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Podcast: Climate Conversations
Episode: Climate News: David Spratt tells it straight; Wild storms in Sydney; Bushfire warning, post La Nina; Shell criticised; Great Lakes ice vanishing; Extreme heat costing Phoenix $2 billion a year
Description: Melbourne's David Spratt is back with the second part of "Faster, higher, hotter: What we learned about the climate system in 2022";
"Wild storms spark hundreds of call for help";
"As La Nina wanes, what follows could be even worse";
"Great Lakes ice cover plummets to record mid-February low";
"Increasingly extreme heat could cost Phoenix $2 billion every year";
"IEA: Global energy crisis pushed fossil fuel consumption subsidies to an all-time high in 2022";
"Shell’s actual spending on renewables is fraction of what it claims, group alleges";
"He...