Climate News: Greg Combet discusses Australia's pathway to net zero; After years of promises, fossil fuel companies backtrack
Former Federal Minister, Greg Combet (pictured) was a guest this week on the National Press Club talking about getting to net zero: "Greg Combet - Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority";
"After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking";
"Dive in: Climate change is affecting all types of weather";
"States brace for collision of weather systems";
"A man has died in Queensland floodwaters, as heavy rain lashes east coast";
"Australia’s soil to become net carbon emitter and threat to climate goals, report says";
"El Nino-linked drought threatens energy and food supplies in southern Africa with millions at risk";
"Thousands more of Tasmania 'giant' native trees could be spared from logging under policy change";
"Natasha’s hot home is bad for her health. So is the cost of living";
"When it comes to climate action, beware the policy bundle";
"Florida’s tiny ‘fairy tale’ deer are losing habitat as seas rise";
"Shell says landmark emissions ruling won't help climate goals";
"India Predicts Searing Heat in Threat to Lives, Power Supply";
"He Wants Oil Money Off Campus. She’s Funded by Exxon. They’re Friends.";
"Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016";
"Boom in mining for renewable energy minerals threatens Africa’s great apes";
"Network Rail to spend £2.8bn to cope with effects of climate crisis";
"Snowball effect: Is artificial snow a long-term solution for ski resorts in a warming world?";
"Throwing Soup At Mona Lisa For The Climate Cause?";
"Buckled lines and landslides: How climate change is hitting Europe’s rail industry";
"In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants";
"Do organic farms cause unintended harm? Study finds uptick in pesticide use in neighbouring fields";
"Global Warming Will Enable Tropical Species From the Atlantic to Colonize the Mediterranean Sea";
"‘I want to tackle it in a big way’: Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects";
"Bird Flu Is Picking its Way Across the Animal Kingdom—and Climate Change Could Be Making it Worse";
"Europe is divided on nuclear power: Which countries are for and against it?";
"It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought";
"The Anthropocene already exists in our heads, even if it’s now officially not a geological epoch";
"A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch";
"Anthropocene: human-made materials now weigh as much as all living biomass, say scientists";
"Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting";
"No EV recovery, with worst sales quarter in nearly 3 years";
"‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk";
"Inside the minds of the oil rig-climbing activists";
"Australia faces postwar-style reconstruction to reach net zero target, Greg Combet says";
"An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works";
"East coast weather: big wet headed for Sydney after month of rain dumped on parts of Victoria in 24 hours";
"Why artificial submarine curtains won’t save West Antarctica’s retreating glaciers";
"Out of alignment: how clashing policies make for terrible environmental outcomes";
"Scientists warn Australians to prepare for megadroughts lasting more than 20 years";
"Native animals that survived Bayindeen bushfire face increased threat from predators six weeks on";
"Tiwi Islands leaders appeal to federal government to reconsider offshore gas project approvals changes";
"First Nations people must be at the forefront of Australia’s renewable energy revolution";
"Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis?";
"A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it";
"Awful’: climate crisis threatens to sink historic north-east golf club".
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