Climate Conversations

Climate News: Stories about the climate crisis abound and efforts to stray abreast of this unfolding dilemma border on impotent


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Stories about climate change are not yet "the news of the day" but they soon will be, it just needs news editors and reporters, and there are some, to demonstrate courage and commitment to tell their audiences what is really happening, who is responsible and what people can do about this dilemma.

"New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached";

"March of the EVs: Cheap Chinese cars to flood Australian roads";

"Torrential rains bring landslides, destruction to fire-scarred Southern California";

"How your suburb’s lack of trees could be affecting your health";

"Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan";

"Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program";

"Who Will Feed the World?";

"Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber";

"Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds";

"A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’?";

"After this Australian town burned down, experts warned against rebuilding. Nobody listened";

"SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes";

"Extreme Heat Awareness Day";

"Revealed: ‘extremely concerning’ industry influence over UN aviation body";

"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";

"Price hikes and shortages flagged after banana crops ‘cop a flogging’ in north Queensland floods";

"How Did We Get Here? I Simply Drove Mindlessly Forward";

"Trump Nominates Oiliest Fossil Fuel Lobbyist to Run the Bureau of Land Management";

"Want to make sure you don’t swelter in your next home? Check these 12 features before you rent or buy";

"A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid";

"Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance";

"New German Government Report Highlights Growing Climate Security Risks";

"Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands";

"NT strips funding from green groups, boosts fossil fuels, in foretaste of Dutton administration";

"China’s coal power habit undercuts ‘unprecedented pace’ of clean energy";

"Ukraine war raised flight emissions by 1% as planes rerouted, study says";

"Climate Change Imperils Pensions. Here’s How Some Investment Managers Protect Them.";

"Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense";

"Rio Tinto says wind and solar make economic sense, but LNP stands in way of its plans to save smelters";

"A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump";

"The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux";

"DOGE’s Illegal Takeover Pulls From Fascist Playbooks";

"Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly";

"A Free-Transit Prescription for Healthier Communities";

"In deep water: Ocean literacy among young people is worryingly low, new survey finds";

"Confused about climate? The essential terms you need to know";

"New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration";

"Later is too late to act on climate change.";

"Renewables shift is ‘unstoppable’ despite US exit from Paris Agreement, says UN climate chief";

"2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, passing a dangerous warming threshold".

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Climate ConversationsBy Robert McLean


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