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Melbourne sets up its cool spaces - "Pop-up to cool down the vulnerable in Melbourne’s deadly heat";

"Climate Betrayal: how backroom deals with Japan locked Australia in for decades of gas";

"From 100% dirty diesel to nearly 70% solar powered, and climbing, Lord Howe goes electric without wind";

"How many birds do wind farms kill?":

"Amazon inks clean power deal with Scottish windfarm";

"Climate concerns prompt policy shifts among UK travel managers";

"Hot burst to send temperatures soaring in Melbourne, Sydney";

"To avoid the worst of climate change we have to change how we travel";

"Australia’s soils are notoriously poor. Here’s how scientists are working to improve them";

"Tuvalu’s Sinking Reality: How Climate Change Is Threatening the Small Island Nation";

"Cook jumps to defence of green lawyers as Dutton vows to end funding";

"Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped

billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse?";

"Does discussing geoengineering derail climate action? New study puts it to the test.";

"In carbon terms, grass-feed beef is not the greenest choice";

"The Climate Parables - reporting from the future";

"Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100";

"Climate concerns prompt policy shifts among UK travel managers";

"‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show";

"Smartphone app can help you track your climate actions";

"Denial or Action – Nothing in Between";

"Woodside’s Scarborough pipeline broken in dangerous offshore incident";

"Is clean hydrogen a climate solution? Depends how it’s made — and used";

"Already stretched hospitals take on more ambulance call-outs in heatwaves, new Griffith University research finds";

"Climate in the spotlight at WEF";

"What it will take to make clean energy affordable — for everyone";

"Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you";

"Biden publishes watered-down gas stove efficiency rule";

"See the moment climate activists throw soup at the ‘Mona Lisa’ in Paris";

"Climate is on the Ballot Around the World";

"Rare swallowtail butterfly suffers worst summer since records began";

"American imagination needs an adrenaline shot. Here’s how I’ll deliver it.";

"When Language Fails Us and the Moment";

"High schoolers build solar car that can go 70 miles an hour";

"Climate scientist Mark Maslin: ‘We have all the technology we need to move to a cleaner, renewable world’";

"Other countries believe UK is ‘slowing its climate ambitions’, CCC warns";

"Parking apps are sweeping Australia’s cities. Here’s what you may not know about them";

"Renewable projects are getting built faster – but there’s even more need for speed";

"Global clean energy investment ‘not nearly sufficient’ to be on track for net zero by 2050";

"How Best to Educate People About Climate Change?";

"The emotional appeal of the populist right";

"High precipitation worsened by human-induced climate change";

"15 million Americans under flood watch as rain drenches Northeast";

"Evacuations underway in northeast Illinois after ice jam break on river causes significant flooding";

"Allowing duck hunting to continue in Victoria is shameful and part of a disturbing trend";

"Energy Agency Sees Peaks in Global Oil, Coal and Gas Demand by 2030";

"The United States is producing more oil than any country in history";

"Critical Bristol Bay habitat permanently protected";

"How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan";

"Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company";

"The 3D-Printed Affordable Housing of the Future Will Be Recyclable";

"Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds";

"EU will force cosmetic companies to pay to reduce microplastic pollution";

"The 100-Year Extinction Panic Is Back, Right on Schedu

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