Climate News: Is the electric car a fantasy?; Decade of coalition inaction behind Victoria's blackout; Be brave, stay positive, find your tribe
FEB 18, 2024
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Electric cars have advantages but are still just that, demanding a spacious road network and copious parking areas in our towns and cities.


"Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance?";


"Victoria’s blackout crisis is rooted in a decade of Coalition inaction";


"Be brave, stay positive, find your tribe: three climate activists explain how to get started";


"Five women scientists working to save the world";


"Mike vs the fossil fuel machine: Push for a new legal duty to the environment";


"Climate case explores how law and tikanga intersect";


"Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue";


"Fearsome threesome: how a trio of climate drivers is baking Australia’s west and leaving the east soaked";


"Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace";


"20°C seems the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive – what does this mean in a warming world?"


"As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?";


"Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?";


"Climate chaos: world overheats while Europe faces a new Ice Age";


"Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years";


"In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects";


"Q&A: Everyday Plastics Are Making Us Sick—and Costing Us $250 Billion a Year in Healthcare";


"Take a Cue From Texas: Socialize Energy";


"As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend";


"February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records";


"Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds";


"Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell";


"Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View";


"Power struggle: fears for UK energy generation as green projects delayed";


"Weather tracker: Flash flooding in Oman and record temperatures in Western Australia";


"Problems mount for Sahara gas pipeline, leaving Nigerian taxpayers at risk";


"Switzerland proposes first UN expert group on solar geoengineering";


"Blended finance can perpetuate climate colonialism";


"How your editors deal with climate grief";


"Last month was the world’s warmest January on record";


"Danish photos from the 1930s show what Greenland’s glaciers used to look like";


"The essentials of climate scenario analysis for financial institutions";


"How to prepare for an evacuation";


"‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals";


"California Tried to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. It Didn’t Work.";


"Climate activists dump pink powder on case containing US Constitution";


"What a waste: New York City budget cuts eviscerate community composting groups";


"Explainer: How climate change affects Europe's farmers";


"A traditional automaker just turned a profit on EVs";


"1.7 million deaths in cities linked to air pollution with Delhi ranked worst in world – report";


"Bhavreen Kandhari’s Post";


"Mystery over ‘unexpectedly large’ emissions from Africa’s tropical ecosystems";


"British Gas profits surge tenfold as energy bill rules relaxed";


"Parts of Amazon rainforest could tip toward collapse by 2050, study warns";


"The Age of the Urban Inferno Is Here";


"Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace";


"Porsche EV will lead Bathurst 500 into a greener, faster future";


"How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer";


"Author Spotlight on Joëlle Gergis";


"Oldest platypus found in the wild is ‘beyond all our expectations’, say researchers";


"Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 77,000 still without power in Victoria";


"Postcards from Kamikatsu: Japan's 'zero waste' town";


"National Archives closes after climate change protesters dump red powder on U.S. Constitution".



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