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Month: January 2021

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Carbon pricing is over-hyped…more regulation, industrial policy needed to reduce emissions

January 20, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, “Making climate policy work.” Related links: Klein vs [Read more]

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Time for the United States to compete with China in global clean energy finance

January 16, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Johannes Urpelainen about how China has become the leading financer of wind, solar, and other green energy projects. They also discuss China’s Belt and Road Initiative [Read more]

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Norway unveils comprehensive climate action plan

January 13, 2021 Energi Staff

Last week, the government of Norway presented a climate action plan to help achieve its emission reduction target agreed to under the Paris Agreement. Minister of Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn said “This climate action [Read more]

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This changes everything: Battery prices in free fall

January 13, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews James Frith, head of energy storage for BloombergNEF, on the annual battery price survey. Cheap battery storage is already revolutionizing electric vehicles, electric utilities, and many other [Read more]

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Canadian Northern Corridor would allow energy to move freely across country

January 10, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews energy economist Kent Fellows, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, about a new study he co-authored, “The Canadian Northern Corridor: Planning for National Prosperity.” [Read more]

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Accelerated electrification of economies is inevitable

January 10, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Natasha Vidangos, head of research for the Washington-based Alliance to Save Energy, about a new study that shows the cost, emissions, and other benefits of switching from [Read more]

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Implementing Joe Biden’s aggressive climate policies

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Ryan Kennedy, associate professor of political science at the University of Houston, about the politics of Joe Biden’s ambitious climate and clean energy plan. Related links: Biden’s [Read more]

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Lithium and nanotech: The story of innovator Amanda Hall

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Amanda Hall, CEO of Summit Nanotech, a Canadian cleantech startup that has developed membrane nanotech technology to economically remove lithium from briny water. After founding the company [Read more]

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Alberta slowly adapting to energy transition – interview with Todd Hirsch

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Todd Hirsch, chief economist of the Alberta Treasury Branch and an influential voice in the Alberta energy conversation. The topic of discussion was an Oct. 21 column [Read more]

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Canadian methane emissions double official estimates?

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence about a new study showing methane emissions from oil and gas production could be double current estimates. If the study’s results apply [Read more]

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New membranes turns CO2 into biofuels, ‘green’ feedstock for plastics

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Prof. Steven Holdcroft of Simon Fraser University about his team’s research work developing ion exchange membranes that help in the conversion of captured CO2 emissions into green [Read more]

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Quebec banning sale of gasoline cars in 2035

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis of Clean Energy Canada about Quebec’s decision to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035. They also discuss other jurisdictions like California and the [Read more]

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Robots are coming…and they’re bringing jobs

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jay Dixon of Statistics Canada about a series of studies “The Employment Consequences of Robots: Firm-level Evidence” and “The Effect of Robots on Firm Performance and [Read more]

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Canada missing opportunities to develop EV manufacturing?

January 7, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis, senior policy advisor, about Clean Energy Canada’s new report, “Taking the Wheel,” which argues that Canada isn’t moving fast enough to develop its electric vehicle [Read more]

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Oil/gas, automotive narratives impede Canadian EV adoption

January 6, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Nathan Lemphers about his working paper, which examines transportation electrification narratives in Alberta oil/gas (negative), Ontario automotive manufacturing (uncertain), and Quebec (positive). Related links: The Stories [Read more]

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Solar-powered greenhouses in the Yukon? Even in the winter?

January 6, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews researcher Henry Penn, University of Calgary and The Arctic Institute of North America’s Kluane Lake Research Station, about an exciting new greenhouse research project in SW Yukon [Read more]

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The 2nd Age of Electricity…this time we’re electrifying EVERYTHING

January 6, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Werner Antweiler from the Sauder School of Business about how cheap renewables (solar and wind) are poised to begin displacing fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), [Read more]

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Should Site C proceed? Only under certain conditions, says new study

January 5, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews energy economist Ken Fellows, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, about the new study, “Energy & Environmental Policy Trends: Is the Site C [Read more]

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Ontario failing on climate change as GHG emissions rise

January 5, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Sarah Buchanan, Program Manager, Clean Economy for Environmental Defence, about her organization’s December, 2020 study, Yours to Recover: A Progress Report on Ontario’s Climate Change Actions. The [Read more]

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Thumbs up from industry for Ottawa’s new hydrogen strategy

January 3, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Mark Kirby, CEO of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, about the Dec. 16, 2020 announcement of a Canadian hydrogen strategy from the federal government. Related [Read more]

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