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Shane Stone (pictured) is the head of the Federal Government's National Recovery and Resilience Agency, the organization responsible for ensuring those impacted upon in the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires are cared for - he was interviewed on Radio National by Patricia Karvelas - "Are grants for bushfire affected communities going far enough?" Today's episode includes addresses by two speakers from the Rotary Clubs of Sydney Climate and Peace Forum - "Climate Risks - making choices". A recording of the webinar should be on the website within a couple of weeks. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Australian sport has been captured by carbon – but a sliver of light has emerged"; "Australia is spending billions on the Great Barrier Reef. Will it do any good?"; "That Organic Cotton T-Shirt May Not Be as Organic as You Think"; "Calls to reject 'gassy' extension of Whitehaven Coal's Narrabri mine over methane concerns"; "Narrabri mine expansion would make it dirtiest thermal coalmine in Australia, environmentalists say"; "WA motorists about to be hit with more pain at petrol bowsers on back of rising oil prices"; "Zali Steggall defends $100,000 donation from coal investor, saying ‘most people have through super’"; "Have fewer kids to cut emissions: report"; "Veteran of climate wars still fighting for a habitable planet, and for science"; "Here’s how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy"; "The report everyone needs to see"; "Australian Parents for Climate Action"; "Fossil Fuel Companies Have the Nerve to Claim That Taxing Them Will Hurt the Climate"; "An Australian manufacturer of electric batteries has charged into the US market"; "Coalition spends $31m on ads spruiking efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions"; "Zero Carbon Tatura"; "Legal threat over planned hydro scheme"; "Hyundai joins Newsroom"; "Cheap abundant energy is the problem, not the solution"; "Report: Preparing for SEC Climate Reporting Rule Changes in 2022"; "Britain’s sea eagles are a magnificent sight – so why are people poisoning them?"; "TPI publishes new report identifying sectoral decarbonisation pathways for all high emitting sectors"; "EY launches new sustainability service to prepare for net-zero plans by 2023"; "BMW Group significantly increases use of low-carbon steel in series production at European plants"; "Why is permaculture gardening so popular?"; "Dry winter drains reservoirs, ruins crops in Spain, Portugal"; "The difference between gray, blue, and green hydrogen"; "Tackling climate change includes seeking equitable mental health care"; "January 2022: Earth’s 6th-warmest January on record"; "Interest in $100 billion worth of renewable energy projects registered for Hunter Valley coal region"; "Three years on, Morrison’s electricity underwriting scheme still has nothing to show"; "Hope floats: Greenpeace Esperanza retires after two decades, but light shines"; "Northern Territory government rejects Glencore's bid to override sacred sites watchdog on McArthur River mine"; "World-first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion"; "Microchips, 3D printers, augmented reality: the high-tech tools helping scientists save our wildlife"; "Eucalypt of the Year: 25 species from tall to small vie for top tree"; "Lethal ‘blackwater’ in Barwon-Darling river prompts fears of another mass fish kill"; "Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news"; "What is biocultural diversity, and why does it matter?"; "There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy"; "‘Not going to be pretty’: Australian petrol prices on track for new high"; "The Big Switch: Australia’s Zero Emission Future"; "How To Save Our Planet: The Facts". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".     Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations