Quick Climate Links: Georgia Steele is unhappy about the 'climate vandals' running Australia and so seeks a role in Hughes as an independent

Georgia Steele (pictured) is unhappy about the 'climate vandals' running Australia and so has decided to contest the Seat of Hughes as an independent in the forthcoming Federal Election. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is about to have its health assessed by a delegation from the United Nations and you can hear an advisor to the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Imogen Zethoven, talking about this critical event with RN Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, at "UN delegation to assess health of Great Barrier Reef amid bleaching". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Political fight develops over delayed aid for flood-hit towns"; "Why Is the World Ignoring the Latest U.N. Climate Report?". "Is Australia really beating other countries at cutting emissions?"; "‘Streets were flowing’: Broken Hill reeling after record rainfall and deadly flash flooding"; "As his ‘fauxgan’ act wears thin, desperation is driving Scott Morrison deeper into the dress-up box"; "Repowering Australian manufacturing through renewable energy industrial precincts"; "Australia Security Leaders Climate Group on Mad As Hell"; "Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm?"; "School Strike for Climate - March 25 Strike & Election Actions!"; "How we discovered that sea turtles in Seychelles have recovered from the brink"; "Barnaby Joyce tags $500m for Queensland dam despite lack of environmental approvals"; "The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEx)"; "Connection to Sea Country: Cultural fisheries program launched for Tasmania's Aboriginal people"; "Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says"'; "‘Obsessed by coal’: former Queensland LNP minister hits out at Morrison government"; "Black Summer bushfire smoke altered ozone-depleting chemicals in atmosphere, study finds"; "Two years after devastating bushfires donated funds remain unspent"; "Motor homes for flood-affected Lismore residents empty while more temporary housing yet to arrive"; "To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable"; "‘May you always taste the sweetest fruit’: uncovering the history and hidden delights of your neighbourhood"; "The audacity of oil"; "H.G. Wells, the Rational Escapist"; "Grief, like death, is still taboo for many of us. But is that starting to change?"; "Europe taps Australia’s coal miners to replace Russian supplies"; "When will EV trucks be ready for large-scale adoption? It’s complicated"; "Solar canopies over Indiana airport parking lot provide shade and power"; "Green groups worried new ‘unchecked powers’ will lead to more logging"; "Government offers $150 million in flood funding, signals more to come"; "Implementation of Ogoni clean-up: Govt seeks effective stakeholder cooperation"; "Environmental policies are taking a back seat in the SA election. Should voters be worried?"; "How lightning killed nine Queensland cattle in one strike – and what it has to do with climate change"; "Urannah Dam funding would direct $500m to company run by LNP-linked figures"; "Most of Australia’s threatened species not monitored by government, audit finds"; "Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching"; "More trees and EVs won’t hack it"; "Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals"; "Biden to Withdraw Nomination for Fed’s Top Bank Cop"; "Citing a Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports"; "Nations Should Conserve Fuel as Global Energy Crisis Looms, Agency Warns"; "How the War in Ukraine Could Slow the Sales of Electric Cars"; "Europe moves forward with carbon border taxes"; "Beavers return to London more than 400 years after they were hunted to extinction"; "The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault"; "How did a vast Amazon warehouse change life in a former mining town?"; "Hopes to make Australia rich off waste"; "Grid-scale battery 'really exciting' option as AGL Liddell power station site winds down — analysts"; "Windfall taxes on energy companies are a bad idea"; "Converting Work Vehicles To EVs Could Be Economical As Well As Environmentally Friendly"; "Green startups, flush with cash, face pressure to make climate advances"; "Plum job: UK public asked to track fruit trees for climate study"; "Disputed flood timeline shows confusion about state-federal responsibilities still reigns"; "Live near a park or civic garden? Your risk of stroke drops by 16 per cent"; "Net Zero Tracker"; "Massive peatland carbon banks vulnerable to rising temperatures"; "10 Things You Can Do For Birds"; "As the US Rushes After the Minerals for the Energy Transition, a 150-Year-Old Law Allows Mining Companies Free Rein on Public Lands"; "Recent Megafire Smoke Columns Have Reached the Stratosphere, Threatening Earth’s Ozone Shield"; "Coal Mining Emits More Super-Polluting Methane Than Venting and Flaring From Gas and Oil Wells, a New Study Finds"; "At Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition"; "California’s Climate Reputation Tarnished by Inaction and Oil Money"; "US Blocks Illegal Imports of Climate Damaging Refrigerants With New Rules"; "Warming Trends: Why Walking Your Dog Can Be Bad for the Environment, Plus the Sexism of Climate Change and Taking Plants to the Office"; "Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage, But Is Its Promise an Illusion?"; "After Ukraine, how will the world replace Russia’s oil products?"; "Activists fear PIA, oil company divestments will further impoverish Niger Delta"; "Antarctica 90 Degrees Above Normal. Nothing to See Here"; "Flood-affected Lismore residents with nowhere to go return to homes deemed uninhabitable"; "A guide to the UK energy security strategy"; "Angus Taylor’s $3.5 billion carbon blunder"; "Deliver the 5-step plan to Net Zero for Australia" - Zali Steggall; "Carbon credit companies to cash in on multi-billion-dollar windfall from the government"; "Great Barrier Reef experiences severe bleaching event: 'Failure to protect'"; "Foreign oil dependence a 'massive vulnerability' as defence experts call for EVs, green transport"; "Winds of change blowing strong with $1bn in projects in pipeline"; "Woodside contradicts CSIRO report debunking key climate claims"; "Chemical from tyres linked to mass salmon deaths in US found in Australia for first time"; "More funding for recycling in budget: PM"; "These methane-eating bacteria could show us how to slow climate change"; "Energy bills are spiking after the Russian invasion. We should have doubled-down on renewables years ago"; "Extend life of key climate sensor that maps world’s forests, Nasa told"; "I simply haven’t got it in me to do it again’: imagining a new heart for flood-stricken Lismore"; "It may not be cute, but here’s why the humble yabby deserves your love"; "The making of a climate alarmist"; "Vested interests, inertia and a lack of political will slow renewable energy progress"; "Climate change is here today"; "Fatal Texas Wildfire Forces Evacuations and Destroys 50 Homes"; "Lights Out: Profitable Utility Company Shut Off Electricity to Homes Hundreds of Thousands of Times"; "A Climate Wake-Up Call for the Chemical Industry"; "2022 World Happiness Report"; "Decades of Lobbying Weakened Americans’ Gas Mileage and Turbocharged Pain at the Pump"; "Healthcare Workers Call on Hospitals and Medical Institutions to Divest From Fossil Fuels"; "As EU leaders split on Russian energy sanctions, Commission moots 5-year plan"; "‘Betrayal’: US approves just $1bn climate finance for developing countries in 2022"; "Some EU members turn back to coal to cut reliance on Russian gas"; "Carney, Kyte oversee carbon offset rules to address greenwashing concerns"; "A 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use"; "Hailstorms and climate change: What to expect"; "February 2022: Earth’s 7th-warmest February on record"; "What a researcher learned from monitoring Atlanta’s tree canopy"; "UK Research and Innovation report outlines key priorities for climate change adaptation"; "How to get the US to 100% electric vehicles by 2035"; "Why lithium-ion batteries are so important"; "Sadiq Khan: ‘Climate crisis is a racial justice issue’ as black and Asian Londoners most affected"; "Hundreds of schools, organizations to host teach-in on climate and justice"; "Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists"; "NSW announces inquiry into flood crisis after criticism of state’s response". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".                                                         Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations