Climate News: Melbourne sets up cool spaces; Climate betrayal; Queensland flood emergency; U.S. cities to become virtual ghost towns
JAN 31, 2024
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Melbourne sets up its cool spaces - "Pop-up to cool down the vulnerable in Melbourne’s deadly heat";


"Climate Betrayal: how backroom deals with Japan locked Australia in for decades of gas";


"From 100% dirty diesel to nearly 70% solar powered, and climbing, Lord Howe goes electric without wind";


"How many birds do wind farms kill?":


"Amazon inks clean power deal with Scottish windfarm";


"Climate concerns prompt policy shifts among UK travel managers";


"Hot burst to send temperatures soaring in Melbourne, Sydney";


"To avoid the worst of climate change we have to change how we travel";


"Australia’s soils are notoriously poor. Here’s how scientists are working to improve them";


"Tuvalu’s Sinking Reality: How Climate Change Is Threatening the Small Island Nation";


"Cook jumps to defence of green lawyers as Dutton vows to end funding";


"Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped
billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse?
";


"Does discussing geoengineering derail climate action? New study puts it to the test.";


"In carbon terms, grass-feed beef is not the greenest choice";


"The Climate Parables - reporting from the future";


"Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100";


"Climate concerns prompt policy shifts among UK travel managers";


"‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show";


"Smartphone app can help you track your climate actions";


"Denial or Action – Nothing in Between";


"Woodside’s Scarborough pipeline broken in dangerous offshore incident";


"Is clean hydrogen a climate solution? Depends how it’s made — and used";


"Already stretched hospitals take on more ambulance call-outs in heatwaves, new Griffith University research finds";


"Climate in the spotlight at WEF";


"What it will take to make clean energy affordable — for everyone";


"Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you";


"Biden publishes watered-down gas stove efficiency rule";


"See the moment climate activists throw soup at the ‘Mona Lisa’ in Paris";


"Climate is on the Ballot Around the World";


"Rare swallowtail butterfly suffers worst summer since records began";


"American imagination needs an adrenaline shot. Here’s how I’ll deliver it.";


"When Language Fails Us and the Moment";


"High schoolers build solar car that can go 70 miles an hour";


"Climate scientist Mark Maslin: ‘We have all the technology we need to move to a cleaner, renewable world’";


"Other countries believe UK is ‘slowing its climate ambitions’, CCC warns";


"Parking apps are sweeping Australia’s cities. Here’s what you may not know about them";


"Renewable projects are getting built faster – but there’s even more need for speed";


"Global clean energy investment ‘not nearly sufficient’ to be on track for net zero by 2050";


"How Best to Educate People About Climate Change?";


"The emotional appeal of the populist right";


"High precipitation worsened by human-induced climate change";


"15 million Americans under flood watch as rain drenches Northeast";


"Evacuations underway in northeast Illinois after ice jam break on river causes significant flooding";


"Allowing duck hunting to continue in Victoria is shameful and part of a disturbing trend";


"Energy Agency Sees Peaks in Global Oil, Coal and Gas Demand by 2030";


"The United States is producing more oil than any country in history";


"Critical Bristol Bay habitat permanently protected";


"How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan";


"Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company";


"The 3D-Printed Affordable Housing of the Future Will Be Recyclable";


"Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds";


"EU will force cosmetic companies to pay to reduce microplastic pollution";


"The 100-Year Extinction Panic Is Back, Right on Schedu

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