• Climate News: Stories about the climate crisis abound and efforts to stray abreast of this unfolding dilemma border on impotent
    Feb 15 2025
    Stories about climate change are not yet "the news of the day" but they soon will be, it just needs news editors and reporters, and there are some, to demonstrate courage and commitment to tell their audiences what is really happening, who is responsible and what people can do about this dilemma."New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached";"March of the EVs: Cheap Chinese cars to flood Australian roads";"Torrential rains bring landslides, destruction to fire-scarred Southern California";"How your suburb’s lack of trees could be affecting your health";"Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan";"Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program";"Who Will Feed the World?";"Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber";"Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds";"A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’?";"After this Australian town burned down, experts warned against rebuilding. Nobody listened";"SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes";"Extreme Heat Awareness Day";"Revealed: ‘extremely concerning’ industry influence over UN aviation body";"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";"
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    41 mins
  • Event: Ignorance of the science worsens the climate crisis and that same blindness hurts trans kids
    Feb 15 2025

    About 60 people gathered in Shepparton, northern Victoria, just recently as part of a nationwide protest about the Queensland State Government's blindness to the science illustrating why it should stand behind the health and wellbeing of trans kids.

    In just eight days, four people, Ren Slade, Georgina Poort, Jacq Kiss and Nicole Wells, went from little more than an idea to the reality of a rally of about 60 people.

    Among the speakers were the parent of a trans person and a founding member of "Transcend Australia", Jo Foster; a trans young person and music performer, Sammi Louise, AKA Lou Baby; and a City of Greater Shepparton councillor, Cr Sam Spinks.

    The master of ceremonies for the event was Ren Slade, a member of "AusPATH", and Ren encouraged people to support "Project 491".

    She thanked Elizabeth Capp, the head of campus at Shepparton's "La Trobe University" for allowing the group to use the breezeway facing Shepparton's North St for the gathering.

    Also, she thanked "Goulburn Valley Pride" for its logistical support and Brad from "Corton Audio".


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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Webinar: 'They're completely bound into a deregularity paradigm that will kill us' - David Spratt, Collision Course author
    Feb 14 2025

    The Research Director of the Melbourne-based National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough), David Spratt, has written the stunning and timely report: "Collision Course: 3-degrees of warming & humanity's future".

    David has said: "We’re on track for a 3°C hotter world—unprecedented heat, rising seas drowning cities, food system collapse, and societal instability. This future is fast approaching, with catastrophic risks beyond anything humanity has faced".

    Former Chair of the Australian Coal Association, Ian Dunlop, has said: "There is a chasm in outlook between the global climate policy-making elite with their focus on distant goals and slow, non-disruptive change, and activists and key researchers who see the world hurtling towards climate breakdown and social collapse.

    The report is essential reading.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Climate News: Considering the conundrum - ending our fossil fuels addiction increases temperatures and yet ends the climate crisis
    Feb 12 2025
    The late Phillip Sutton (pictured) helped me understand how ending our addiction to fossil fuels would worsen global warming, at least momentarily, but then provide an avenue to the solution.Phillip co-authored the prescient 2008 book "Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action" with David Spratt, the Research Director for "BreakThroughOnline", The National Centre for Climate Restoration is an independent think tank that develops critical thought leadership to influence the climate debate and policy-making."Trading Hope for Reality Helps Me Parent Through the Climate Crisis";"Fact check: Have emissions risen under the Albanese government?";"Mayors Across US Urge Congress Not to Repeal Clean Energy Tax Credits";"One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns";"Paris Agreement 1.5°C threshold reached in 2024";"Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist";"James Hansen says we're underestimating global warming acceleration — is anyone listening?";"How to defeat populism";"‘Ridiculous blunder’: Trump wades into California’s water wars – and strikes some of his strongest supporters";"Amusing Ourselves to Death";"22 Republican AGs Sue to Stop New York’s Attempt to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Damages";"Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says";"Los Angeles Wildfires Were More Likely Due to Climate Change: Report";"A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice";"Explainer: what does it actually mean to ‘firm’ renewables?";"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";"Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way";"Nature and shops: here’s what people told us they want most from urban planning";"Golf courses can be safe havens for wildlife and beacons of biodiversity";"What Happens in the Arctic Won’t Stay in the Arctic";"Climate Politics: What Would Donald Trump Do?";"The Plastic Crisis: A Health and Environmental Emergency";"How nature can strengthen Greater Sydney's flood resilience";"As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost";"This form of anxiety is not officially recognised. But it's widely affecting young people";"A Ugandan climate activist works to hold global superpowers accountable";"CCAG: At the intersection of climate expertise and action";"You’re invited to POWFest";"Air Pollution Exposure Reduces Ability to Concentrate on Everyday Tasks: Study";"UK Flood Defense Spending to Reach Record Levels in Face of Climate Crisis";"2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record";"Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list";"Greenland ice sheet cracking more rapidly than ever, study shows";"Heavy weekend snow and ice will hit swath of Midwest and Northeast";"Biden’s Environmental Record";'"Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?";"Heavy weekend snow and ice will hit swath of Midwest and Northeast";"DOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate Data";"Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?";"Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists";"‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 n
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    28 mins
  • Climate News: 'What do I do?, she asked. We can only do what we can do from where we are. John Grimes damns nuclear power
    Feb 7 2025
    My friend was distressed, feeling useless and unable to make an impact, John Grimes (pictured), by comparison, is motivated and calling out Peter Dutton's nuclear power place. "Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit"; "China’s ‘artificial sun’ has sent shockwaves through the West"; "Australia can be a winner from Trump’s climate retreat"; "Australian Security Leaders Climate Group"; "Lies, damned lies and catastrophic risks"; "Climate change and Australian security: a conversation with Admiral Chris Barrie"; "Climate Adaptation Fair"; "Extreme heat: Where 50C temperatures could hit this week"; "The 2024 Climate Movement in Photos (and Some Words)"; "Renewables option as climate change fuels conflict"; "It’s about to be very stormy across the U.S. Why and where it will be worst." "What Trump’s Return Means for the Climate — And How The World Must Respond"; "Yes, really, it’s going to be called the Gulf of America"; "Power prices surge as coal and clean energy supply falters"; "To keep your cool in a heatwave, it may help to water your trees"; "Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist"; "Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats"; "LA Burning: Capitalism, Climate Change and Resistance"; "The Climate Fix: Solutions for a Warming World"; "The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Fully Contained"; "The world is heading towards 3 degrees Celsius of warming. Will humanity have a future?"
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    30 mins
  • Something different: Considering the wealth of Gia with Eve Smith
    Feb 3 2025

    Here we have a group of writers, something like a musical group, reimagining Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" and transforming it into the "Wealth of Gaia."

    Working together and collaborating, the team goes about "Reimagining Economics: ‘The Wealth of Gaia’ by Eve Smith".

    Hosting the event is The managing editor of the Post Growth Fellowship, Natalie Holmes.

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    31 mins
  • Interview: Sammy Roth follows the truth and the science in writing columns about the impact of a changing climate for the Los Angeles Times
    Feb 2 2025

    Sammy Roth (pictured) is a climate columnist with the Los Angeles Times and a key figure in the podcast Boiling Point.

    In his role as a climate columnist, Sammy is a storyteller and as such has a critical and pivotal role to play in helping his readers, and of course, the broader community, address the challenges of a changing climate.

    Sammy follows the truth and the science of climate change when pursuing his stories, a mandate he imagines, well knows, will be increasingly important following the recent inauguration of Donald Trump as the U.S. President.

    The Boiling Point podcast is U.S.-centric, but much of what is happening with climate affairs in one country is applicable in another.

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    21 mins
  • Climate News: 'Please, make no mistake, climate change is the biggest threat to security modern humans have ever faced' - David Attenborough
    Jan 31 2025

    A warning from the English broadcaster, writer and naturalist, David Attenborough (pictured) - "Climate change is the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced'.

    "How do climate scientists maintain their hope in a warming world?";

    "Greens’ $8 billion scheme for 50 cent fares across Australia comes with costing questions";

    "Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing";

    "What Climate Progress Is Possible Now?".

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    22 mins