Stanley Johnson (pictured), the father of British PM, Boris, visits Australia heaping climate praise on Australia's wonderfully progressive LNP Government and was interviewed on ABC's RN Breakfast by Patricia Karvelas - "Stanley Johnson on climate, Brexit and Russia".
Other Quick Climate Links today are:
"Biolinks Alliance";
"Bendigo Sustainability Festival";
"Feds to pledge $1 billion for faster rail from Sydney to Newcastle";
"Budget to include $3.3 billion for Vic road and rail networks";
"Never mind the economy - the election outlook counts more";
"Property worth $25b at risk from coastal erosion";
"Whistleblower’s ‘fraud’ claim threatens integrity of $4.5 billion carbon offset scheme";
"Government ‘must guarantee’ gas funds won’t benefit Russian oligarch";
"Government pledges $5.4bn for North Queensland dam before business case";
"Dare I become a mum in a changing climate? The debate and guilt is shifting";
"Oil giants under scrutiny as climate pressure intensifies";
"L.A's asphalt-covered schoolyards are an environmental injustice";
"More than a million homes to be powered by offshore wind energy under ‘game-changing’ Victorian plan";
"Victorian towns plead for running water supply, sewerage systems";
"Volkswagen prepares for a deglobalized world";
"Here’s how food waste can generate clean energy";
"Property developers fight NSW bid to make houses more energy-efficient and climate-resilient";
"War Shakes Europe Path to Energy Independence, Climate Goals";
"No, sunscreen chemicals are not bleaching the Great Barrier Reef";
"In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse";
"FACT SHEET: United States and European Commission Announce Task Force to Reduce Europe’s Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels";
"Why wetlands are a versatile climate and biodiversity hack";
"Sweenies Creek Farm";
"Forage";
"Amid backlash, USPS orders more EVs — but will still mostly run on gas";
"Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?";
"From poop to power: partnership turns pig manure into energy";
"Why are my allergies so bad? Climate change may be partly to blame.";
"Top corporate lobbying group shows its true colors on climate change";
"‘Disruptive action’ on climate only preaches to the converted";
"Antarctic ice-shelf collapses after unprecedented heatwave";
"Severe coral bleaching hits the Great Barrier Reef just as the government is trying to say it’s not in danger";
"Russia’s murderous regime is propped up by oil and gas – Australia and the world must switch";
"Flood peak revised down for Lismore, severe weather threat moves to NSW Mid North Coast";
"Government plan to let renewable agency fund fossil fuels blocked after Liberal-led committee’s motion";
"Gold Coast suburb has $1.4bn in property at ‘very high risk’ from coastal erosion";
"“Perverse:” Australian fossil fuel subsidies will top $22,000 a minute this year";
"‘David and Goliath’ battle over waste-to-energy plan in Angus Taylor’s NSW seat generates electoral heat";
"‘Diverse genetics’: Queensland researchers hope Jagger the koala will help protect his species";
"Flood evacuation orders issued for Lismore after man and dogs die in Queensland";
"Insurers could have been climate heroes. Instead, they have risked a crisis to dwarf 2008";
"Energy regulator backtracks on assessing climate impacts of natural gas pipelines";
"Banks promised climate action. Where is it?";
"Maldives greenlights destructive dredging to build housing and luxury resorts";
"Great Barrier Reef authority confirms unprecedented sixth mass coral bleaching event";
"Meet the people shaping the future of our planet";
"Taylor’s latest $50m gas subsidy splurge deplored as “slap in the face for flood victims”".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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