Climate Conversations

Climate News: Cleaning out some files, sharing more climate news; Call for civil disobedience; Struggling to process the climate change doom; New book questions economic growth


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"Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes ‘degrowth communism’ as the solution";

"The role of carbon dioxide removal in climate action";

"ClimateCast with Tom Heap";

"Assessing the Viability of Using Autorickshaws for Urban Freight Delivery in India";

"Compostable turbine blades made from mushroom roots could solve waste problem";

"‘Farming good, factory bad’, we think. When it comes to the global food crisis, it isn’t so simple";

"Scientists Again Call for Civil Disobedience To Spur Climate Action, Saying ‘Time is Short’";

"This World Environment Day join us in the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution";

"More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court";

"Drier, warmer winter seen for parts of Australia as El Nino threat grows";

"Ten environmental books to inspire your kids";

"Global temperatures likely to rise beyond 1.5C limit within next five years";

"‘Don’t F&*! The Planet’: Atlassian issues net zero guide for companies cutting climate impact";

"Melbourne community group looking for home after winning funds for inner city battery";

"Victoria falls in line on dynamic rooftop solar exports, to make homes ready for electrification";

"Paying people a guaranteed income could protect biodiversity. For a very high price";

"Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study";

"A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean’s Surface";

"U.S. Military Sees Growing Threat in Thawing Permafrost";

"German police conduct raids to investigate climate activists";

"Australia’s ‘first carbon-neutral telco’: do Telstra’s environmental claims about Belong stack up?";

"‘Damning’ govt report lays out freshwater failures";

"Turning off the gas and switching to induction: What you need to know";

"James Hansen Warns of a Short-Term Climate Shock Bringing 2 Degrees of Warming by 2050";

"Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought, Even as Drilling and Oil Production Fell";

"Not Winging It: Birders Hope Hard Data Will Help Save the Species They Love—and the Ecosystems Birds Depend On";

"A Fifth of the World Could Live With Dangerous Heat by 2100, New Study Warns";

"What’s ‘Climate Colonialism?’ Typhoon Mawar’s Carnage in Guam Offers Insight";

"Preserving the Cowboy Way of Life";

"Hoboken Lodges First State-Level Racketeering Charge in Big Oil Climate Lawsuit";

"America’s ‘Neoliberal’ Consensus Might Finally Be Dead";

"Crude justice: the Nigerians taking Shell to court";

"Plagued by Daily Blackouts, Puerto Ricans Are Calling for an Energy Revolution. Will the Biden Administration Listen?";

"Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming";

"Naomi Oreskes, David Gelles and The Myth of Free Markets";

"Strange, unpredictable, and energizing: Dark comedy as climate solution";

"Three little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse";

"Cautious Optimism on the Energy Transition";

"Woodside and other polluters littering our oceans";

"Austrade forum to promote links with oil giant Saudi Aramco condemned by activists".

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Climate ConversationsBy Robert McLean


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