Catherina McKenna (pictured) heaps praise on COP21 during an address to Columbia Climate School - "Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations";

"Ugly, treeless, hot: Push to force developers to plant trees in Melbourne’s outer suburbs";

"‘Opportunistic’ fraud and scams target disasters in a warming world";

"Ready or not, self-driving semi-trucks are coming to America’s highways";

"Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?";

"Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal";

"A River in Flux";

"How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale";

"Can Flashy Music Festivals Go Green?";

"Australian music festivals are increasingly affected by climate change. But is the industry doing enough to mitigate its impact?";

"17 people taken to hospital during Ed Sheeran concert at Acrisure Stadium";

"Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms";

"Nearly 100 injured as hailstorm pummels Louis Tomlinson concert in Colorado";

"The BBC, Guyana, and Untangling North-South Climate Complexities";

"How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale";

"Flash flooding possible as thunderstorms rumble towards Melbourne from the west";

"Weather tracker: Cyclone Gamane unexpectedly veers into Madagascar";

"How a Blind Oceanographer Studies Temperature-Regulating Currents";

"Too far or not far enough? These are Europe’s most and least popular climate policies";

"Major storm to sweep United States with severe weather, snow, flooding";

"U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas";

"BYD says plug-in electrics will exceed 50 pct of new car sales in China in next 3 months";

"Po Valley: Air pollution is causing serious health risks for more than 16 million Italians";

"2024 Must Be the Year for Exponential Climate Action";

"Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension";

"Energy giant wrongly received thousands from welfare payments of former customers under Centrelink scheme";

"Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets";

"Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world";

"El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the world this year";

"There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice";

"First Wisconsin tornadoes in February: ‘It’s an absolute shock’ (photos)";

"Water now a major risk for world’s supply chains, reports CDP";

"Environmentalists Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill";

"Volcanoes Can Affect Climate";

"Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds";

"Labor’s chance to protect youth over fossil fuels";

"The surprising reasons why Big Oil may not want a second Trump term".

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