570. Russia's War on Energy and How it Uses Winter as a Weapon: Alex Cornell du Houx & Ievgeniia Kopytsia

Alex Cornell du Houx served on the Energy Utilities and Technology and Legal and Veterans Affairs committees, sponsoring 14 successful pieces of legislation and co-sponsoring 98 successful bills. He won the REED award for the best national Public Affairs Campaign for his work co-founding Operation Free, a coalition of lawmakers and veterans promoting energy security. Cornell du Houx participated in and led State Department delegations to Southeast Asia to foster government-to-government relations, is a Kentucky Colonel, a senior advisor to the Veterans Campaign, and Partner with the Truman National Security Project. He has provided value-based communications, empathy-based fundraising, and EQ & Public Leadership training worldwide. Alex served in the Marine Corps infantry for seven years and is currently a Public Affairs Officer with the Navy Reserve. Dr Ievgeniia Kopytsia is a law scholar specialising in environmental, climate and energy law from international, EU and Ukrainian perspectives. Her research focuses on climate change and net zero legal dilemmas in the poly-crises era. Dr Ievgeniia Kopytsia also serves as an Associate Professor at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, where she leads "Sustainable Law and Policy Research Centre" and coordinates Europe-Ukraine Energy Transition Hub - an international consortium aiming to leverage the green reconstruction of Ukraine and provide support to strengthen Ukraine’s governance, regulatory frameworks, and market mechanisms in the field of energy, sustainability, and climate action. ---------- LINKS: Alex Cornell du Houx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cornell_du_Houx https://alexcornell.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornellalex/ https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/alex-cornell-du-houx https://protectingamerica.net/about/alex/ https://x.com/alex_cornell Ievgeniia Kopytsia https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ievgeniia-kopytsia https://www.linkedin.com/in/ievgeniiakopytsia/ https://netzeroclimate.org/netzero_team/ievgeniia-kopytsia/ ---------- SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline towns. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras ---------- TRUCKS UNDER CHRISTMAS TREE With this campaign, we will raise funds for 1 truck to help brave warriors from the 237th battalion, 129th brigade who leverage technology and manage to hold russian advance at the very edge of the frontline. In partnership with Car for Ukraine. https://donorbox.org/trucks-under-christmas-tree/fundraiser/silicon-curtain ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ----------