Tropical Cyclone Alfred is roaming about near the coast of Australia's south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales: "Northern NSW residents urged to prepare for first tropical cyclone since 1990";

"The coastal Victorian city with ambitious plans but a big sea-rise problem";

"Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts.";

"Amazon loses fight to exempt data center from energy regulation";

"More Growth, More Problems: System Change Not Climate Change";

"Slow-moving and erratic: Why cyclones like Alfred are so hard to predict";

"Secure the boat, pile sandbags and hunker down: Queensland’s Bribie Island braces for Cyclone Alfred";

"Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south";

"How to prepare for a cyclone, according to an expert";

"Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound";

"Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items";

"Anti-Trans Disinfo Creeping on Climate Justice Spaces (Part 2 of 2)";

"Over 90% of countries fail to submit new NDCs by deadline";

"German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe";

"Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution";

"EPA Under Trump Besieged by Mass Terminations, Axed Programs, Funding Cuts";

"Wildfires in the Carolinas prompt a state of emergency, evacuations";

"Labor backs household batteries in bid to win over voters on cost-of-living and climate worries";

"‘This is unusual’: Northern NSW braces for first tropical cyclone in decades";

"Mine copper without destroying the planet? London-based project gives scientists hope";

"Submarine cables keep the world connected. They can also help us study climate change";

"'Real threat': Queensland residents warned to prepare for category 2 Cyclone Alfred";

"Premier claims WA a ‘renewable energy powerhouse’ but leaked document shows wind and solar projects have ‘stalled’";

"Four million Queenslanders warned they could be in ‘firing line’ when cyclone heads towards coast";

"New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets";

"Weathering the Storm: Maryland’s Chief Resilience Officer Reflects on Year One as Climate Threats Increase";

"These buildings use batteries made of ice to stay cool and save money";

"Cop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enough";

"Column: Time for California to get serious about cheaper, cleaner energy";

"Nuclear reactors could become targets of war, defence experts warn";

"New ‘heat map’ tool predicts which Australian cities are at risk from extreme heat";

"A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan. What Are the Potential Health Impacts?";

"Seeking sanctuary from a deranged world? Bring on the footy";

"Heatwaves, fires, torrential rain, fish kills: Australia’s summer of climate extremes";

"Weathering the Storm: Maryland’s Chief Resilience Officer Reflects on Year One as Climate Threats Increase";

"Back to basics – and familiar faces – as Greens eye balance of power";

"‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency NOAA";

"The Troubled Energy Transition";

"Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #4: Assume climate change

Anthony Stott (pictured) was the guest speaker at the Geelong Climate Cafe on Friday, February 28.

He has worked in several fields such as teaching, youth work, and training unemployed people. He was a Lifeline counsellor for 5 years and has been in private practice since 2008.

With a gentle smile, Anthony took those at the Climate Cafe on a metaphorical journey from humanity's beginnings to where we are now - a planet in crisis.

Coping with climate distress has been a passion of Anthony for many years, something he has written about in his book, “The End of Hitchhiker Inc?? How Failure to Manage Population and Consumption has Led to Climate Emergency and What We Can Do”.

At Crookes Counselling and Consulting Services, Anthony runs an innovative client-centred climate distress program for individuals and groups.

Violet Coco is an active activist, she is bold and courageous in alerting others to the dilemmas of climate change.

Violet shared the stage with the research director from The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough), David Spratt at an event associated with the Melbourne-based National Sustainability Festival, “The PM’s Climate Speech we’ve been waiting for”

David mentioned the book, "⁠The Deluge⁠" by Stephen Markley, which he praised.

He also discussed the website "Thinking the Unthinkable" and urged people to visit.

Violet is associated with "Extinction Rebellion" and "Fireproof Australia".

The event revolved around The PM's Climate Speech we've been waiting for, something the work of Mark Carter who is known to many through his work with 'Flight Free Australia".

How close-knit community is better than rugged individualism - "Surviving the Climate Apocalypse (With a Little Help From My Friends)";

"America Loses Its Soul When It Rejects People Fleeing Danger";

"Climate change is coming for coastlines, from ancient cities to modern California: Study";

"Why the U.S. has been home to Earth’s most unusually cold air this year";

"How heatwaves can wreak havoc on your mental health";

"Farmers, investors, miners and parents: how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences";

"How to inoculate yourself (and others) against viral misinformation";

"The end of Germany’s climate crusade";

"Populist AfD “sand in the gears” of German climate efforts";

"Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report";

"Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species".

The Liberal-National Party's fanciful idea of nuclear power for Australia will deliver the 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge - "‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb’: 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition";

"Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb’ that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis shows";

"World urged to stay the course on climate action as Trump turns away";

"The future of clean energy storage could lie in Australian coal towns";

"When the World is On Fire and Anxiety, Contempt, and Climate Distress Join Your Meeting";

"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";

"Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects";

"From grasslands to ‘moonscape’: Dismay, anger over illegal clearing in Melbourne’s west";

"Climate misinformation and disinformation is rife. Could you spot fake content online?";

"A powerful force is stopping the Indian Ocean from cooling itself – spelling more danger for Ningaloo";

"The promise of green iron, steel and ammonia is keeping the green hydrogen dream alive";

"California Unveils Bill to Force Polluters to Pay for Climate-Driven Disasters";

"More EVs Migrate to Tesla’s Chargers, With Some Bumps";

"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters".

Simon Holmes à Court will be in conversation with Rick Brazalle (pictured) at a Lighter Footprints event at Melbourne's Malvern Town Hall on Wednesday, March 5, discussing "Powering 2025: Driving Australia’s Energy Transition".

"What Would Real Energy Independence Look Like?";

"This wind farm is retiring, so what happens to its tonnes of steel?";

"Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it";

"A Simple Farming Trick That Could Remove CO₂ from the Atmosphere";

"Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals";

"How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report";

"Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?";

"Net zero emissions by 2050 is great for the fossil fuel industry";

"Water Access in North Gaza, Rafah Down to 7 Percent of Pre-Genocide Levels";

"An Economist’s Dire Forecast About Just How Much Climate Change Will Impact GDP";

"Trump Wants the Federal Government’s Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations";

"Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires";

"Lethal Greed: How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick";

"A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn";

"Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate";

"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";

"Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal’s aquifers";

"States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump reversal";

"Climate change education can survive four more years of climate change denial";

"Kore Power has a new plan after canceling $1.2B battery plant in Arizona";

"Local Governments Can Achieve Texas-Sized Impacts from Distributed Energy Assets and Virtual Power Plants";

"Broken Levers" - George Monbiot;

"The climate crisis is a cost-of-living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it";

"Activist asks Supreme Court to keep climate case alive";

"Tim Winton: Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous";

"‘Serious concerns’: national assessment reveals rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted";

"Why the death knell of a brutal 200km Dutch ice race signals trouble for Australia";

"Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over";

"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants";

"The New Plutocracy";

"Energy and Wildlife Conservation: A Two-Pronged Approach";

"New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West";

"Trump’s Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff";

"Gradually, Then Suddenly";

"Whale poop may have been a key fertilizer for oceans".

Alex Pearce (pictured) was just in Grade Six when he quizzed former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, about how he would combat climate change and care for the environment.

Now as the Fremantle Football Club captain and proud Palawa man, Alex still has the same concerns - "Athletes turn up the heat on politicians over climate change";

"The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town ...";

"Santos urges next PM to back Narrabri amid gas shortage fears";

"Government's 'wilful bastardry' dooming young people, former bureaucrat says";

"‘Like an underwater bushfire:’ Shocking images as heatwave bleaches Ningaloo";

"Beyond Trump: The new frontlines for climate action";

"Trump’s wind power restrictions put blue states’ climate goals out of reach";

"How to protect more Australian homes from the growing risks of floods, fires and other climate disasters";

"SEC rule suspension is early gift for Trump’s oil and gas supporters";

"A global coffee price spike is about to drip into your mug";

"How optimism can keep you healthy during stressful times";

"How We Distribute Power Will Influence Our Future";

"Protecting the Climate (documentary film review)";

"Study paints a future picture of climate-resilient UK crops: chickpeas, oranges, and even okra";

"Large-scale recycling of modern textiles is now in sight";

"Greens Bracing For The Worst With President Trump, Take 2";

"Rural Ohioans oppose solar farms, right? Not so, developer finds";

"As California EV sales stall, what happens to its landmark mandate?";

"Making Oil Companies Pay";

"Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled";

"Yes, Australia needs new homes – but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world";

"How a few inches of rain turned ‘catastrophic’ in Kentucky and West Virginia";

"Has the BYD Shark 6 already been dethroned? Ahead of April arrival, GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV claims better towing and off-road numbers";

"South Africa Is a Warning";

"How the Oil Industry Turned Climate Change into a Partisan Issue";

"Global warming could be making Europe less windy: What does this mean for renewable energy?";

