The Sustainable Hour

08/10/2025

Radio interview about the proposed gas terminal in Geelong

Rob Cameron talks with community organiser Lauren Dillon from Geelong Renewables Not Gas on 94.7 The Pulse on Wednesday 8 October 2025:

https://pod.co/rcfp/lauren-dillon-geelong-renewables

Lauren has been part of a planned meeting to raise awareness to the dangers of a proposed Gas facility in Corio bay

08/10/2025

"Have you heard offshore windfarms kill whales? (They don’t.) Or that electric vehicles catch fire more often than petrol cars? (It’s the opposite.) Perhaps you’ve heard “natural” gas is clean? (It can be worse than coal.) This is what climate misinformation looks like. These claims are common, influential and damaging. They’re often spread for a reason: To slow the uptake of clean alternatives to fossil fuels. Unfortunately, they are shaping public opinion."

The New Daily - 2 October 2025:
PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025/10/02/pr-firms-climate-misinformation

PR and advertising firms have long been paid to craft political campaigns for oil and gas companies often to block or slow climate policies.

07/10/2025

→ Listen: https://climatesafety.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sustainablehour567_128kbps_8oct2025.mp3
→ Notes: https://climatesafety.info/thesustainablehour567

PREPARE FOR IMPACT – Australia’s climate risk reality check

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 567 is Neil Plummer, who discusses Australia’s new national climate risk assessment and the urgent need to move from good intentions to purposeful action.

Neil Plummer is a climatologist, Geelong Sustainability board member, and former head of Climate Services at the Bureau of Meteorology.

NEW SONG: 'Prepare For Impact'
https://climatesafety.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Prepare-For-Impact.mp3
– blending poetic urgency with scientific truth, this song transforms Neil Plummer’s spoken words into a danceable call for decisive, purposeful climate action.

07/10/2025

Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest insurance losses in the world.

07/10/2025

Parts of the state are still reeling from last season's flooding, storms and rainfall, with the majority of council areas disaster-declared already.

07/10/2025

07/10/2025

If you’ve noticed Australia’s roads are worse for wear, you’re not alone. Extreme weather and climate change are already taking their toll.

07/10/2025

07/10/2025

First of two chimney stacks from an old fossil fuel power plant that have dominated the skyline has been removed, piece by piece.

07/10/2025

07/10/2025

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are disrupting that flushing.