Climate Matters - Jun 16 2025 - CM133

Energy and energy and energy - Energy craving causing ecological, geopolitical, and seismic risks on steroids - Spain’s blackout - a case of overcomplexity? – space junk and climate interact – NZ’s first grid scale battery – revisiting “revisiting Rod Carr’s valedictory”

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/
https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-133
https://www.resilienz.co.nz/climate-matters-podcast-climate-and-councils
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