Climate News: 'The more renewable we get, the more reliable our power supplies become' - Amory Lovins, U.S. energy expert

Amory Lovins (pictured) is in Australia for an energy conference and was a guest on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's RN Breakfast and talked with host, Fran Kelly - "Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins on Future Made in Australia"; "Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run entirely on renewables. Is that correct?"; "Labor’s Future Gas Strategy: The greatest capitulation of any Australian government to the fossil fuel industry"; "WA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb above 2005 levels despite net zero pledge"; "Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice"; "Australia and Tuvalu finalize historic treaty to welcome climate refugees"; "Inside the Labor gas rebellion splitting the party"; "Climate Science Initiative, presented at Murdoch University"; "Q&A: The Dire Consequences of Global Warming in the Earth’s Oceans"; "94% of psychologists are concerned about the impact of climate change on mental health"; "China makes some of the hottest new EVs. Most aren’t sold in the U.S."; "Europe hit by severe floods in the north and heatwaves in the south"; "Future Gas Strategy"; "World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target"; "State of Sustainability Report 2023"; "Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint"; "Eco-anxiety affecting more than two-thirds of Australians aged 16-25 years, study finds"; "Forgotten Keepers of the Rio Grande Delta: a Native Elder Fights Fossil Fuel Companies in Texas"; "Contemplating an EV? Here’s the buzz on the pros and cons"; "Biloxi, Mississippi, is losing a foot of salt marsh shoreline a year": "Climate change made the deadly heatwaves that hit millions of highly vulnerable people across Asia more frequent and extreme"; "Global projections of heat exposure of older adults"; "Australia's offer of climate asylum to Tuvalu sparks controversy"; "Global experts and leaders convene for Vatican climate summit"; "Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet"; "'Catastrophic floods' kill more than 300 in Afghanistan, wash away entire villages"; "Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers"; "BP Grabs The Opportunity to Take Over Tesla’s Supercharging Sites": "Data Centers Power Demand Fuel U.S. Utility Q1 Earnings Discussions"; "Climate change is affecting mental health literally everywhere"; "Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest"; "Carbon Offset Deals and the Risks of ‘Green Grabbing’"; "Electric Drive: How China’s BYD Is Racing Ahead in the EV Market"; "A water war is brewing between the U.S. and Mexico. Here’s why."; "Days after climate talks, US slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels"; "Paris summit unlocks cash for clean cooking in Africa, side-stepping concerns over gas"; "'Civil Disobedience Has to Become the New Norm.' Jane Fonda on the Fight Against Climate Change"; "It’s a Climate Election Now"; "Azerbaijan pursues clean energy to export more ‘god-given’ gas to Europe"; "In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s net zero vision clashes with legacy of war"; "In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas"; "Climate Change Puts U.S. Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising, Federal Agencies Warn"; "Coal's Dying Light: The decline of coal is hurting Kentucky and communities across the country"; "New Rules Help to Answer Whether Clean Energy Jobs Will Also Be Good Jobs"; "America’s Green Skills Gap Raises Concerns About Energy Transition"; "Can Biden’s new jobs program to fight climate change attract women and people of color?"; "The Civilian Conservation Corps"; "Flash floods in Afghanistan devastate lives and livelihoods"; "Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say"; "What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign".