Victoria's Energy and Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio appeared at a Friends of the Earth (Melbourne) event last night (Thursday, March 10) to talk about the Victorian Government's plans to develop major offshore wind farms.

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"The Taming of the Slough: Humanity’s History of Trying to Control Water"

"IBC Solar Energy signs two solar parks in Hungary";

"Shell withdraws from 'all Russia hydrocarbons'";

"Smoke from nuclear war would devastate ozone layer, alter climate";

"Communities of Color See Spike in Flood-Related Illness After Hurricanes";

"The GLO discriminated against minorities in Houston and Harris County when denying federal flood relief, HUD says";

"Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire";

"As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds, right-wing media is pinning the blame on Greta Thunberg and climate activists";

"The behind-the-scenes plan to protect natural gas stoves and furnaces in Colorado";

"Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters";

"Colorado steel mill goes solar";

"Advancing solutions to climate change, the energy transition and disasters";

"China’s 2060 Climate Change Gambit";

"The Real Brake on America’s Electric-Vehicle Revolution";

"Nuclear, coal, LNG: 'no taboos' in Germany's energy about-face";

"Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Scrambles Biden’s Green Agenda";

"History repeating: Morrison too slow on a natural disaster";

"Tory peer attended Cop26 summit for Russia, UN list shows";

"Sustainability: The Business Imperative for a Brighter Future";

"‘This is a fossil fuel war’: Ukraine’s top climate scientist speaks out";

"What are conservative commentators saying about the floods and climate?";

"Parts of Australia suffer drought and low rainfall as La Niña and climate change create weather extremes";

"New health alarm for battered NSW flood regions";

"Afforestation: Communities urged to cooperate, take ownership of projects";

"‘Don’t put lipstick on it’: UN to inspect Great Barrier Reef ahead of critical status decision";

"Flood-affected Australians call for action on climate change";

"RBA heir apparent Guy Debelle unexpectedly quits to join Forrest’s green hydrogen play";

"‘Chilling effect’: Universities criticise minister’s research veto powers";

"‘They will never forget, never forgive’: Flood backlash tipped at polls";

"In Lismore, it’s getting harder to tolerate climate inaction – and Morrison’s cowardly silence spoke volumes";

"Why Do We Still Subsidize Fossil Fuels?";

"Putin’s Megaphone" - George Monbiot;

"170M Americans lost 824M IQ points from leaded gas exhaust";

"Ukraine is a climate story. Because everything is a climate story":

"Conservationists claim that their aim to place thirty per cent of the planet in protected areas by 2030 is supported by science. It isn’t. What the science does and doesn’t say about 30×30";

"How Air Pollution Across America Reflects Racist Policy From the 1930s";

"Is super-polluting Pentagon’s climate plan just ‘military-grade greenwash’?"

"Six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds";

"Six promises you can make to help reduce carbon emissions";

"Opposition’s climate confusion a lesson in policy fumble";

"State opposition owes voters a clear climate agenda".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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