up";

"El Niño, failed crops and more extreme weather: The UN's predictions- and recommendations- for 2024";

"The Toad and the Geothermal Plant";

"Flooding and icy temperatures continue to cause havoc across Europe";

"What’s Going On With the Goats of Arizona".

Hannah Ritchie (pictured) finds the cause of climate anxiety among children in the data and along with that the hope we can be the first generation to live sustainably - "Are we the last generation — or the first sustainable one?";

"What If People Don’t Need to Care About Climate Change to Fix It?";

"Hannah Ritchie: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers’";

"I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong";

"Is cold water bad for you? What about drinking from the hose or tap? The facts behind 5 water myths";

"Goulburn Valley hit by severe thunderstorm";

"‘Dine with a Doc’ Dinner";

"The Problem With De-Risking";

"The Swedes know the secret to happiness: You are not your stuff";

"What climate scientists are predicting for the globe in 2024";

"'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam";

"Tesla Sales Rebound After Steep Price Cuts";

"Denmark’s King-to-Be: A Modern, Climate-Friendly Monarch";

"Wanted: 20,000 Young Americans to Fight Climate Change";

"Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome";

"Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case";

"The Financial Paradox Blocking Efforts to Fight Climate Change"';

"The New World Bank Leader Has the Climate Crisis at the Top of His Agenda";

"The Clean Energy Future Is Roiling Both Friends and Foes";

"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One";

"Biden Administration Announces Rule to Cut Millions of Tons of Methane Emissions";

"What This Year’s ‘Astonishing’ Ocean Heat Means for the Planet";

"‘It’s Like Our Country Exploded’: Canada’s Year of Fire";

"Phoenix’s Month in Hell: A 31-Day Streak of Record Heat Ends";

"What El Niño Means for This Winter’s Weather";

"The Invisible Killer: New Zealand's air pollution crisis";

"Paddock trees, pardalotes and productivity";

"Massive wind farm will power up to 700,000 homes a year";

"A Natural Gas Project Is Biden’s Next Big Climate Test";

"Strawberry Case Study: What if Farmers Had to Pay for Water?";

"Earth Was Due for Another Year of Record Warmth. But This Warm?";

"My grandmother’s walnut tree didn’t survive fires and floods – but she left us a recipe for hope";

"A flood-prone historic site decides to live with rising water rather than fight it";

"The biggest car brand you’ve never heard of overtakes Tesla as world’s most popular EV maker";

"Ghost forests: Australia’s snow gums under threat from climate change";

"Great Lakes start 2024 with smallest amount of ice in at least 50 years";

"‘It’s slipped off the radar’: why are there fewer street trees in regional towns across Australia?";

"Cyclone Jasper: how did it cause so much rain and could global heating be to blame?";

"Experts warned El Niño was likely to bring Australia a hot, dry summer. What happened?".

Craig Reucassal uses the vehicle of "Foreign Correspondent" to take us to "The Last Resort";

"Australia ‘risks climate tech exodus’ unless it follows US model";

"Free rain barrel program helps Duluth residents get involved in flood prevention";

"We can’t control what disasters a new year may bring. Stoicism can help us get up and try again";

"Climate 200 sets eyes on next poll";

"More rain, flood warnings for Qld, NSW".

This was "The big one" said the fire chief in Greece: "The climate future arrived in 2023. It left scars across the planet.";

"‘There’s No Other Job’: The Colonial Roots of Philippine Poverty";

"Campers rescued as heavy rain and flooding hits northern New South Wales across New Year";

"New Year’s Day weather: flash-flood warnings for Queensland and NSW as Northern Territory swelters";

"Here’s what you can do to cope with your anxiety about climate change";

"Why The Washington Post is starting a climate advice column";

"What extreme heat does to the human body";

"Snow Shortages Are Plaguing the West’s Mountains";

"The never-ending fallout of the northern rivers floods: ‘People are just worn down’";

"How the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics are driving the city’s green revolution";

"Queensland woman uses electric car to run her son’s dialysis machine during power cut";

"U.S. oil production hit a record under Biden. He seldom mentions it.".

Greta Thunberg (pictured) is critical of COP28 and the whole Conference of the Parties process: "Greta Thunberg slams COP28 deal as 'toothless, insufficient, another betrayal’";

"How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers";

"Big-name EVs: here are the new models launching for the first time in Australia";

"‘Propaganda to infect children’s minds’: Climate misinformation textbook mailed to 8,000 US science teachers";

"A hot and heady year";

"Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’";

"Climate scientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era";

"A Known Risk: How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere";

"EVs and $9,000 Air Tanks: Iowa First Responders Fear the Dangers—and Costs—of CO2 Pipelines";

"2023 in Climate News";

"‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It";

"Many on Gulf Coast say time is running out for EPA to act on toxic air";

"Was Oslo paralysed after all of its electric buses broke down due to the cold?";

"Worst is yet to come with floods in Netherlands, Germany and Norway";

"Europe travel chaos as Eurostar services cancelled amid flooding";

"Time for Australia to admit it’s a petrostate";

"‘Act out of love not anger’: green trailblazer calls for unity in movement";

"EU Policy. Exhaust pollution limits frozen at current levels, but electric cars targeted with new restrictions";

"Extreme weather is turning many into climate migrants: How does it feel to face leaving home?";

"‘This is not climate leadership’: Vanessa Nakate says Biden must choose sides after youth support tanks";

"This Hollywood star and his daughter took the subway to the Oscars to prove a point. Did it work?";

"How to become human compost (and other ways to be environmentally-friendly, post-mortem)";

"Gina Rinehart says renewable energy could use one-third of Australia’s prime agricultural land. Is she right?";

"Queensland power supply to face strain as heatwave sends demand to near-record levels";

"‘There’s been some tears’: storm and flood-hit Queensland town battles heatwave as more wild weather forecast".

