Climate News: 'Nature positive' - It can be anything you want, Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss

Richard Denniss (pictured), the Executive Director of The Australia Institute laughingly said in an ABC interview, that Nature Positive can be anything you want it to be. And on the 7:00 am podcast, we are told "Why Plibersek’s "nature positive" plans won’t fix the environment". "Is our Government less “nature positive” than a mining magnate?"; "Eighteen years since warning of climate refugee crisis, Albanese has the power to do something, but not the will"; "Weeks after Hurricane Helene, many remain missing in the mountains"; "Some Australian states are discovering what happens when they have too much rooftop solar"; "They are relics of the Gondwana age but five years after Australia’s black summer these trees are dying a ‘long, slow death’"; "As the UAW Moves Into Battery Plants, New Research Shows the Shift to EVs Doesn’t Lead to Job Losses"; "Is Your Company Losing Money Due to Climate Change? Consider Moving to the Midwest, Survey Says"; "The First Gas Utility Sued for Climate Deception"; "Companies That Fought Climate Action Now Accused of Price Gouging Hurricane Milton Evacuees"; "State of Queensland: Disaster Ground Zero"; "Insurance is failing hurricane survivors: ‘People thought they were covered’"; "Fears for future of ski tourism as resorts adapt to thawing snow season"; "Will the Earth warm by 2°C or 5.5°C? Either way it’s bad, and trying to narrow it down may be a distraction''; "Rushed response to oil and gas exploration led to testy select committee"; "King Charles will not attend Cop29 climate meeting, palace confirms"; "Big EV bus revolution: what you need to know and Chinese companies’ role in it"; "Money Pit" with George Monbiot; "How to Prepare for Extreme Weather With Community-Powered Resilience"; "Fund green energy schemes with bonds, urges think tank"; "As Climate Warms, More Are Asking: Should I Have Kids?"; "FEMA maps missed parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, Post analysis shows"; "Romanian authorities beef up preventative measures after devastating flooding"; "Weeks after Hurricane Helene, many remain missing in the mountains"; "These 5 ‘post-truth’ claims are fuelling the water wars in Australia"; "Australian Security Leaders Climate Group calls for overhaul of federal government's climate threat preparedness strategy".