EPISODE · Jan 19, 2025 · 54 MIN
Climate News: Laughter and drinks amid climate worsened chaos in Los Angeles
from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean
A group of people reached for some normalcy "As L.A. burned, some venues tried to provide laughter, drinks and normalcy"; "As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles"; "Calif. Republicans weigh in on Trump allies’ calls for fire aid conditions"; "The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?"; "How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling"; "For L.A.’s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability"; "A new kind of urban firestorm"; "Advocates Warn of Climate, Cancer Risks From a Potential Trump Rollback on Electric Big Rigs and Buses"; "Power utility sued over woman’s death as crews make progress against LA fires"; "Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn"; "GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’"; "‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’"; "Peering Into a Bleak, ‘Uninsurable Future’"; "Timeline: How the LA fires erupted into the worst natural disaster in California history"; "The California wildfires are not ‘natural disasters’ – they’re man-made catastrophes"; "Hottest year on record sent planet past key global warming limit of 1.5C for first time in 2024"; "Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits"; "A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights"; "Why Chinese EVs are displacing Teslas"; "How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again"; "What might sports look like in a warming world?"; "Chart: EV sales grew slowly in 2024 — but still set new records"; "Without enough utility power, California EV truck depots try microgrids"; "‘There’s literally nothing’: surrounded by destruction, Los Angeles begins to process scale of loss"; "‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters"; "I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers"; "New weather system to strike eastern Australia with strong winds and rain"; "Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’"; "New Study Shows How Fossil Fuel Sectors Create a Climate Denial Echo Chamber on Social Media"; "More Americans, Risking Ruin, Drop Their Home Insurance"; "The Wrong Lesson From Trudeau’s Fall Is That Climate Action Is Unpopular"; "Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend’"; "I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real"; "Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters"; "How Climate Change Is Complicating a Beloved Midwest Pastime: Ice Fishing"; "Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City’s Housing Crisis"; "Wealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World’s Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds"; "Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend’"; "Los Angeles Fires Lead to Over $200 Billion in Losses, Potentially the Most Expensive Wildfire Event in U.S. History"; "Yes, Imitation Meat Is Processed. Can It Also Be Healthy?"; "From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world"; "The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result"; "<a href="https://www.
What this episode covers
A group of people reached for some normalcy "As L.A. burned, some venues tried to provide laughter, drinks and normalcy"; "As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles"; "Calif. Republicans weigh in on Trump allies’ calls for fire aid conditions"; "The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?"; "How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling"; "For L.A.’s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability"; "A new kind of urban firestorm"; "Advocates Warn of Climate, Cancer Risks From a Potential Trump Rollback on Electric Big Rigs and Buses"; "Power utility sued over woman’s death as crews make progress against LA fires"; "Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn"; "GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’"; "‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’"; "Peering Into a Bleak, ‘Uninsurable Future’"; "Timeline: How the LA fires erupted into the worst natural disaster in California history"; "The California wildfires are not ‘natural disasters’ – they’re man-made catastrophes"; "Hottest year on record sent planet past key global warming limit of 1.5C for first time in 2024"; "Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits"; "A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights"; "Why Chinese EVs are displacing Teslas"; "How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again"; "What might sports look like in a warming world?"; "Chart: EV sales grew slowly in 2024 — but still set new records"; "Without enough utility power, California EV truck depots try microgrids"; "‘There’s literally nothing’: surrounded by destruction, Los Angeles begins to process scale of loss"; "‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters"; "I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers"; "New weather system to strike eastern Australia with strong winds and rain"; "Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’"; "New Study Shows How Fossil Fuel Sectors Create a Climate Denial Echo Chamber on Social Media"; "More Americans, Risking Ruin, Drop Their Home Insurance"; "The Wrong Lesson From Trudeau’s Fall Is That Climate Action Is Unpopular"; "Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend’"; "I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real"; "Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters"; "How Climate Change Is Complicating a Beloved Midwest Pastime: Ice Fishing"; "Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City’s Housing Crisis"; "Wealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World’s Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds"; "Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend’"; "Los Angeles Fires Lead to Over $200 Billion in Losses, Potentially the Most Expensive Wildfire Event in U.S. History"; "Yes, Imitation Meat Is Processed. Can It Also Be Healthy?"; "From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world"; "The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result"; "<a href="https://www.
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Climate News: Laughter and drinks amid climate worsened chaos in Los Angeles
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