March 21, 2022

Quick Climate Links: Georgia Steele is unhappy about the 'climate vandals' running Australia and so seeks a role in Hughes as an independent

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Georgia Steele (pictured) is unhappy about the 'climate vandals' running Australia and so has decided to contest the Seat of Hughes as an independent in the forthcoming Federal Election.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is about to have its health assessed by a delegation from the United Nations and you can hear an advisor to the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Imogen Zethoven, talking about this critical event with RN Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, at "UN delegation to assess health of Great Barrier Reef amid bleaching".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Political fight develops over delayed aid for flood-hit towns";

"Why Is the World Ignoring the Latest U.N. Climate Report?".

"Is Australia really beating other countries at cutting emissions?";

"‘Streets were flowing’: Broken Hill reeling after record rainfall and deadly flash flooding";

"As his ‘fauxgan’ act wears thin, desperation is driving Scott Morrison deeper into the dress-up box";

"Repowering Australian manufacturing through renewable energy industrial precincts";

"Australia Security Leaders Climate Group on Mad As Hell";

"Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm?";

"School Strike for Climate - March 25 Strike & Election Actions!";

"How we discovered that sea turtles in Seychelles have recovered from the brink";

"Barnaby Joyce tags $500m for Queensland dam despite lack of environmental approvals";

"The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEx)";

"Connection to Sea Country: Cultural fisheries program launched for Tasmania's Aboriginal people";

"Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says"';

"‘Obsessed by coal’: former Queensland LNP minister hits out at Morrison government";

"Black Summer bushfire smoke altered ozone-depleting chemicals in atmosphere, study finds";

"Two years after devastating bushfires donated funds remain unspent";

"Motor homes for flood-affected Lismore residents empty while more temporary housing yet to arrive";

"To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable";

"‘May you always taste the sweetest fruit’: uncovering the history and hidden delights of your neighbourhood";

"The audacity of oil";

"H.G. Wells, the Rational Escapist";

"Grief, like death, is still taboo for many of us. But is that starting to change?";

"Europe taps Australia’s coal miners to replace Russian supplies";

"When will EV trucks be ready for large-scale adoption? It’s complicated";

"Solar canopies over Indiana airport parking lot provide shade and power";

"Green groups worried new ‘unchecked powers’ will lead to more logging";

"Government offers $150 million in flood funding, signals more to come";

"Implementation of Ogoni clean-up: Govt seeks effective stakeholder cooperation";

"Environmental policies are taking a back seat in the SA election. Should voters be worried?";

"How lightning killed nine Queensland cattle in one strike – and what it has to do with climate change";

"Urannah Dam funding would direct $500m to company run by LNP-linked figures";

"Most of Australia’s threatened species not monitored by government, audit finds";

"Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching";

"More trees and EVs won’t hack it";

"Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals";

"Biden to Withdraw Nomination for Fed’s Top Bank Cop";

"Citing a Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports";

"Nations Should Conserve Fuel as Global Energy Crisis Looms, Agency Warns";

"How the War in Ukraine Could Slow the Sales of Electric Cars";

"Europe moves forward with carbon border taxes";

"Beavers return to London more than 400 years after they were hunted to extinction";

"The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless As

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By Robert McLean