Record sea surface temperatures suggest the Earth is headed for ‘uncharted territory’ in terms of sea level rise, coastal flooding and extreme weather
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/15/oceans-have-been-absorbing-the-worlds-extra-heat-but-theres-a-huge-payback
“Every year about 134 million atomic bombs of heat is being trapped by the ocean. It has kept global temperatures down and kept the land livable but we have to realise that energy hasn’t gone.”
In a growing trend, more planning permits for new homes on Phillip Island are being rejected.
— Read on www.pisra.com.au/news/sea-level-rise-risk-sees-more-planning-permits-refused
at last, with Senior Risk Officer for Insurance Council of Australia, Groundswell drew attention to this in public forum more than 10 years ago. When you find out insurance is exempt from your claim, liability buck stops with Council. Can they claim against DELWP for under estimating? Should Council adopt data from Insurance Council?
Chevron development off Pilbara coast was approved on condition the company store about 4m tonnes of CO2 a year
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/emissions-wa-gas-project-chevron-carbon-capture-system-pilbara-coast
…much higher emissions after its LNG was shipped and burned in Asian countries.
CAT has upgraded Australia’s overall rating to “Insufficient” from “Highly Insufficient”.
— Read on climateactiontracker.org/countries/australia/
Will Climate Crisis get any mention in Budget tonight?
“CAT has upgraded Australia’s overall rating to “Insufficient” from “Highly Insufficient”.“
Grim report about carbon sequestration being vital on top of reducing emissions to save Earth scored scant media attention. That’s a tragedy.
— Read on thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2023/05/08/emissions-climate-crisis-kohler/
Tragedy is insistence that more renewables will fix warming. They might help but won’t fix.
Making Reductions mandatory can help, mandatory down as far as personal quota by MyGov type account to reduce energy consumption, oil, gas and electricity.
cleantechnica.com/2023/05/04/luvly-0-electric-car-from-sweden-is-basic-transportation-very-basic/
Now, if only Australia could accept standards for light and heavy, tricycle and Quadricycle.
Climate-related risks to human and regional security is our biggest risk, but there is a big black hole in the government’s discourse.
— Read on johnmenadue.com/are-australias-climate-security-risks-too-hot-to-handle/
When a declassified version of the Defence Security Review (DSR) was released on 24 April, there was a glaring omission. A short chapter on climate change focussed on just domestic climate risks,
reasonstobecheerful.world/europes-longest-bicycling-tunnel-opens-in-norway/
Also cheaper than car ferry COWES/Stony Point, all weather, non-polluting, healthy
Climate news and data-driven insights from Bloomberg’s global newsroom covering the latest in science, environmental impacts, zero-emission tech and green finance — with a focus on solutions.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/green
Will government step up to subsidise premiums for insurance against climate crisis consequences for farmers?
Or will they stop $12Billion/year subsidies to causes of climate crisis, coal and gas mafia?
Cargo electric bikes are 60% faster at deliveries than vans. Here’s why
— Read on electrek.co/2021/08/13/electric-cargo-bikes-faster-at-deliveries-than-delivery-vans/
Is it time yet? As roads get bigger, don’t you just get bigger traffic gridlock?
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