Climate News: 'Talking nonsense' when arguing petrol-powered cars are environmentally better than EVs; 'I'll miss the petrol-powered car' - Farhod Manjoo; 'Hottest year on record'; Climate migration episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 3, 2023 · 20 MIN

Climate News: 'Talking nonsense' when arguing petrol-powered cars are environmentally better than EVs; 'I'll miss the petrol-powered car' - Farhod Manjoo; 'Hottest year on record'; Climate migration

from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean

"Consumers clamour for EVs, but supply issues hamper sales"; "Petrol-powered cars are an environmental catastrophe. I’ll miss them anyway"; "Widodo pushes for deal with Australia on electric vehicles"; "Hannah Boman, Co-Founder & Head of Operations, The New Division from the American garden in Almedalen"; "The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work"; "‘Profit Over the Public’s Health’: Study Details Efforts by Makers of Forever Chemicals to Hide Their Harms"; "The Ferguson Report: Teals attack climate change with pointy end of planes"; "Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them"; "Hottest year on record? The five charts showing unprecedented global warmth"; "Prepare for More Smoky Summers in the Midwest and Northeast"; "The Great Climate Migration"; "Labor’s nature repair market must ban offsets and will need initial funding injection, scientists say"; "As emissions soar, cargo shipping faces a critical climate crossroads"; "Antarctic tourism is booming – but can the continent cope?"; "‘A war on nature’: rangers build mountain out of wildlife traps found in Uganda park"; "Weather tracker: sea surface temperatures at record levels in north Atlantic"; "Alarming Discovery by Citizen Scientists Sparks Concerns of Continued Illegal Logging"; "An ironic twist of the circular economy could imperil this bird"; "80 Million People in U.S. Under Air Quality Alerts as Canada’s Wildfire Smoke Swings South Again"; "Home batteries will help bolster Puerto Rico’s grid in emergencies".

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