Climate News: The mild mannered, quietly spoken climate activist, Violet Coco, is back in the news; Climate change not a 'serious risk' - Fed's Waller says; Dangerous and dirty; Need to get off gas

Magistrate commends Violet Coco (pictured) but says she went too far: "Magistrate commends activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco for ‘noble’ beliefs but says she went too far"; Go to the Slap Tomorrow "Zoom files" and you will find and recording of an event with Violet Cococ; "COMMUNITY ACTION: Stop Japan's Dirty Energy Plan"; "Building resilience: How to adapt to escalating climate impacts"; "Plibersek greenlights new coal mine for first time, sparking fossil fuel backlash"; "‘Grain deal or not’, humanitarians call for more as hunger soars"; "Budget 2023-24: the good, the bad and the timid"; "How and why to get off gas in Victoria"; "The Drum" - ABC television; "We thought we’d saved the whales. Were we wrong?"; "Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of used solar panels. Here’s how to turn it into a valuable asset"; "What Australia’s new gas tax will mean for new projects, the economy and the climate"; "Dangerous and dirty – but cheap – used cars exported from the US and Europe are filling roads in Africa"; "Blue hydrogen has ‘every right to sit alongside green’: Finkel"; "Aerial images show climate change's effect on Snowy Mountains"; "Minister stops bid to kill Hunter coal mine expansion"; "Half of US West out of drought, but not fully recovered"; "Why You’re Probably Hearing Less About Corporate Climate Initiatives"; "Italy’s First Climate Lawsuit Targets Major Oil Company Eni"; "EPA Proposes First Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rules for Power Plants"; "More public companies are making climate commitments but deadline to limit warming to 1.5°C shrinks"; "The EPA has a controversial new plan to clean up power plants"; "Will Texas Blow Up Its Energy Miracle to Bolster Fossil Fuels?"; "E.P.A. Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants"; "Biden administration allocating $830 million for energy efficiency in low-income housing"; "Climate change not 'serious risk' to financial stability, Fed's Waller says"; "The Department of Energy wants to help 5 million homes connect to community solar by 2025".