Climate News: 'It’s worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?'

Ingrid Robeyns (pictured) has written an amazingly timely book - "Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth".

You can hear an interview with her by Adam Canover on "Factually - Why Billionaires Should Be Banned".

Powerful writing by Adam Knox in the Melbourne Age - "It’s worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?";

"More than 100 water rescues as heatwave sweeps across Victoria";

"The Weather That Changed Us | Heatwave";

"Federal Labor pledges to fund bulk of Bruce Highway upgrade in re-election bid";

"The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions";

"Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden’s new subsidies show why.";

"The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse":

"Southern Ocean winds to break stifling heatwave baking Australia’s south-east";

"Australia needs better ways of storing renewable electricity for later. That’s where ‘flow batteries’ can help";

"Why drought and a big wind event spell fire trouble for Southern California";

"Several flights cancelled across Germany as extreme winter weather brings widespread disruption";

"After Three Hurricanes in 13 Months, Residents of Cedar Key, Florida, Are Considering the Island’s Future—and Their Own";

"These cities will be hardest hit as winter storm brings snow and ice to many states";

"Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research";

"What to know about the heavy snow and ice storms soon to hit a swath of the U.S.";

"Polar vortex expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of US";

"Landman Is in Love With the Myths That Oilmen Tell About Themselves";

"Why the Argument That LNG Is Essential to the Energy Transition Is ‘Nonsense’";

"2024 – a dire year for Human Survival";

"Improvements to Electric Vehicles Ease Concerns About Range Loss in Cold Climates";

"Firefighters battle fresh blazes in Victoria as pockets of NSW burn";

"Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters";

"A season of uncertainty for this Helene-stricken Christmas tree farm";

"China records warmest temperature in 2024";

"Weather warnings remain as flooding clean-up starts";

"An economic lifeline: Why Iran opposes production curbs in UN plastics treaty ";

"Medical Schools Around the World Are Expanding Their ‘Climate Change Curriculums’";

"World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink";

"Greenhushing’ Is On the Rise as Companies Go Silent on Climate Pledges";

"On beaches of Gaza and Tel Aviv, two tales of one heatwave":

"Reckoning With Climate Anxiety in the Wake of the US Election";

"The Earth’s Colors Are Changing—and Climate Change Could Be Partially to Blame";

"Most Costly Climate Disasters of 2024 Killed 2,000 People and Inflicted $229 Billion in Damages";

"Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024";

"Year of deadly weather: Climate change added 41 extra heat days and supercharged disasters";

"‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows";

"Plants Are Becoming Less Nutritious Because of Climate Change, Impacting Herbivores From Insects to Giant Pandas";

"Trump accused of attacking UK energy policies on behalf of fossil fuel industry";

"Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden’s new subsidies show why.";

"The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions";

"New York to Charge Biggest Emitters for Climate Damages Under New Law";

"The world’s hope to fight common threats: The U.S. will wake up";

"‘An ecological disaster’: Russia deals with aftermath of massive fuel oil spill";

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