Climate Conversations

"Sorry, climate change is still dangerous, no matter what nonsense Trump emits" - Michael Man and Genevieve Gunther."3 Months of Trump’s Disastrous Iran War Has Cost US Consumers $60 Billion in Extra Energy Costs​";"‘Deep concerns’: Labor gas plan triggers alarm in Asia";"Wind and Solar Overtake Gas. What It Means for Energy Strategy";"Four EU countries push Brussels to ease carbon market...

David Spratt, the Research Director for Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, has damned the recent Federal budget for not mentioning climate even once - "Turning a blind eye to climate risk threatens derailment".The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners program. "The BHP Files", alerted viewers to the big miners' deceptions about carbon emissions."Revealed: huge...

Greater City of Shepparton's Climate Resilience Officer, Jack Bowmaker, has encouraged city residents to attend the first-ever "GV Home Energy Expo" on Sunday, June 14.Mr Bowmsaker, or "Jack" to most, points to an array of reasons why people should visit the expo, among them, they can learn how to set up and equip their homes, making them cheaper and more comfortable places to live.The expo is...

Book author and associate professor, Fernando Racimo, discusses academia's complicity in the polycrisis, and its potential for transformation towards serving social and ecological well-being.His book, "Science in Resistance", provides a first-person account of the Scientist Rebellion, a global movement of scientists and scholars rising in collective resistance for climate and social justice....

Natalie Kyriacou was one of several speakers at the May 9 event at the Melbourne Town Hall, "Recovering Democracy Together" where she asked the question "How will history judge us?""Trump Has Created a Climate Opportunity";"The Iran War Is Crippling One of the World’s Wealthiest Nations";"White Supremacy Is the Point of the Trump Presidency";"Dookie calls for the ‘ugly’ truth";"Rainfall good sign...

What appeared, at the time, to be a dearth of news about the quickly unfolding climate crisis prompted me to have a crack at producing a podcast - "Climate Conversations".That was in 2018, and only you, as the listener, can make a judgment good or bad, useful or otherwise.I was fascinated when I discovered that the latest episode of the Reuters Institute podcast, "The Future of Journalism", was...

Apparently unaware of the real cost of coal, both financially and environmentally, coalition leader, Angus Taylor, has hitched his party's fortunes to coal - "Coal comfort: Taylor kicks off Climate War 3.0 in shift from nuclear";"Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions";"How this regional town became a caravan community";"Victoria approves the biggest wind farm in...

From The Washington Post - "Why the odds keep rising for the strongest El Niño in a century":"As David Attenborough turns 100, four experts explore his legacy, from science to storytelling";"Climate campaigners attack Shell over ‘windfall’ profits from Iran war";"‘Only the Beginning’: Santa Marta Summit Heralded as New Dawn in Fight to End Fossil Fuel Era";"Australia is one of the world’s biggest...

Renewable energy, according to Christriana Figueres will give Australians and Australia everything the climate deniers argue is essential, including energy sovereignty - "This ‘energy crisis’ is fixable. We already have the answers";"Scott was already working late on fuel supply when a call stopped him cold";"Rudd calls to harness ‘physical terror’ of fuel shortages to push renewables";"‘Wars,...

Geelong's Mik Aidt (pictured) describes himself on Substack as a "Climate crusader with a creative soul – part journalist, part campaigner, part podcast poet and musician."He writes and speaks about mobilising more people in service to life on Earth. His Substack is "In service to life on Earth".Many would know Mik Aidt through his popular radio show, "The Sustainable Hour" on community...