February 18, 2024

Climate News: Is the electric car a fantasy?; Decade of coalition inaction behind Victoria's blackout; Be brave, stay positive, find your tribe

21 minutes

Electric cars have advantages but are still just that, demanding a spacious road network and copious parking areas in our towns and cities.

"Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance?";

"Victoria’s blackout crisis is rooted in a decade of Coalition inaction";

"Be brave, stay positive, find your tribe: three climate activists explain how to get started";

"Five women scientists working to save the world";

"Mike vs the fossil fuel machine: Push for a new legal duty to the environment";

"Climate case explores how law and tikanga intersect";

"Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue";

"Fearsome threesome: how a trio of climate drivers is baking Australia’s west and leaving the east soaked";

"Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace";

"20°C seems the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive – what does this mean in a warming world?"

"As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?";

"Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?";

"Climate chaos: world overheats while Europe faces a new Ice Age";

"Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years";

"In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects";

"Q&A: Everyday Plastics Are Making Us Sick—and Costing Us $250 Billion a Year in Healthcare";

"Take a Cue From Texas: Socialize Energy";

"As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend";

"February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records";

"Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds";

"Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell";

"Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View";

"Power struggle: fears for UK energy generation as green projects delayed";

"Weather tracker: Flash flooding in Oman and record temperatures in Western Australia";

"Problems mount for Sahara gas pipeline, leaving Nigerian taxpayers at risk";

"Switzerland proposes first UN expert group on solar geoengineering";

"Blended finance can perpetuate climate colonialism";

"How your editors deal with climate grief";

"Last month was the world’s warmest January on record";

"Danish photos from the 1930s show what Greenland’s glaciers used to look like";

"The essentials of climate scenario analysis for financial institutions";

"How to prepare for an evacuation";

"‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals";

"California Tried to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. It Didn’t Work.";

"Climate activists dump pink powder on case containing US Constitution";

"What a waste: New York City budget cuts eviscerate community composting groups";

"Explainer: How climate change affects Europe's farmers";

"A traditional automaker just turned a profit on EVs";

"1.7 million deaths in cities linked to air pollution with Delhi ranked worst in world – report";

"Bhavreen Kandhari’s Post";

"Mystery over ‘unexpectedly large’ emissions from Africa’s tropical ecosystems";

"British Gas profits surge tenfold as energy bill rules relaxed";

"Parts of Amazon rainforest could tip toward collapse by 2050, study warns";

"The Age of the Urban Inferno Is Here";

"Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace";

"Porsche EV will lead Bathurst 500 into a greener, faster future";

"How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer";

"Author Spotlight on Joëlle Gergis";

"Oldest platypus found in the wild is ‘beyond all our expectations’, say researchers";

"Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 77,000 still without power in Victoria";

"Postcards from Kamikatsu: Japan's 'zero waste' town";

"National Archives closes after climate change protesters dump red powder on U.S. Constitution".

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By Robert McLean