Climate Conversations

Climate News: MP Kate Chaney points out how easy it is to promote disinformation as opposed to facts and hope; Like minds feel the anger, angst, despair about the climate crisis and yet feel hope


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MP Kate Chaney (pictured) appears on the ABC's Q&A and then on a Climate 200 webinar, where she champions a year of the independents in the Australian Federal Parliament.

"Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke";

"Summer fires a risk for domestic tourism, but they have not stopped travellers to Europe";

"This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been ‘Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows";

"Biden Administration Announces $120 Million for Tribes Dealing with the Impacts of Climate Change";

"Greta Thunberg Fined After Blocking Port Traffic";

"Hemp Lime Building Systems";

"Maybe Wooden Skyscrapers Aren’t As Climate-Friendly As We Think";

"The carbon costs of global wood harvests";

"‘Greenhushing’ is the hot new trend in corporate climate shenanigans";

"PM says government determined to get ahead of fire emergencies but can't 'defy science'";

"John Kerry steps into searing China heat as world’s two biggest polluters try to fix fractured ties";

"Victorian caravan parks being rebuilt to withstand increased flood risk";

"Tourists have acted as if the climate crisis isn't happening. This year will force change";

"The Government Is Basically Burning Trash to Pad Its Climate Stats";

"This week will be the summer’s hottest so far over the Lower 48";

"Keen to get off gas in your home, but struggling to make the switch? Research shows you’re not alone";

"Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?";

"The race to save baby birds in Phoenix’s record heat":

"Signature Biden Program Won’t Fix Racial Gap in Air Quality, Study Suggests";

"A Catastrophic Flood on California’s Central Coast Has Plunged Already Marginalized Indigenous Farmworkers Into Crisis";

"Heat waves in U.S., Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, study finds";

"Rio Tinto bets on bigger role for metal recycling in green power shift";

"Electric cars expected to outsell diesel ones in the UK next year";

"COP26: Countries promise coal phase-out and end to fossil fuel finance";

"Why aren’t Texans paid to help prevent blackouts during heat waves?";

"Scientists investigate the climate impact of airborne dust";

"Rising Heat Deaths Are Not Just About the Temperature";

"Conservation groups are abandoning direct action";

"To Feel Less Heat, We Need More Trees in Our Cities";

"The US Will Never Be A Climate Leader: Here’s Why";

"Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests";

"Once in 7.5 million year event in Antarctica could have 'major impact' on global weather";

"EVs will bring ‘unprecedented’ power demand, but their flexibility can improve grid reliability, utilities say";

"Fires blaze on island of Rhodes as dozens more start across Greece";

"Seafood Is Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds"';

"Backlash to climate policies is growing";

"New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report says";

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