Quick Climate Links: 'The disinformation nation' - Rigged; Day one of the Federal election campaign and already I'm exhausted

The U.S. podcast "Rigged" tells us about the disinformation that nation is living with, and through. It's just day one of the Australian federal election campaign and already I'm exhausted - the election has been set for Saturday, May 21. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Michelle Grattan: An election fought on the political low ground"; "Wood and Gassco partner with European energy supplies"; "Nuclear and renewables to spearhead UK energy security"; "India joint venture aims to produce green hydrogen at scale"; "Lhyfe and wpd Offshore plan 600MW green hydrogen site"; "Acting on climate" - David Pocock; "In an election following years of disasters, Australians need more than campaign trail soundbites"; "Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group?"; "‘This is an emergency’: Australia’s extreme weather crises spark anger at climate inaction"; "In Chablis vineyards, fear grows that destructive frosts may become the norm"; "Welcome to Climate 200"; "Hysteria, hyperbole, hubris and denial are driving foreign and defence policy"; "Rio Tinto investors vote against financial statements in climate protest"; "The Ukraine war reveals the biggest problem with humanity's approach to climate change"; "An overlooked danger of climate change"; "Marchons, marchons! Defenders of climate and social justice rally across France"; "One Last Climate Warning in New IPCC Report: ‘Now or Never’"; "Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’"; "Texas A&M Shut Down a Major Climate Change Modeling Center in February After a ‘Default’ by Its Chinese Partner"; "Coastal Commission Votes to Move Forward with Humboldt Offshore Wind Exploration"; "Opinion: The Senate’s climate change inaction ought to be the scandal of the century"; "Climate change protest prompts large police presence in DTLA; Activists chain themselves to doors of Chase Bank"; "'Swallowing a toad': Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package"; "Extinction Rebellion stages mass protest in central London"; "Show your support for climate action with animal posters!"; "Top economists care about climate change more than any other election issue"; "Rio Tinto investors vote against financial statements in climate protest"; "We can't just abandon our Pacific neighbours to the climate crisis"; "Businesses in the Hunter want more from politicians than a fear campaign about job losses in the coal industry"; "‘Simply put, they are lying’: Businesses all talk on climate action"; "Anthony Albanese speaks to SBS as federal election campaign formally begins"; "Scott Morrison speaks to SBS after setting date for federal election"; "One issue matters more to top economists than any other this election: climate change"; "How climate-friendly is an electric car? It all comes down to where you live". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations