EPISODE · Jul 26, 2023 · 30 MIN
Climate News: MP Kate Chaney points out how easy it is to promote disinformation as opposed to facts and hope; Like minds feel the anger, angst, despair about the climate crisis and yet feel hope
from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean
MP Kate Chaney (pictured) appears on the ABC's Q&A and then on a Climate 200 webinar, where she champions a year of the independents in the Australian Federal Parliament. "Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke"; "Summer fires a risk for domestic tourism, but they have not stopped travellers to Europe"; "This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been ‘Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows"; "Biden Administration Announces $120 Million for Tribes Dealing with the Impacts of Climate Change"; "Greta Thunberg Fined After Blocking Port Traffic"; "Hemp Lime Building Systems"; "Maybe Wooden Skyscrapers Aren’t As Climate-Friendly As We Think"; "The carbon costs of global wood harvests"; "‘Greenhushing’ is the hot new trend in corporate climate shenanigans"; "PM says government determined to get ahead of fire emergencies but can't 'defy science'"; "John Kerry steps into searing China heat as world’s two biggest polluters try to fix fractured ties"; "Victorian caravan parks being rebuilt to withstand increased flood risk"; "Tourists have acted as if the climate crisis isn't happening. This year will force change"; "The Government Is Basically Burning Trash to Pad Its Climate Stats"; "This week will be the summer’s hottest so far over the Lower 48"; "Keen to get off gas in your home, but struggling to make the switch? Research shows you’re not alone"; "Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?"; "The race to save baby birds in Phoenix’s record heat": "Signature Biden Program Won’t Fix Racial Gap in Air Quality, Study Suggests"; "A Catastrophic Flood on California’s Central Coast Has Plunged Already Marginalized Indigenous Farmworkers Into Crisis"; "Heat waves in U.S., Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, study finds"; "Rio Tinto bets on bigger role for metal recycling in green power shift"; "Electric cars expected to outsell diesel ones in the UK next year"; "COP26: Countries promise coal phase-out and end to fossil fuel finance"; "Why aren’t Texans paid to help prevent blackouts during heat waves?"; "Scientists investigate the climate impact of airborne dust"; "Rising Heat Deaths Are Not Just About the Temperature"; "Conservation groups are abandoning direct action"; "To Feel Less Heat, We Need More Trees in Our Cities"; "The US Will Never Be A Climate Leader: Here’s Why"; "Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests"; "Once in 7.5 million year event in Antarctica could have 'major impact' on global weather"; "EVs will bring ‘unprecedented’ power demand, but their flexibility can improve grid reliability, utilities say"; "Fires blaze on island of Rhodes as dozens more start across Greece"; "Seafood Is Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds"'; "Backlash to climate policies is growing"; "New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report says"; "<a href="https://www.edie.net/plans-a
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Climate News: MP Kate Chaney points out how easy it is to promote disinformation as opposed to facts and hope; Like minds feel the anger, angst, despair about the climate crisis and yet feel hope
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