Energy Thinks with Tisha Schuller

Tisha Schuller welcomes Guy Babbitt, co-founder and CEO of Czero, to the Energy Thinks podcast. Listeners will hear Guy discuss the latest from the front line of innovation that can help oil and gas companies lead into the energy future.Guy was the acting engineering director of Solix Biofuels. Before founding Czero, he served as the technical coordinator at Sturman Industries and worked at General Motors. One of Guy’s first engineering roles was at Saturn Corporation as a test and product development engineer. He has a B.S. from the University of Vermont, an M.S. from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison all in mechanical engineering. He also has an M.S. in electrical engineering from UW–Madison.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Energy Thinks podcast possible.[Interview recorded on August 17, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Roger Pielke Jr., professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder, to the Energy Thinks podcast. