EPISODE · Jul 15, 2025 · 53 MIN
Climate News: Hometown newspaper goes digital, benefit for you and me
from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean
My hometown newspaper, The Shepparton News, has undergone a remarkable change - it's now almost entirely a digital publication, switching from five print editions each week to just two. However, it will still be available to subscribers seven days a week via its digital editions.The change brings many benefits, particularly for those who follow this podcast, as all those stories the newspaper publishes about climate-related issues will be available in text-to-audio style and so can be included with the first being: "Locals encouraged to make the switch to electric living";"Transition to net-zero emissions";"It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers";"Storms drench spots on hot, humid D.C. Saturday";"Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change";"Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response";"Trump’s big toxic bill will cost America – and the world";"Trucks are big polluters, but can batteries make them cleaner?";"Strung out: Power line problems put nation’s renewable rollout on backburner";"AI tool tracks early hurricane formation";"Climate Change Degrades Nutritional Value of Crops, Study Finds";"Millions of Tons of Tiny Plastic Particles Are Polluting the Ocean, Study Finds";"Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost?";"Science Moms lean into ‘humanness’ to educate on climate change risk";"Adapting to climate decline";"Europe’s Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous";"Going it alone – how not to prepare for climate change";"Ancient WA rock art given UNESCO World Heritage status after 20-year campaign";"‘We don’t want to be climate refugees’: Torres Strait uncles fear for their islands and their people";"The solar battery rebate has arrived – here’s how to steer clear of scammers";"Trump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter Fema";"The Texas flood, Australia and the psychology of evacuation";"More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction";"What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered";"Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging";"Climate activists victim of flakey arrests";"Weather tracker: supercharged storms hit Texas’s ‘Flash Flood Alley’";"Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn";"‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action";"England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans";"Jeff Hardy: Promoting Global Change for Sustainable Peace to Secure the Second Human Evolution";"Futurist says there are three stages of human evolution - and we're currently in the second phase";"We should be paying more for our energy. Here’s why".
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My hometown newspaper, The Shepparton News, has undergone a remarkable change - it's now almost entirely a digital publication, switching from five print editions each week to just two. However, it will still be available to subscribers seven days a week via its digital editions.The change brings many benefits, particularly for those who follow this podcast, as all those stories the newspaper publishes about climate-related issues will be available in text-to-audio style and so can be included with the first being: "Locals encouraged to make the switch to electric living";"Transition to net-zero emissions";"It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers";"Storms drench spots on hot, humid D.C. Saturday";"Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change";"Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response";"Trump’s big toxic bill will cost America – and the world";"Trucks are big polluters, but can batteries make them cleaner?";"Strung out: Power line problems put nation’s renewable rollout on backburner";"AI tool tracks early hurricane formation";"Climate Change Degrades Nutritional Value of Crops, Study Finds";"Millions of Tons of Tiny Plastic Particles Are Polluting the Ocean, Study Finds";"Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost?";"Science Moms lean into ‘humanness’ to educate on climate change risk";"Adapting to climate decline";"Europe’s Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous";"Going it alone – how not to prepare for climate change";"Ancient WA rock art given UNESCO World Heritage status after 20-year campaign";"‘We don’t want to be climate refugees’: Torres Strait uncles fear for their islands and their people";"The solar battery rebate has arrived – here’s how to steer clear of scammers";"Trump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter Fema";"The Texas flood, Australia and the psychology of evacuation";"More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction";"What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered";"Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging";"Climate activists victim of flakey arrests";"Weather tracker: supercharged storms hit Texas’s ‘Flash Flood Alley’";"Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn";"‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action";"England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans";"Jeff Hardy: Promoting Global Change for Sustainable Peace to Secure the Second Human Evolution";"Futurist says there are three stages of human evolution - and we're currently in the second phase";"We should be paying more for our energy. Here’s why".
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Climate News: Hometown newspaper goes digital, benefit for you and me
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