Climate News: Amanda McKenzie in bid for Climate Council cash; Alan Finkel talks about new book, "Powering Up; Scientists consider cloud brightening to save Great Barrier Reef episode artwork

EPISODE · Jun 28, 2023 · 14 MIN

Climate News: Amanda McKenzie in bid for Climate Council cash; Alan Finkel talks about new book, "Powering Up; Scientists consider cloud brightening to save Great Barrier Reef

from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean

Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie (pictured) in call for cash - "Climate Council builds an unstoppable wave of momentum for climate ambition"; "79% of Plants Remaining on Earth Must Be Saved to Meet UN Climate Goals, Study Says"; "Uber backs pollution caps to slash electric car costs in Australia"; "Australia has introduced a new bill that will allow us to ship carbon emissions overseas. Here’s why that’s not a great idea"; "Severe weather update | Bureau of Meteorology"; "As a bushfire bore down on his home, Ed ignored crucial advice. It's come at a cost"; "Earth's Jet Streams Look as Chaotic as a Van Gogh Right Now, And That's a Big Problem"; "BHP chief warns race for green metals needs more than subsidy ‘sugar hit’"; "There she blows: Mega Southern Ocean wind farm zone unveiled"; "Jumbo problem: Sri Lanka's battle with plastic pollution"; "West Texas Oil Country Is Revealing a Sky Full of Stars"; "79% of Plants Remaining on Earth Must Be Saved to Meet UN Climate Goals, Study Says"; "3M to Pay $10.3 Billion to Settle Water Pollution Suit Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’"; "Ecological Collapse Could Happen Much Sooner Than Expected, Study Finds"; "Artificial Light Is Another Way Human Activity Threatens Coral Reefs"; "Freak weather soaks Australian outback, dumping months of rain in two days"; "Food Waste 101: The Facts and Solutions"; "Dramatic youth-led US climate trial spurs Kiwi campaigners"; "Global reservoirs are getting emptier"; "Nature's Frontiers: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital"; "Every City Needs a Chief Heat Officer"; "UK Government announces the funding of £200 million into R&D aerospace project"; "Former chief scientist Alan Finkel in conversation with Ken Baldwin"; "Snow, waterfalls and flood warnings as rain engulfs central Australia"; "Are carbon offsets unscalable, unjust, and unfixable—and a threat to the Paris Climate Agreement?"; "PwC walks back report used to claim Australia’s nature repair market could be worth $137bn"; "Scientists researching cloud brightening in bid to cool Great Barrier Reef to present findings"; "Authorities investigate spill that left birds covered in oil south of Perth"; "Synergy to pay $30 million market fine to its customers".

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