Climate News: From Friends of Earth (Melbourne) to a teenage journey around Australia, working for the 'dark side'

Climate Conversations

The Program Coordinator with Geelong Sustainability, Karina Donkers (pictured) encouraged me to talk about my time working with an oil and gas exploration company, The Western Geophysical Company of America.

This word journey began for me following an unexpected meeting with the Melbourne-based Friends of the Earth.

"VFF names policy and advocacy leaders";

"Fuels versus food fight becoming ‘less emotional’";

"Crackdown on dark roofs in plan for growth suburbs";

"Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south";

"Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects";

"When heat kills - The effects of climate change on worker";

"The Atmosphere Doesn't Care About Your Feelings";

"What is solar thermal?";

"Call of Duty | Anjali Sharma";

"Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’":

"EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support";

"MPs and activists challenge claim North Sea oil and gas supports 200,000 jobs";

"Undammed";

"How one German village exemplifies the cancer risk from wood burning";

"Industry shutdowns are messy and painful: 4 lessons Australia’s coal sector can learn from car-makers about bowing out";

"Over half of European voters think climate action is a priority, exclusive Euronews poll reveals";

"Products in US supermarkets linked to deforestation of tropical forests";

"Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a ‘gamechanger’";

"Ukraine rejects claims of Western pressure over attacks on Russian oil facilities";

"National Plan to Look Into Homeowners Insurers Hits a Hurdle";

"US gas producers shrug off low prices, bet on LNG boom";

"Energy Dept. Awards $6 Billion for Green Steel, Cement and Even Macaroni Factories";

"Geothermal is the hottest thing in clean energy. Here’s why";

"The best way to get everyone into electric cars? Hint: It’s not a mandate.";

"Net emission reductions from electric cars and heat pumps in 59 world regions over time";

"Land-use harmony in renewables rollout at the centre of new Queensland roadmap";

"Swift parrots still in peril, despite revised numbers of surviving birds due to new counting method";

"Moolarben Coal Mine report finds koala colony would be displaced by expansion plans";

"Scientists Warn The Price of Food Is Expected to Increase Every Year From Now on";

"Federal government makes late changes to controversial gas approval laws but crossbench concerns remain";

"'Act immediately to survive': Warnings issued as bushfire rages near Perth";

"If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool";

"The energy sector is having its Uber moment";

"Grand Prix or booby prize?";

"Meet Rose Abramoff, Climate Scientist Turned Climate Activist";

"India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms";

"South Sudan heatwave: Extreme weather shuts schools and cuts power";

"COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal";

"Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds";

"Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory";

"UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023";

"Climate change creates legal risks for sports organisations and directors: report";

"The rapid roll-out of batteries" - Beyond Zero Emissions report

"See one cherry tree’s rush to an early bloom, day by day";

"Australia must lead the world on nature restoration through ambitious interpretation of international law";

"Thousands rally across Australia in growing push to end native forest logging".