EPISODE · Jun 11, 2025 · 37 MIN
Climate News: Bicycle Network CEO, Alison McCormack, pedals her way to fitness and leads by example
from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean
Bicycle Network CEO, Alison McCormack (pictured) pedals to work, finding both fitness and peace of mind. Her story was in the Melbourne Age: "Why cycling to work is better for your brain than walking"."Activists like Greta Thunberg care more about fame than facts";"Israel says Greta Thunberg has been deported after seizure of Gaza-bound ship";"This group is the most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses by far";"Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities";"Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor’s North West Shelf decision";"Valencia’s flood was a catastrophe. Was it also a crime?";"9 myths about electric vehicles have taken hold. A new study shows how many people fall for them";"Australia’s next national adaptation conference";"Interview: 'Australia's E-Bike moment' with Bicycle Network's CEO, Alison McCormack";"New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan";"Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice?";"Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year";"Trump Determined To Gut The Endangered Species Act";"AI Threatens Efforts To Combat Climate Change";"NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date";"Extreme Heat Hazards";"A critical review of the effectiveness of electric fans as a personal cooling intervention in hot weather and heatwaves";"There are clear laws on enforcing blockades – Israel’s interception of the Madleen raises serious questions";"Australia’s government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas – but will it work?";"Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments";"In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age";"‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study";"2025 Global Energy Investment to Reach Record $3.3 Trillion, Driven by ‘Clean Technologies’: IEA Report";"A 500MW Wind Energy Plant Launches in Egypt";"‘Shelter and Storm’: Tamara Dean’s Memoir of Living in the Driftless";"These Kids Fought the Climate Crisis in Court. Now They’re Taking on Trump";"On Ireland’s peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition";"More than Half of all Daily Trips Were Less than Three Miles in 2021";"It looks like a golf cart, maxes out at 25 mph and could be your next city car".
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Bicycle Network CEO, Alison McCormack (pictured) pedals to work, finding both fitness and peace of mind. Her story was in the Melbourne Age: "Why cycling to work is better for your brain than walking"."Activists like Greta Thunberg care more about fame than facts";"Israel says Greta Thunberg has been deported after seizure of Gaza-bound ship";"This group is the most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses by far";"Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities";"Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor’s North West Shelf decision";"Valencia’s flood was a catastrophe. Was it also a crime?";"9 myths about electric vehicles have taken hold. A new study shows how many people fall for them";"Australia’s next national adaptation conference";"Interview: 'Australia's E-Bike moment' with Bicycle Network's CEO, Alison McCormack";"New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan";"Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice?";"Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year";"Trump Determined To Gut The Endangered Species Act";"AI Threatens Efforts To Combat Climate Change";"NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date";"Extreme Heat Hazards";"A critical review of the effectiveness of electric fans as a personal cooling intervention in hot weather and heatwaves";"There are clear laws on enforcing blockades – Israel’s interception of the Madleen raises serious questions";"Australia’s government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas – but will it work?";"Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments";"In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age";"‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study";"2025 Global Energy Investment to Reach Record $3.3 Trillion, Driven by ‘Clean Technologies’: IEA Report";"A 500MW Wind Energy Plant Launches in Egypt";"‘Shelter and Storm’: Tamara Dean’s Memoir of Living in the Driftless";"These Kids Fought the Climate Crisis in Court. Now They’re Taking on Trump";"On Ireland’s peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition";"More than Half of all Daily Trips Were Less than Three Miles in 2021";"It looks like a golf cart, maxes out at 25 mph and could be your next city car".
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Climate News: Bicycle Network CEO, Alison McCormack, pedals her way to fitness and leads by example
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