The then deputy mayor of the City of Greater Shepparton, Cr Seema Abdullah (pictured) used her casting vote in 2020 to see the municipality endorse and embrace a climate emergency.

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"The huge climate problem of cement, steel and chemicals, visualized";

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"One of Europe's most polluted cities wants to ban cars from its centre";

"West Antarctic ice sheet faces ‘unavoidable’ melting, a warning for sea level rise";

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"Rapid ice melt in west Antarctica now inevitable, research shows";

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"The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable";

"Tesla Value Tops $1 Trillion After Hertz Orders 100,000 Cars";

"Antarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists find";

"The Crisis in the Middle East is a Crisis of Growth";

"Suicide rates increased after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin – we have to do better as climate change intensifies";

"Here’s what winter weather the U.S. can expect";

"Migrant workers toil in perilous heat to prepare for Cop28 climate talks in UAE";

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"Fossil-fuel industry embrace raises alarm bells over direct air capture";

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"End of coal-fired power stations to crush decent incomes, report reveals";

"Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says";

"Here’s what happens to workers when coal-fired power plants close. It isn’t good";

"Storm Babet kills at least three people in UK as floods strike northern Europe";

"Alabama Wood Pellet Mill Seeks Millions in Climate Funds, but Critics Say It Won’t Cut CO2";

"Small islands struggle to get help from UN’s flagship climate fund";

"The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem";

"In Florida, Gen Z Activists Step Into the Fight Against Sugarcane Burning";

"How to beat ‘rollout rage’: the environment-versus-climate battle dividing regional Australia";

"Research by Public Health Experts Shows ‘Damning’ Evidence on the Harms of Fracking".