March 08, 2022

Quick Climate Links: Parents call for climate action 'now'!; Longer life batteries; 'Unscientific approach to Great barrier Reef

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Australian Parents for Climate Action want action now! and the group is saying "Support Climate Action. Host a sign!"

A "Startup company works to develop elusive solid-state battery technology" is working to build a better battery.

Dr Erlijn van Genuchten writes about "5 Ways To Make Climate Action Communication More Effective".

The Guardian reports about "‘Unscientific’: Morrison government wanted IPCC to say Great Barrier Reef ‘not yet in crisis’".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Locals take charge of NSW floods helicopter food and rescue efforts amid frustration with ADF";

"Severe weather warning extended to cover much of eastern NSW, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast";

"IPCC Report: The Climate Crisis Requires Solutions That Do It All";

"Nigel Farage slammed after launching Brexit-style campaign for 'referendum on net zero'";

"Stop the proposed Third Runway at Melbourne Airport petition";

"Bet the Farm with Gabrielle Chan and Anika Molesworth" - Chaired by Natasha Mitchell;

"Saving the planet doesn’t come cheap: Cannon-Brookes’ tilt for AGL hits price wall";

"Evacuation warning for thousands in NSW, ahead of dangerous storms";

"‘BS, to be frank’: Barnaby Joyce in heated Sunrise clash";

"Inflation on track for 14-year high as floods and war drive up prices";

"‘Lasting changes’: Oil fears ignite prices for Australian energy giants";

"South-east Queensland flood damage bill revised to cost up to $2.5b but return to surplus remains on track, Treasurer says";

"Who is Mike Cannon-Brookes: The billionaire tech entrepeneur who tried to buy Australia's biggest energy provider AGL";

"Flood fears for parts of NSW, authorities warn";

"Our climate solutions are failing - and Big Oil’s fingerprints are all over them";

"Victoria’s offshore wind plan is biggest thing since Loy Yang. Shame the media missed it";

"Germany to spend $220 billion for industrial transformation by 2026";

"The east coast rain seems endless. Where on Earth is all the water coming from?";

"‘The sad reality is many don’t survive’: how floods affect wildlife, and how you can help them";

"NYC’s First Net Zero Community Brings Housing to Storm-Ravaged Neighborhood";

"NZ’s fair contribution to the climate fight";

"A treaty to tame our ‘Wild West’ oceans";

"Business needs to urgently embrace climate resilience";

"Flood-hit NSW residents face ‘wet and dangerous’ week of weather";

"Two bodies found after car discovered in Western Sydney floodwaters";

"Dugongs, turtles will starve after floods";

"Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows";

"The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe";

"‘We’re not the party of 2018’: State Liberals adopt net-zero target";

"PM says further assistance coming as ‘rain bomb’ set to cost Queensland billions – as it happened";

"’Forget it’: Warning for NSW floods after deluge sparked transport chaos across Sydney";

"Pitt uses Russian invasion to justify another handout for gas drilling in Beetaloo Basin";

"Daintree rainforest residents a step closer to getting power from solar-to-hydrogen microgrid";

"Coalition shortlist for nuclear submarines base were not in Defence’s top five in 2011 review";

"Chefs lead volunteers to feed NSW flood victims in absence of government food relief";

"ADF defends floods response after Lismore residents organise helicopters for supply drops";

"Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows";

"US beef industry emerges from Biden’s climate pledges ‘relatively unscathed’";

"What to Do With Spring’s Wild Joy in a Burning World";

"Understanding the promise and peril of fusion power: Chimera or climate panacea?";

"What if the Mid-Atlantic’s worst nor’easter on record struck today?";

"The First Step Toward Saving the Planet Is Ignoring the Economists";

"Sweltering Cities".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

Listen to an interview with Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory on "Climate Conversations".

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By Robert McLean