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What’s the difference between climate change and global warming?

December 31, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews David Herring, director of communication and education for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the US government. He is a science writer and editor with extensive [Read more]

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Klein vs Hislop: Battle climate change like it’s WWII?

December 27, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham debates climate activist and academic Seth Klein about his new book, “A GOOD WAR: MOBILIZING CANADA FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY,” which argues that governments should direct economic activity [Read more]

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Game-changing solid-state EV battery coming from Toyota

December 27, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Markham interviews Sam Abuelsamid, engineer and EV analyst for Guidehouse Research, about Toyota’s new solid-state battery, which will have 500 kilometres of range and can be recharged in just 10 minutes. [Read more]

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Canadian Arctic sea ice’s rapid disappearance a serious problem

December 26, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Prof. Warwick Vincent, Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and leader of the Aquatic Ecosystem Studies laboratory at Université Laval, about recent significant losses of ice [Read more]

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30% fewer jobs in Canadian oil patch by 2040 (or sooner)? New report on automation, digital tech

December 26, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Lance Mortlock, Canadian oil and gas leader for EY Canada, about a new joint study with PetroLMI titled, “Preparing for the future now: Rethinking the oil and [Read more]

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Stop poisoning wolves to save caribou, Alberta, Saskatchewan

December 19, 2020 Energi Staff

Summary: On December 15, 2020 several animal rights groups wrote to the Canadian government asking for a “special review” under the federal Health Act of several poisons (including strychnine) used by the Alberta and Saskatchewan [Read more]

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eMethanol solution to low-carbon transportation?

December 18, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary. Summary: Markham interviews Claes Fredriksson, founder of Liquid Wind, a Swedish company that uses captured CO2 and hydrogen created using wind power to make eMethanol, an emission-less liquid fuel [Read more]

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Recycle 95% of lithium-ion batteries? Canadian company leads industry

December 15, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: What to do with electric vehicle batteries at the end of their life is an important issue for consumers and environmental groups. A Canadian company, Li-Cycle of Mississauga, Ontario [Read more]

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2-degree global warming scenario ends Canadian LNG expansion

December 10, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary. Summary: Wood Mackenzie’s latest report shows that 77% of new LNG supply is at risk under 2-degree Celsius global warming by 2100 scenario. Only about 145 billion cubic metres [Read more]

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Handy list of Canadian climate regulations

December 9, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary Summary: An August, 2020 report from the Canada West Foundation provides a list of all climate policies of Canadian provinces and the Canadian government. With the increasing focus across [Read more]

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Move over Alberta gas, wind and solar now the cheapest form of energy

December 8, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Energi Media interviewed energy economist Blake Shaffer of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary about a research memo he co-authored entitled, “Energy and Environmental Policy [Read more]

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Tony Seba: Electric revolution by 2030?

November 24, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary Summary: The combination of wind, solar, and battery storage will soon produce clean electricity so cheap the marginal cost (the cost of producing the next unit of something) will [Read more]

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