Quick Climate Links: Finding success in a 'waste of time'; CO2 at highest level in recorded human history; Huge resistance to Viva Gas plan at Geelong

Finding success in failure can be little more than a "mind trick" or it can be a reality - my visit to the Echuca Moama Market on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8, was in terms of recording interviews for this podcast, was unquestionably a failure, but for me, it was a success. This podcast is about keeping people abreast of climate change and helping them understand how they should respond  and that idea  was given exposure to people who, in many cases, had not thought much about our changing climate or its implications. It was five hours, well spent. The Independent newspaper tells us that "Earth’s CO2 hits highest recorded level in human history". Huge resistance to Geelong gas terminal: "More than 2,000 submissions made on proposed Viva Energy LNG terminal in Geelong". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Flying insects splatting on cars have dropped by 60 per cent in UK"; "Billionaire Cannon-Brookes warns investors on AGL’s coal split risks"; "The rush to renewable energy means a new mining boom. But first, Australia needs to make some tough choices"; "Native species are in crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from the election campaign"; "Woodside’s ‘detail-light’ climate plan faces AGM heat"; "Great Barrier Reef not coping with 'escalating' climate change after first La Niña bleaching event, unpublished report warns": "What, me worry about climate?"; "How climate scientists keep hope alive as damage worsens"; "The window of opportunity to address increasing drought and expanding drylands is vanishing"; "The world doesn’t care about swings in marginal seats. Climate action must spearhead a new Australian foreign policy"; "Bringing the tūī back to town – how native birds are returning to NZ’s restored urban forests"; "‘A human being, not just mum’: the women’s liberationists who fought for the rights of mothers and children"; "Businesses are contributing to the Paris Agreement for nature. Here’s how"; "‘Forever chemicals’ may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland, study says"; "The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future"; "Wind farms don’t work in the dark, says Nationals MP"; "Native species are in crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from the election campaign"; "Urgent action needed to protect our threatened biodiversity"; "Tactical voting and Independents". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations