Markham interviews Mark Winfield, professor of environmental studies at York University, about the Simultaneous release of three reports last week about Ontario’s electricity system for the future: IESO’s Annual Planning Outlook, Conservation and Demand Management Framework Mid-Term Review, Pathways to Decarbonization.
Dec 23, 2022•45 min•Ep. 114
Markham interviews development economist Aaron Cosbey with the International Institute for Sustainable Development about his team’s brief, “Why Canada Is Unlikely to Sell the Last Barrel of Oil.”
Dec 22, 2022•33 min•Ep. 113
Markham interviews Kent Fellows, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, about his new CD Howe paper, "Last Barrel Standing? Confronting the Myth of “High-Cost” Canadian Oil Sands Production."
Dec 21, 2022•45 min•Ep. 112
Markham interviews James Frith, principal, Volta Energy Technologies, and former head of BloombergNEF energy storage analysis.
Dec 20, 2022•44 min•Ep. 111
Markham interviews Scott MacDougall, a senior advisor with the Pembina Institute focused on carbon pricing, about the improvements to Alberta's TIER industrial emitter carbon tax announced recently.
Dec 16, 2022•45 min•Ep. 110
Markham interviews Janetta McKenzie, Senior Analyst at the Pembina Institute and author of "The future of oil in the energy transition."
Dec 16, 2022•39 min•Ep. 109
Markham interviews Samantha Gross, director of Brookings Institute’s Energy Security and Climate Initiative.
Dec 16, 2022•38 min•Ep. 108
Markham interviews Ryan Brown, CEO of Halifax-based zinc-ion battery developer Salient Energy.
Dec 15, 2022•40 min•Ep. 107
Markham Hislop interviews Dr. Denis Gilbert, a climate scientist who has been active on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but recently retired from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and hung out his own shingle, Denis Gilbert Scientifik.
Dec 12, 2022•36 min•Ep. 106
Markham interviews Martin Olszynski, University of Calgary law professor about Premier Danielle Smith's "Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act."
Dec 09, 2022•37 min•Ep. 105
Markham interviews Connor Hund, chief operating officer at NanoGraf, an advanced battery material company located in Chicago, Illinois.
Dec 09, 2022•26 min•Ep. 104
Markham interviews Ralph Torrie, research director at Corporate Knights magazine, about the magazine's Climate and Economic Renewal Plan.
Dec 08, 2022•42 min•Ep. 103
Markham interviews Flavio Volpe, president of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association about The Arrow, the first Canadian build concept EV and many other topics in this wide-ranging conversation.
Nov 29, 2022•40 min•Ep. 102
Markham interviews Dr. Joe Vipond, an outspoken Calgary ER physician, who explains what parents can do to protect their children the flu, COVID-19, and RSV.
Nov 27, 2022•28 min•Ep. 101
Markham interviews freelance investigative journalist Justin Ling, author of the substack "Bug-eyed and Shameless," about his latest missive, "The Disinformation Nations: The world information wars are ramping up, and we're not ready to fight."
Nov 23, 2022•52 min•Ep. 100
Markham interviews Dr. Cristina Peñasco, lecturer Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and an author of "10 Principles for policymaking in the energy transition: Lessons from experience," which was undertaken by the Economics of Energy Innovation and System Transition project at Exeter University.
Nov 22, 2022•26 min•Ep. 99
Markham interviews Mark Cameron, Vice-President, External Relations, Oil Sands Net-Zero by 2050 Pathways Alliance. He was recently in Egypt at COP27.
Nov 16, 2022•24 min•Ep. 98
Markham interviews David Doherty, head of oil and renewable fuels, BloombergNEF, and head of the team that produced the report titled "Global Oil Outlook: Peak, decline and plateau."
Nov 11, 2022•45 min•Ep. 97
Markham interviews Shannon K. O’Neill, deputy director of studies for the Council on Foreign Relations, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies. She is the author of “The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter.”
Nov 11, 2022•47 min•Ep. 96
Markham interviews Gerard Kreeft, author of “The 10 Commandments of the Energy Transition.”
Nov 10, 2022•38 min•Ep. 95
Markham interviews Justin Rangooni, executive director for Energy Storage Canada, about the organization's new report, "Energy Storage: A Key Pathway to Net Zero in Canada."
Nov 10, 2022•21 min•Ep. 94
Markham interviews Karthik Subramanian, a research associate with Lux Research and a co-author of “Can we make it to 1.5 °C? A breakdown of IPCC's climate mitigation plan.” He joined us from Amsterdam.
Nov 02, 2022•38 min•Ep. 92
Markham interviews Mel Bergsneider of Allume Energy, an Australian company with operations in the USA, about micro-grids for multi-family dwellings and how utilities are coping with technology, market, consumer, and regulatory change.
Nov 02, 2022•46 min•Ep. 93
Markham interviews Chloe Herrera, an analyst at Lux Research who leads the Energy Storage team’s coverage of battery technology for electric vehicles and stationary storage.
Nov 01, 2022•39 min•Ep. 91
Markham interviews Paul Martin, a chemical engineer with a 30 year history of working with hydrogen and a member of the Hydrogen Science Coalition.
Oct 31, 2022•33 min•Ep. 90
Markham interviews Colin Guldimann, economist with RBC, and author of “The Price of Power: How to cut Canada's Net Zero electricity bill.” Link to the report: https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/the-price-of-power-how-to-cut-canadas-net-zero-electricity-bill/
Oct 19, 2022•44 min•Ep. 89
Link to the report David mentions during the interview: https://transitionaccelerator.ca/techno-economics-of-a-new-hydrogen-value-chain-supporting-heavy-duty-transport/
Oct 09, 2022•58 min•Ep. 88
Link to study: https://www.cell.com/joule/pdf/S2542-4351(22)00410-X.pdf
Oct 05, 2022•34 min•Ep. 87
Link: https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-projects-zero-emissions-medium-and-heavy-duty-electric-trucks-will-be-cheaper-diesel
Oct 04, 2022•36 min•Ep. 86
Markham interviews Ethan Zindler, head of Americas for BloombergNEF and lead author on a new report, "Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022: Tracking global investment in the low-carbon energy transition."
Oct 03, 2022•22 min•Ep. 85