Climate Conversations

Climate News: Bill McKibben of the catastrophe that is Donald Trump; The Guardian reports on our record breaking summer


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Bill McKibben (pictured) writes in The Guardian about the danger of Donald Trump winning the U.S. Presidential election - "Donald Trump gets everything wrong about the climate crisis";

"Hottest summer on record could lead to warmest year ever measured";

"Households, EVs to the rescue as Australia’s emissions cuts stagnate";

"‘Make good on what they promised’: Greens ultimatum on Labor’s signature policy";

"Fossil Fuel Funding Is ‘Embedded’ Across Academia. What Does That Mean for Climate Research?";

"How Oil And Gas Companies Infiltrate Higher Education to Maintain Influence";

"Fossil Fuel Lobbyists and Major Polluters to Sponsor Labour Conference Events";

"Big Oil Sold Stuff They Knew Was Dangerous. There’s a Law for That.";

"The Deteriorating Environment Is a Public Concern, but Americans Misunderstand Their Contribution to the Problem";

"Environment: Earth system tipping points threaten our stable environment";

"Urgent review of Woodside billion-dollar WA gas project needed to protect threatened snake, government advisers say";

"Here’s what the hottest summer on Earth looked like";

"African Nations Are Losing up to 5% of Annual GDP Due to Climate Change, WMO Finds";

"As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?";

"South Australia is aiming for 100% renewable energy by 2027. It’s already internationally ‘remarkable’";

"The enduring and elemental importance of natural history";

"The Killer Climate Disaster That Has No Name";

"Winter heatwaves in the southern hemisphere";

"Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero. Here’s how it will guide us";

"Conservative governments protect more land while socialists and nationalists threaten more species";

"Ford Pulls Back Its Electric Vehicle Push";

"Mercedes-Benz delays electrification goal, beefs up combustion engine line-up";

"Why nuclear-powered commercial ships are a bad idea";

"BMW to start selling hydrogen cars from 2028";

"The vanishing mangroves of El Salvador: ‘All our efforts may only slow the destruction’";

"Australia may delay release of 2035 climate target as world awaits outcome of US election";

"Hope for North America’s Most Endangered Bird".

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