It was nearly 115 years ago that Dorothea Mackellar wrote lovingly about Australia from her home, at the time in Great Britain, using a stunning array of metaphors in 'My Country' to give her words life and today, put those words, unintentionally, into the mouths of our climate deniers.

The Mayor Lismore, Steve Krieg (pictured), talked about the troubles facing his city, and the people who live there with Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast - "Lismore mayor: 'You'd almost just wish for a bit more humanity from our Federal Government'".

Climate change and public health were discussed on the 'Health Report' - "Climate does impact your health".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Bendigo Sustainability Festival";

"Climb it for Climate";

"Environmental activists disrupt Bafta red carpet in London";

"Why coal is an each-way bet for a government that both backs and undermines it ahead of federal election";

"Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet.";

"Gastastrophe" - George Monbiot;

"Beyond the floods: How we win climate justice this election";

"CLIMARTE GALLERY";

"Kogi bans charcoal production";

"PM accused of ignoring warnings on floods";

"Your Induction Stove Is the First Step Toward Plugging In the Whole House";

"Nigel Farage’s hard-right faction won Brexit. Now net-zero is in its sights";

"Maps link air pollution and redlining in 200 US cities";

"All-American Oligarchs: The Big Oil CEOs profiting from war in Ukraine";

"Oil Companies Are Making a Fortune From Soaring Prices. Democrats Want to Take Some of It Back.";

"The Far-Right Is Trying to Blame the Climate Crisis on Immigration";

"Green groups say gas crisis makes transition to renewables even more urgent";

"Half of Ukraine's renewables threatened with destruction, industry body says";

"Here are the countries that import the most Russian oil";

"Climate Change Is Killing Her Country. Who Will Decide if It Lives?";

"How to shift building heat to electric? NY activists have lots of ideas";

"Democrats insist they haven’t abandoned climate goals";

"First a hurricane, now wildfire: Climate disasters are colliding in Florida";

"Frustrated With Utilities, Some Californians Are Leaving the Grid";

"NSW flood: farmer watches as half of 300-cow herd swept away in eastern Australia floods – video";

"American Battery Factory plans battery cell gigafactories to support U.S. storage market";

"A 1972 Black political convention offers a road map for fighting climate change";

"Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’?";

"Sun sets on Mexico’s paradise beaches as climate crisis hits home";

"What a researcher learned from monitoring Atlanta’s tree canopy";

"Public, private funds to drive renewable replacement for Latrobe coal";

"‘Lessons have not been learnt’: Royal commission being ignored, experts say";

"‘The government pays out every time’: Experts call for natural disaster insurance scheme";

"Funding boost for ‘single-touch’ environment approval regime";

"‘Humanitarian disaster’: Flood victims call for end to government blame game";

"Over-reliance on volunteers at the peak of the flood emergency in northern NSW must be addressed, locals say";

"Jetties, caravans and fridges displaced by floods float down Hawkesbury River during clean-up";

"Scott Morrison says coal power stations should ‘run as long as they possibly can’";

"Stunning deepwater rose-veiled fairy wrasse confirmed as new species";

"'Appalling' chemical spill in Melbourne's west leaves dead wildlife strewn through waterways";

"Ukraine invasion may lead to worldwide food crisis, warns UN";

"‘It’s bigger than just New England’: mayor during black summer bushfires to run against Barnaby Joyce";

"Microbe's potential for climate change";

"Conservationists buy fishing licence in Great Barrier Reef to create net-free safe haven for dugongs";

"Court reverses climate duty of care ruling";

"Can we raise livestock sustainably? A win-win solution for climate change, deforestation and biodiversity loss";

"Tax cuts? COVID management? On the search for the Morrison government’s legacy (so far)";

"Trees: why they’re our greatest allies against floods – but also tragic victims";

"How New Zealand’s review of ecologically important land could open the door to more mining on conservation land";

"Coalition to allow some projects, including mining, to bypass federal environmental approvals";

"Manipulating the Climate: What Are the Geopolitical Risks?";

"Electric delivery vans set to take off in the US";

"How to get Americans out of cars and onto electric bikes and scooters";

"GM and PG&E to test how EVs can power homes during blackouts";

"Why is California wasting millions on hydrogen fuel pumps?";

"Chart: Outpacing even China, the US takes the lead in grid battery investment";

"How to support fact-based journalism on climate solutions";

"Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia";

"The Big Switch: Australia's Electric Future".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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