"Has your morning coffee got more expensive? Climate change could be to blame";

"Brazil’s Lula defends oil exploration in the Amazon as a way to finance green energy";

"Can We Put a Price on Climate Damages?";

"'Inside I was screaming': The unexplored trauma of sudden and extreme weather";

"Fighting Floods with Florals: Planting Wildflowers to Stop Climate Change";

"Climate change will impact everything everywhere all at once";

"Praise Song for a False Spring";

"Peter Dutton sidesteps questions on state-funded nuclear disaster insurance plan";

"Improve the Soil, Improve the Earth";

"More than half of Australia’s homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them";

"Fish and chips shouldn’t come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates";

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Stories about climate change are not yet "the news of the day" but they soon will be, it just needs news editors and reporters, and there are some, to demonstrate courage and commitment to tell their audiences what is really happening, who is responsible and what people can do about this dilemma.

"New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached";

"March of the EVs: Cheap Chinese cars to flood Australian roads";

"Torrential rains bring landslides, destruction to fire-scarred Southern California";

"How your suburb’s lack of trees could be affecting your health";

"Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan";

"Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program";

"Who Will Feed the World?";

"Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber";

"Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds";

"A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’?";

"After this Australian town burned down, experts warned against rebuilding. Nobody listened";

"SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes";

"Extreme Heat Awareness Day";

"Revealed: ‘extremely concerning’ industry influence over UN aviation body";

"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";

"Price hikes and shortages flagged after banana crops ‘cop a flogging’ in north Queensland floods";

"How Did We Get Here? I Simply Drove Mindlessly Forward";

"Trump Nominates Oiliest Fossil Fuel Lobbyist to Run the Bureau of Land Management";

"Want to make sure you don’t swelter in your next home? Check these 12 features before you rent or buy";

"‘A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid";

"Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance";

"New German Government Report Highlights Growing Climate Security Risks";

"Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands";

"NT strips funding from green groups, boosts fossil fuels, in foretaste of Dutton administration";

"China’s coal power habit undercuts ‘unprecedented pace’ of clean energy";

"Ukraine war raised flight emissions by 1% as planes rerouted, study says";

"Climate Change Imperils Pensions. Here’s How Some Investment Managers Protect Them.";

"Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense";

"Rio Tinto says wind and solar make economic sense, but LNP stands in way of its plans to save smelters";

"A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump";

"The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux";

"DOGE’s Illegal Takeover Pulls From Fascist Playbooks";

"Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly";

"A Free-Transit Prescription for Healthier Communities";

"In deep water: Ocean literacy among young people is worryingly low, new survey finds";

"Confused about climate? The essential terms you need to know";

"New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration";

"Later is too late to act on climate change.";

"Renewables shift is ‘unstoppable’ despite US exit from Paris Agreement, says UN climate chief";

"2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, passing a dangerous warming threshold".

About 60 people gathered in Shepparton, northern Victoria, just recently as part of a nationwide protest about the Queensland State Government's blindness to the science illustrating why it should stand behind the health and wellbeing of trans kids.

In just eight days, four people, Ren Slade, Georgina Poort, Jacq Kiss and Nicole Wells, went from little more than an idea to the reality of a rally of about 60 people.

Among the speakers were the parent of a trans person and a founding member of "Transcend Australia", Jo Foster; a trans young person and music performer, Sammi Louise, AKA Lou Baby; and a City of Greater Shepparton councillor, Cr Sam Spinks.

The master of ceremonies for the event was Ren Slade, a member of "AusPATH", and Ren encouraged people to support "Project 491".

She thanked Elizabeth Capp, the head of campus at Shepparton's "La Trobe University" for allowing the group to use the breezeway facing Shepparton's North St for the gathering.

Also, she thanked "Goulburn Valley Pride" for its logistical support and Brad from "Corton Audio".

The Research Director of the Melbourne-based National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough), David Spratt, has written the stunning and timely report: "Collision Course: 3-degrees of warming & humanity's future".

David has said: "We’re on track for a 3°C hotter world—unprecedented heat, rising seas drowning cities, food system collapse, and societal instability. This future is fast approaching, with catastrophic risks beyond anything humanity has faced".

Former Chair of the Australian Coal Association, Ian Dunlop, has said: "There is a chasm in outlook between the global climate policy-making elite with their focus on distant goals and slow, non-disruptive change, and activists and key researchers who see the world hurtling towards climate breakdown and social collapse.

The report is essential reading.

Here is a video recording of the event.