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Climate Conversations

By: Robert McLean
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  • A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.
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  • Help! Sinking under opportunities; Dutton's nuclear proposal reignites climate wars

    Help! Sinking under opportunities; Dutton's nuclear proposal reignites climate wars
    Jul 2 2024
    A climate blog set up probably a decade ago was rather difficult as it was challenging to find relevant news stories, until shifting to podcasting about three years ago and now stories about climate change are everywhere - the landscape has changed dramatically. Choosing what's relevant is now the challenge, deciding what to leave out, rather than put in is the dilemma. In line with that, is the challenge of covering what's happening, so doing that with the hope of providing a reasonable and decent coverage of local and international events means I need help. I need someone prepared to make contact with potential interviewees, conduct the interview, assemble the relevant episode and submit it for publication. I'm unsure how that would work, but contact me, Robert McLean, and we can talk. The Leader of the Opposition in Australia, Peter Dutton, has re-ignited the climate wars with the nuclear proposition, and that has been fact-checked. "Dutton's Nuclear Announcement: An Exercise in Fact-Checking"; "Simon Kerr is at the heart of 'Music for a Warming World' and discusses the new book 'Living Hot' by Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld"; "On Climate Emotion: Interview with Sarah Jacquette Ray"; "Death blow or skyrocket: The Economy and climate under Trump"; "The biggest tool we have to fight climate anxiety is community"; "Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl as Category 3 storm approaches"; "Caribbean islands assessing damage after Hurricane Beryl makes landfall"; "Fulani herders struggle as water stress forces longer journeys in the Sahel"; "Can it be too hot for a plane to fly? How the Phoenix airport is handling record heat"; "How bad will hurricanes get? Scientists look for answers in mud"; "Talking Shop: When Debunking Climate Disinformation Gets Labeled “Censorship”: "How to decarbonise the world’s cement"; "Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse."; "Part 1 of an exploration of the current state of the climate crisis"; "How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero"; "Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar"; "Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ may blow out by 40% under the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan – and that’s the best-case scenario"; "Devastating coral bleaching will be more common, start earlier and last longer unless we cut emissions"; "To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?"; "EVs Have No Tailpipe Pollution, but There Are Still Problems When the Rubber Meets the Road"; "An Everglades Scientist on Trial in Ron DeSantis’s Kingdom"; "What the Supreme Court Chevron decision means for environmental rules"; "How To Survive a Heat Wave on a Fixed Income"; "How water could be the future of fuel"; "It may be hotter than your weather app says"; "Gaps in reporting of nitrogen fertiliser use on farms leave an incomplete picture of impacts on water quality"; "Plastic Free July is a waste of time if the onus is only on consumers"; "Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns"; "Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather. Why are fatalities so hard to track?"; "Federal court blocks Biden’s pause on approving gas export projects". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    26 mins
  • Interview: 'This is one of the most important books I've seen for some time': Simon Kerr praises 'Living Hot'

    Interview: 'This is one of the most important books I've seen for some time': Simon Kerr praises 'Living Hot'
    Jun 30 2024

    Simon Kerr (pictured) is the musical driving force of "Music for a Warming World" and has had a long history in the challenges of climate change.

    The Melbourne-based musician/academic was reading the most recent book, "Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet", co-authored by Australian public intellectual Clive Hamilton and energy consultant, George Wilkenfeld.

    Simon was so impressed with what Halimton and Wilkenfeld had written that he contacted "Climate Conversations" saying: "We have to talk".

    Both Simon and his partner, Christine, use electric bikes to travel about the City of Melbourne.

    He was particularly excited to hear the "Climate Conversations" episode in which the CEO of the Melbourne-based Bicycle Network, Alison McCormack was interviewed: "Interview: 'Australia's E-Bike moment' with Bicycle Network's CEO, Alison McCormack".

    Hamilton has been the Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra since 2008.

    --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    37 mins
  • Climate News: Trump emboldens Australia's LNP; Tiny nuclear idea has giant and remarkable impact

    Climate News: Trump emboldens Australia's LNP; Tiny nuclear idea has giant and remarkable impact
    Jun 25 2024
    The potential election of Donald Trump (pictured) as the next U.S. President seems to have provided oxygen to Australia's Liberal/National Party: "How the prospect of Trump 2.0 is emboldening the Coalition on climate change"; "Tiny and unsubstantiated nuclear idea grabs the nation's attention"; "Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash"; "Voters split on nuclear but most see renewables as way forward"; "Peter Dutton’s nuclear gamble – Full Story podcast"; "Our Strathbogie Forest"; "India's 'heat trap' cities make summers worse, says government official"; "G7 vows to drop fossil fuels faster, but activists unimpressed"; "Analysis: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023"; "Landslides kill at least 15, displace millions, in Bangladesh and India"; "Gaza conflict has caused major environmental damage, UN says"; "Here’s why floods are inundating the Midwest right now"; "Climate and energy have emerged as a federal election flashpoint. But unless the economy improves, will voters be listening?"; "Estimation of groundwater storage change in the Helmand River Basin (Afghanistan) using GRACE satellite data"; "View from The Hill: Paul Keating labels Dutton a ‘charlatan’ as nuclear debate gets down and dirty"; "Gas flaring back on the rise, fuelling calls for stronger regulation"; "Heatwave scorches US over weekend as midwest sees deadly flooding"; "As climate disasters grow, early warning systems become essential"; "Plucking numbers from the air: Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targets"; "Climate crisis driving exponential rise in most extreme wildfires"; "One of three missing people found dead after heavy rain in Switzerland"; "Climate change is already making your bills more expensive"; "Fire erupts at Costa Mesa park, spurring evacuation warning"; "Five things we learned from the UN’s climate mega-poll". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
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    49 mins
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