Climate Conversations

Help! Sinking under opportunities; Dutton's nuclear proposal reignites climate wars


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A climate blog set up probably a decade ago was rather difficult as it was challenging to find relevant news stories, until shifting to podcasting about three years ago and now stories about climate change are everywhere - the landscape has changed dramatically.

Choosing what's relevant is now the challenge, deciding what to leave out, rather than put in is the dilemma.

In line with that, is the challenge of covering what's happening, so doing that with the hope of providing a reasonable and decent coverage of local and international events means I need help.

I need someone prepared to make contact with potential interviewees, conduct the interview, assemble the relevant episode and submit it for publication.

I'm unsure how that would work, but contact me, Robert McLean, and we can talk.

The Leader of the Opposition in Australia, Peter Dutton, has re-ignited the climate wars with the nuclear proposition, and that has been fact-checked.

"Dutton's Nuclear Announcement: An Exercise in Fact-Checking";

"Simon Kerr is at the heart of 'Music for a Warming World' and discusses the new book 'Living Hot' by Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld";

"On Climate Emotion: Interview with Sarah Jacquette Ray";

"Death blow or skyrocket: The Economy and climate under Trump";

"The biggest tool we have to fight climate anxiety is community";

"Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl as Category 3 storm approaches";

"Caribbean islands assessing damage after Hurricane Beryl makes landfall";

"Fulani herders struggle as water stress forces longer journeys in the Sahel";

"Can it be too hot for a plane to fly? How the Phoenix airport is handling record heat";

"How bad will hurricanes get? Scientists look for answers in mud";

"Talking Shop: When Debunking Climate Disinformation Gets Labeled “Censorship”:

"How to decarbonise the world’s cement";

"Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse.";

"Part 1 of an exploration of the current state of the climate crisis";

"How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero";

"Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar";

"Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ may blow out by 40% under the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan – and that’s the best-case scenario";

"Devastating coral bleaching will be more common, start earlier and last longer unless we cut emissions";

"To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?";

"EVs Have No Tailpipe Pollution, but There Are Still Problems When the Rubber Meets the Road";

"An Everglades Scientist on Trial in Ron DeSantis’s Kingdom";

"What the Supreme Court Chevron decision means for environmental rules";

"How To Survive a Heat Wave on a Fixed Income";

"How water could be the future of fuel";

"It may be hotter than your weather app says";

"Gaps in reporting of nitrogen fertiliser use on farms leave an incomplete picture of impacts on water quality";

"Plastic Free July is a waste of time if the onus is only on consumers";

"Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns";

"Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather. Why are fatalities so hard to track?";

"Federal court blocks Biden’s pause on approving gas export projects".

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