Markham interviews Rod Matthews is the co-founder and CEO of Brevian Energy, a renewable energy technology company based in California, and an experienced micro grid solution provider.
May 31, 2023•44 min•Ep. 174
Markham interviews Drew Yewchuk, staff lawyer at the Public Interest Law Clinic, University of Calgary and Mark Dorin, Polluter Pay Federation.
May 31, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 173
Markham interviews economist David Gray, who helped designed the deregulation of Alberta power generation in the late 1990s.
May 30, 2023•38 min•Ep. 172
Markham interviews Drew Yewchuk, staff Lawyer at the Public Interest Law Clinic, University of Calgary, and Mark Dorin, Polluter Pay Federation, about Alberta's mass conventional oil and gas environmental liabilities problem that will require an estimated $130 billion to clean up.
May 29, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 171
Markham interviews Paul Sullivan, Senior VP Global LNG + FLNG Worley, who has been involved in a number of BC LNG project proposals and understands the economics of the global and Canadian LNG industries.
May 18, 2023•35 min•Ep. 170
Markham interviews Dr. Lorna Harris, scientist and program lead, Forests, Peatlands and Climate Change for · Wildlife Conservation Society Canada discusses a report co-authored with Dr. Kelly Biagi, “A Review of Suncor’s McClelland Lake Wetland Complex Operational Plan for the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project” for the Alberta Wilderness Association.
May 01, 2023•48 min•Ep. 169
Markham interviews Dr. Bentley Allan, a research director at Alberta-based Transition Accelerator and one of the authors of “ Critical Next Steps to Ensure Canada’s Future Competitiveness .”
Apr 21, 2023•28 min•Ep. 168
Markham interviews Michael Liebreich, Senior Contributor, BloombergNEF, and author of the op-ed, The Unbearable Lightness of Hydrogen , December 2022. Check out his podcast: Cleaning Up. Leadership in an age of climate change.
Apr 21, 2023•39 min•Ep. 167
Markham interviews David Maenz, one of the technical experts on the Saskatchewan strategic climate litigation. Climate Justice Saskatoon and 7 Saskatchewan residents, aged 15 to 80, filed an application at the Court of King’s Bench on March 31, 2023, claiming that expanding gas-fired electricity generation violates their Charter rights to life, security of person, and equality.
Apr 18, 2023•29 min•Ep. 166
Markham interviews Stewart Prest, professor of political science at Simon Fraser University.
Apr 18, 2023•24 min•Ep. 165
Markham interviews Dr. Kevin Timoney, principal investigator at Treeline Ecological Research and author of "The Hidden Scourge: Exposing the Truth about Fossil Fuel Industry Spills." Link to book: https://www.amazon.ca/Hidden-Scourge-Exposing-Fossil-Industry/dp/022800893X Link to supplementary materials for the book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C_bStEhVMIFuABOhtpoivoDgPkGMEVTS/view
Apr 16, 2023•57 min•Ep. 164
Markham interviews Prof. Greig Mordue, ArcelorMittal Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy, McMaster University. Link: https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/analysis-did-canada-and-ontario-pay-too-much-money-for-volkswagens-battery-plant/
Apr 13, 2023•42 min•Ep. 163
Markham interviews Dr. Tim Lieuwen is Regents’ Professor, holder of the David S. Lewis, Jr. Chair, and the executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Tech.
Apr 03, 2023•34 min•Ep. 162
Markham interviews Beth McDaniel, president of Reactive Surfaces.
Mar 30, 2023•36 min•Ep. 161
Markham interviews Stefan U. Pauer, senior analyst at Clean Energy Canada. According to new modelling by Clean Energy Canada and Navius Research, Canadian jobs in clean energy set to grow 7% a year, from 509,000 in 2025 to 2.7 million in a net-zero 2050.
Mar 29, 2023•32 min•Ep. 160
Markham interviews Zachary Karabell, founder of The Progress Network and co-host of the podcast What Could Go Right. He was educated at Columbia, Oxford and Harvard, where he received his Ph.D. He has written widely on economics, investing, history, and international relations. We’re going to talk about good news concerning the fight against climate change.
Mar 27, 2023•43 min•Ep. 159
Markham interviews Drew Yewchuk, staff Lawyer at the Public Interest Law Clinic, University of Calgary, about the report of Alberta Auditor General Doug Wylie, "Liability Management of (Non-Oil Sands) Oil and Gas Infrastructure," released on March 23, 2023.
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 158
Markham interviews Keith Stewart of Greenpeace Canada, which is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate claims made by the Pathway Alliance's “Let’s clear the air” campaign. Pathways Alliance provided the following comment by email: "We will take the necessary time to review the complaint and will not be speaking directly to it at this time. What I can say is our campaign acknowledges the oil sands represent a significant share of our country’s emissions and that we must work collaborativel...
Mar 17, 2023•21 min•Ep. 157
Markham interviews Alex Barnes, Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, author of “The EU Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package: help or hindrance for the development of a European hydrogen market?”
Mar 16, 2023•27 min•Ep. 156
Markham interviews Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geophysicist and Life-Cycle (Liability) Management Developer who has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry under the Alberta Energy Regulator’s rules.
Mar 16, 2023•48 min•Ep. 155
Markham interviews economist Jason Dion, senior research director, Canadian Climate Institute, about the oped, "Electric federalism: An idea whose time has come."
Mar 15, 2023•27 min•Ep. 154
Markham interviews Kasandra O'Malia, Project Manager, with Global Energy Monitor, co-authors of “Race to the Top: Latin America 2023”
Mar 15, 2023•24 min•Ep. 153
Markham interviews Mike Andrade, CEO, Toronto-based Morgan Solar. He is a professional engineer with over 30 years’ experience working with dozens of the technology firms.
Mar 15, 2023•19 min•Ep. 152
Markham interviews Former U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa J. Peter Pham’s recent op-ed “A Wake-Up Call for Green Energy Dreams” outlined how the United States can wean itself from dependence on China and other rivals for critical minerals that power our renewable energy infrastructure. Amb. Pham is a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and a senior advisor at the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy.
Mar 15, 2023•30 min•Ep. 151
Collection of 22 essays edited by Trevor Harrison, professor at the University of Lethbridge, and Ricardo Acuna, executive director of Parkland Institute. Available from Black Rose Press www.blackrosebooks.com
Mar 14, 2023•47 min•Ep. 150
Markham interviews Jason MacLean, assistant professor of law at the University of New Brunswick and an expert on environmental law.
Mar 13, 2023•44 min•Ep. 149
Markham interviews Kacie Peters and Peter Protopappas with US solar provider Pivot Energy about why community solar should be a critical piece of the decarbonization puzzle.
Mar 10, 2023•36 min•Ep. 148
Markham interviews Xavier Richer Vis with the Investigative Journalism Foundation and Cloe Logan of the National Observer, co-authors of “Big Oil lobbyists outgun environmentalists with access to most powerful federal ministries.”
Mar 08, 2023•26 min•Ep. 147
Markham interviews Mark Zacharias, executive director of Clean Energy Canada.
Mar 07, 2023•24 min•Ep. 146
Markham interviews Duane Bratt, professor of political science, Mount Royal University, about " Take Back Alberta wields 'disproportionate' power in provincial politics ."
Mar 07, 2023•21 min•Ep. 145