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Leanne Robinson works with the Arctic Energy Alliance in Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories. I had the chance to enjoy an in-depth conversation with Leanne about her work researching and, where appropriate, promoting the use of renewable energy in the Northwest Territories. She is a wealth of knowledge, and has a balanced viewpoint as to the advantages and the challenges that go along with renewable energy, particularly as a resource for remote communities. Listen to learn about the c...
Mar 22, 2012•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In February 2012, The Arctic Institute contributor Tom Fries interviewed Yuri Sergeev about his work for the Bellona Foundation's offices in Murmansk, Russia. Yuri talks frankly about the many intractable challenges that confront the development of renewable energy in the Russian Arctic, and in Russia generally, focusing largely on regulatory uncertainty and simple lack of economic incentives to make the switch. Yuri's many stories paint a picture of a country with enormous potential, waiting fo...
Mar 05, 2012•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In February 2012, Arctic Institute contributor Tom Fries interviewed Nina Jensen, Conservation Director at WWF-Norway, about the challenges of pushing back against the habit of fossil fuel production and use in the high North. Her long time work with WWF has given her a sense of the daunting challenges that confront those who support an as-soon-as-possible conversion to renewable energy, but also of the deep value of such a change. You can find a non-flash version of the interview here.
Feb 24, 2012•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast
During the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso, Norway in January 2012, Arctic Institute contributor Tom Fries had the chance to interview Jason Meyer, who works at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power. His work involves identifying and testing new and effective energy technologies for the Arctic - often with the goal of providing power to Alaska's remote communities - and assisting them through the development process. His interest in this field began in Vanuatu, an island in the South Paci...
Feb 01, 2012•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast