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Climate Conversations

By: Robert McLean
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  • A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.
    Robert McLean
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  • Climate News: The mirage of nuclear power; CSIRO: innovate or risk profits; Dangerous heat kills dozens

    Climate News: The mirage of nuclear power; CSIRO: innovate or risk profits; Dangerous heat kills dozens
    May 1 2024
    Nuclear energy was given a brief platform on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Q&A program and was championed by the National Party Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie. "Charged up: WA town to home Australia’s biggest battery"; "GV Community Energy"; "Farmers must innovate or risk profits says CSIRO"; "Colbinabbin residents oppose huge solar farm"; "Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts"; "Dangerous heat kills dozens, closes schools, prompts four-day workweek"; "Peter Dutton calls for government to engage in ‘mature conversation’ on nuclear energy"; "Some anglers say Rhode Island’s Block Island wind farm has improved fishing"; "Alaska Native community experiments with growing food above the Arctic Circle"; "Australia mining at risk from climate change-fueled drought and heat"; "Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals"; "I found a $2,100 EV. Here’s how you can, too"; "Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’"; "Labor’s first extinction"; "NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station"; "A Uniquely French Approach to Environmentalism"; "Saying the stakes could not be higher, Newsom to speak at Vatican climate summit"; "How do we define climate responsibility? Woodside has no answer"; " --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    23 mins
  • Climate News: Teeny Tiny Stevies sing about climate change; Is "Climate Conversations" the wrong name?

    Climate News: Teeny Tiny Stevies sing about climate change; Is "Climate Conversations" the wrong name?
    Apr 29 2024
    The much loved ARIA and AIR Award-winning children’s act Teeny Tiny Stevies, featuring sisters Byll and Beth Stephen, released their fifth record The Green Album via ABC Music. It is launched into the world with a new single and accompanying video, Climate Change. "Growing leaders in Maryborough: How a school groundsman and students tackle climate change"; "The Nymphageddon with Dr. Trebicki"; "The great distribution dilemma – can public interest journalism survive?"; "Green petrol and eco plastic? Fake ‘Earth friendly’ claims are out of control"; "The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International"; "Powering ahead with green hydrogen"; "Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada"; "Video Games Are Finally Waking Up to Climate Change"; "The $200 Billion Video Game Industry Is a Climate Opportunity"; "Players travel the world to learn about heat-resilience techniques—then come back and gallantly slay the heat dragon"; "Extreme Heat Series for Minecraft Education"; "Attention gamers! Defeat the ‘heat dragon’ or get burned."; "Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think"; "Native bats should be celebrated like other Australian wildlife, ecologist says"; "Residents of climate change-affected communities support Torres Strait Islanders in landmark federal court case"; "If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production"; "Blue Derby Wild's High Court appeal thrown out, with native logging set to continue near mountain-biking trails"; "Violent tornadoes wreak destruction in Nebraska and Iowa"; "PM Update: Summery night to follow warm Sunday. First 90-degree day Monday?"; "Tornadoes rip through Plains, with more possible Saturday"; "The Environmental Victories Keep on Comin"; "Chart: Heavy industry is the next big climate problem to tackle"; "G7 agrees to shut down coal plants by 2035, UK minister says, in climate breakthrough"; "Anatomy of a failed EV startup": "Why are fish still dying in the Darling River at Menindee — and what can we do to prevent it?": "Geothermal heat pumps are helping clean up city buildings"; "Majority of young American adults say climate change influences their decision to have children"; "Climate Change Has Infiltrated Game Night—and That’s a Good Thing, Experts Say"; "The Drowning South"; "Grasslands 101: Everything You Need to Know"; "Bunbury becomes 30th member of WA EV Network with new fast-charger along Blair Street"; "It’s time to strike an environmental grand bargain between businesses, governments and conservationists – and stop doing things the hard way"; "Battery Energy Storage Capacity Must Increase 6x Faster to Meet Global Climate Goals: IEA"; "4 Must-Read Graphic Nonfiction Books About the Environment"; " --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    49 mins
  • Climate News: Sometimes, life gets in the way; Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Paris deal in doubt: Playing God With the Atmosphere

    Climate News: Sometimes, life gets in the way; Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Paris deal in doubt: Playing God With the Atmosphere
    Apr 28 2024
    Life often stands in the way of goals, but eventually, the fog lifts and you get back to the essence of those aims - "Playing God With the Atmosphere"; "Why won’t Chris Packham have a real debate on climate?"; "‘Outrageous’ climate activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?"; "Global battery rollout doubled last year – but needs to be six times faster, says IEA"; "Deadly Dubai floods made worse by climate change"; "E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal-Burning Power Plants"; "“Guiding compass to 1.5C”: COP29 presidency unveils plans for global climate action"; "Tanya Plibersek rejects claims renewable projects are being held up by approval delays"; "Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds"; "Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt"; "Circular Action Guide"; "‘Just do it!’ Wisconsin couple built a net-zero home"; "Could fossil fuel companies be charged with homicide?"; "Clean image, dirty truth | Between the Lines"; "The truth about getting to net zero, according to the numbers – video"; "Honda Commits to E.V.s With Big Investment in Canada"; "Tesla Fell Behind, Then Leapt Ahead of ExxonMobil in Market Value This Week"; "Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under A Rural Community After Hundreds of Fines and a Fatal Explosion. Residents Are Rattled"; "In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor"; "How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California"; "NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record"; "A long, hot U.S. summer is looming, forecasters say"; "Cities' heat solutions are mainly Band-Aids"; "How Phoenix is preparing for its next brutally hot summer"; "Climate Damage Costs Could Total $38 Trillion per Year by 2050, Study Finds"; "‘It’s Got to Be a Fight’: Author Adam Welz on Surviving Climate Breakdown and Saving Species of a ‘Tarnished Eden’"; "Worst wine harvest in 62 years blamed on ‘extreme’ weather and climate change"; "Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?"; "Dozens of Climate Activists Arrested at Citibank Headquarters in New York City During Earth Week"; "How to talk to a climate doomer (even if that doomer is you)"; "Doctor: To fight asthma, fight global warming"; "Tensions rise over who will contribute to new climate finance goal"; "State of the climate: 2024 off to a record-warm start"; "Climate activist's 'Kafkaesque' trial"; "Climate Impact of Primary Plastic Production"; "Building a Net Zero Ready Home: Episode 1"; "Sinking land is a problem for cities all over the world"; "I’m asking BP to take its share of responsibility for my son’s death, and will take it to UK court if I have to"; "Could this pink rice be the food of the future? Scientists say it’s more nutritious than normal rice"; "How the EPA will spend $27 billion in carbon-reduction funds"; "Kiwis are learning how to fight climate change – polls"; "A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters"; "Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires"; "Hot Oceans Worsened Dubai’s Dramatic Flooding, Scientists Say"; "Mining Giant BHP Makes $39 Billion Bid for Rival Anglo American"; "Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution"; "Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines"; "Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals"; "New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks"; "So Much Produce Comes in Plastic. Is There a Better Way?"; "Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution"; "State of the science on plastic chemicals"; "For Earth Day 2024, experts are spreading optimism – not doom. Here's why."; "This state is quickly becoming America's clean energy paradise. Here's how it's happening"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    25 mins
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