EPISODE · Feb 23, 2025 · 45 MIN
Climate News: What Would Real Energy Independence Look Like? - George Dillard
from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean
Simon Holmes à Court will be in conversation with Rick Brazalle (pictured) at a Lighter Footprints event at Melbourne's Malvern Town Hall on Wednesday, March 5, discussing "Powering 2025: Driving Australia’s Energy Transition"."What Would Real Energy Independence Look Like?";"This wind farm is retiring, so what happens to its tonnes of steel?";"Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it";"A Simple Farming Trick That Could Remove CO₂ from the Atmosphere";"Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals";"How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report";"Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?";"Net zero emissions by 2050 is great for the fossil fuel industry";"Water Access in North Gaza, Rafah Down to 7 Percent of Pre-Genocide Levels";"An Economist’s Dire Forecast About Just How Much Climate Change Will Impact GDP";"Trump Wants the Federal Government’s Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations";"Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires";"Lethal Greed: How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick";"A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn";"Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate";"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";"Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal’s aquifers";"States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump reversal";"Climate change education can survive four more years of climate change denial";"Kore Power has a new plan after canceling $1.2B battery plant in Arizona";"Local Governments Can Achieve Texas-Sized Impacts from Distributed Energy Assets and Virtual Power Plants";"Broken Levers" - George Monbiot;"The climate crisis is a cost-of-living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it";"Activist asks Supreme Court to keep climate case alive";"Tim Winton: Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous";"‘Serious concerns’: national assessment reveals rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted";"Why the death knell of a brutal 200km Dutch ice race signals trouble for Australia";"Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over";"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants";"The New Plutocracy";"Energy and Wildlife Conservation: A Two-Pronged Approach";"New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West";"Trump’s Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff";"Gradually, Then Suddenly";"Whale poop may have been a key fertilizer for oceans".
What this episode covers
Simon Holmes à Court will be in conversation with Rick Brazalle (pictured) at a Lighter Footprints event at Melbourne's Malvern Town Hall on Wednesday, March 5, discussing "Powering 2025: Driving Australia’s Energy Transition"."What Would Real Energy Independence Look Like?";"This wind farm is retiring, so what happens to its tonnes of steel?";"Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it";"A Simple Farming Trick That Could Remove CO₂ from the Atmosphere";"Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals";"How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report";"Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?";"Net zero emissions by 2050 is great for the fossil fuel industry";"Water Access in North Gaza, Rafah Down to 7 Percent of Pre-Genocide Levels";"An Economist’s Dire Forecast About Just How Much Climate Change Will Impact GDP";"Trump Wants the Federal Government’s Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations";"Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires";"Lethal Greed: How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick";"A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn";"Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate";"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";"Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal’s aquifers";"States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump reversal";"Climate change education can survive four more years of climate change denial";"Kore Power has a new plan after canceling $1.2B battery plant in Arizona";"Local Governments Can Achieve Texas-Sized Impacts from Distributed Energy Assets and Virtual Power Plants";"Broken Levers" - George Monbiot;"The climate crisis is a cost-of-living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it";"Activist asks Supreme Court to keep climate case alive";"Tim Winton: Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous";"‘Serious concerns’: national assessment reveals rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted";"Why the death knell of a brutal 200km Dutch ice race signals trouble for Australia";"Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over";"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants";"The New Plutocracy";"Energy and Wildlife Conservation: A Two-Pronged Approach";"New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West";"Trump’s Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff";"Gradually, Then Suddenly";"Whale poop may have been a key fertilizer for oceans".
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