We are closing in on zero-carbon cement -listen to Leah Ellis on "Volts";

"Where U.S. house prices may be most overvalued as climate change worsens";

"Weather changes causing chaos for UK flora and fauna, says National Trust audit";

"Weather tracker: South Africa flash floods kill six with people still missing";

"It’s Time to Ban Earth-Damaging Ads";

"What good are climate talks? Five takeaways from COP28";

"US buildings kill up to a billion birds a year. These architects want to save them";

"From Miss Australia to oil boss: Suellen Osborne’s nation-building plan";

"3 Antarctic glaciers show rapidly accelerated ice loss from ocean warming";

"‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars";

"‘Go hard and go big’: How Australia got solar panels onto one in every three houses";

"‘We needed to get off the grid’: New Orleans’ community-driven response to blackouts";

"The Terrifying Truths You Need To Know About the Climate Crisis";

"America has eight parking spaces for every car. Here’s how cities are rethinking that land";

"Shifting gears: why US cities are falling out of love with the parking lot";

"Will our buildings be ready for the climate of the future?";

"Six reasons to be optimistic about the energy transition";

"The six best climate stories of 2023";

"What good are climate talks? Five takeaways from COP28";

"Reducing Black Carbon: A triple win for climate, health, and well-being";

"This is now one of the wettest Decembers on record in Washington";

"Five way-too-early weather predictions for 2024";

"Reducing Methane From Livestock Is Critical for Stabilizing the Climate, but Congress Continues to Block Farms From Reporting Emissions Anyway";

"Ancient elements of cool";

"Something Wicked This Way Comes";

"‘Vice signalling’: How new Government was received at climate summit";

"Your most Googled environment questions answered";

"‘Ecology on steroids’: how Australia’s First Nations managed Australia’s ecosystems";

"No climate for cricket: how global warming is putting the heat on NZ’s summer game";

"Zero onshore wind plans submitted in England since de facto ban was ‘lifted’";

"Self-driving cars could be on UK roads by 2026, says transport secretary";

"Queensland weather: state braces for heatwave as thousands face prospect of days without power";

"We can’t control what disasters a new year may bring. Stoicism can help us get up and try again";

"Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how";

"Walgett public pool reopens much to the relief of locals who've spent heatwaves indoors";

"Storm-battered south-east Queensland set to receive more wild weather on New Year's weekend";

"ExxonMobil's "Let's Deliver" Commercials Are Malicious Propaganda";

"Severe heatwave conditions over New Year’s break";

"Electric Cars Are Already Upending America";

"Smartphone maker Xiaomi unveils first EV, aims to rival Tesla and Porsche";

"Volkswagen-backed EV maker rolls out first sodium-ion battery powered electric car";

"Tesla releases software update boosting displayed range of Model S/X vehicles";

"Electric vehicles are hitting a road block: Car dealers";

"Stellantis CEO: Companies losing money on EVs may only have until 2030";

"Floods in Europe: Hungary, Netherlands and Lithuania brace themselves";

"7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change";

"Achieving the Paris Climate Goals in the COVID-19 era";

Climate change has some utterly horrific and devastating side effects and one of the most pressing and obvious right now is wildfires - Carsten Brinkschulte, from Dryad Networks, talks with Will Lockett about how to mitigate wildfires;

"How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis";

"Inland From Bondi Beach, ‘Heat Islands’ Make Australia’s Summer Deadlier";

"Blizzard Conditions Disrupt Travel Across Northern and Central Plains";

"A sinking nation is offered an escape route. But there’s a catch.";

"How a Category 5 atmospheric river supercharged deadly East Coast storm";

"El Niño is nearing historic strength. What this means and when it will end.";

"Bad air forces Pakistan to shut schools and markets and seed the clouds";

"Wild east coast weather: two people killed by falling trees, more than 100,000 Queensland homes without power";

"Nine people dead including nine-year-old girl as severe storms ravage east coast";

"Seven easy climate actions that I learned many people aren’t doing";

"Is climate change speeding up? Here’s what the science says.";

"‘Rights of nature’ are being recognised overseas. In Australia, local leadership gives cause for optimism";

"The colonial cul-de-sac: Land loss, land use and the devastation left behind";

"U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Air Pollution Rule";

"Brazil’s Congress Passes Bill to Pave Highway Through Heart of Amazon Rainforest";

"Americans Abandoning Neighborhoods Due to Rising Flood Risk, Study Finds";

"Grass or Grain? What Cows Are Fed Could Determine Farms’ Carbon Footprints";

"Animals Take Refuge in Forests and Avoid Human-Dominated Areas in Hotter Regions, Study Finds";

"Euroviews: We can't save the world with electric cars";

"‘Take It Down and They’ll Return’: The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River";

"A Community-Driven Path to Replenishing Groundwater in a Parched Region";

"Chart: The US hits new highs for oil and gas production";

"New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to ‘cowards’ of US politics";

"High heat, low ice and fossil fuels: the climate records that tumbled in 2023";

"No more hot air: Australian climate activism and political satire – in pictures";

"Canary Media’s top 10 clean energy stories in 2023":

"Taylor Swift Fan at Brazil Concert Died of Heat Exhaustion";

"Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done";

"WTF Happened to the Methane Monster?";

"UK becomes first G20 nation to halve carbon emissions";

"Beetaloo Madness: protestors, farmers, First Nations unite to fight US gas frackers";

"Italy and Spain experienced some of the world’s most costly climate disasters in 2023";

"The underbelly of electric vehicles";

"Climate change in pictures: 2023 was a year of deadly weather, protest crackdowns and historic deals";

"Nuclear dreams rudely awoken by blast of CSIRO reality";

"From wind-powered islands to urban forests: Positive environmental stories from 2023";

"‘A very tragic Christmas’: 10 people dead after spate of severe storms across eastern Australia".

David Enrich writes for The New York Times and tells us about the book: "Fire Weather" in the story: "In Canada’s Wilds, a Chilling Inferno Was Also an Omen".

And we have a small piece from "Heat: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet" by Jeff Goodell.

With a month to spare, Copernicus called it; "Scientists have confirmed 2023 is the hottest year on record, with a month to spare";

"World-first assessment of carbon footprint of irrigation farm dams";

"The Diesel Transition: Petroleum diesel alternatives for the Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector";

"O Christmas tree: After the holidays, trees help restore wetlands in New Orlean";

"It’s getting easier to rent an EV on your next vacation";

"The 'world's lightest' new e-scooter that can fold down to the size of a sheet of paper";

"Flash flooding, hail and storms in one of Victoria’s wettest Christmas Days";

"Government rejects mandate for households to buy EVs or greener appliances";

"Hybrid vehicle tax hike to add thousands of dollars to price tags";

"Holding the Fire: Episode 12. The End of the World with Dilafruz Khonikboyeva";

"Here’s how extreme Christmas weather can be around the world";

"Flood warnings, more rain ahead as emergency services respond to wild weather callouts across the state";

"Written in the wood";

"Channel Country Protected!";

"Empowering workers and communities to campaign for a sustainable future for aviation";

"The health cost of burning wood to warm homes";

"Scientists brace for possibility of ‘severe’ damage to Great Barrier Reef from ex-Cyclone Jasper";

"British Museum’s BP sponsorship deal ‘astonishingly out of touch’";

"Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to hit record high";

"Revealed: US utility firms offer builders cash and trips to fit new homes with gas appliances";

"Can we have a low carbon food system and a burger and shake too?";

"The dirty dozen: meet America’s top climate villains";

"Should we retire the climate villain narrative?";

"US denies rigging loss and damage fund’s board in rich nations’ favour";

"COP28: Should India and China benefit from a climate damage fund?";

"Supporting food security in climate stricken world requires a geographically diverse palate";

"Climate injustice: Those who emit the least pay the most";

"I hated electric scooters. I was wrong.";

"How a deadly blizzard forced a snow-hardy city to reckon with disaster risks";

"Nearly 6,200 Lahaina wildfire survivors face the holidays with no home";

"Here’s how extreme Christmas weather can be around the world";

"The faith leaders fighting for the climate: ‘we have a moral obligation’";

"Ted O’Brien’s fact-free nuclear cheerleading is cover for the same old climate vandalism";

"A New Novel Confronts the Scale and Gravity of Climate Change";

"From Rishi Sunak’s green policy rollbacks to COP28 controversies";

"Octopuses help solve a long-standing mystery of West Antarctica demise";

"What Extreme Heat Does to Your Body";

"Finally, some good climate news: 5 clean energy milestones we hit in 2023";

"Bushfires destroyed Barbara Maslen’s home 40 years ago. Now floods have taken another";

"Why science says kids should have fewer toys";

"Supreme Court to review EPA’s power to curb downwind pollution";

"Speed bumps under Thwaites Glacier could help slow its flow to the sea";

"Biden moves to ban most old-growth logging in national forests";

"Cities swallowed by dust.";

"Nature Is Profoundly Broken. Do We Love Anyone Beyond Ourselves Enough to Listen?";

"Power giant AGL to build mega battery at former coal station";

"You can’t make a net-zero Australia on a gas cooktop";

"UK sees warmest Christmas Eve in more than 20 years after temperatures hit 15C";

"Flood warnings, more rain ahead as emergency services respond to wild weather callouts across Victoria";

"More storms and rain forecast after wild Christmas Day".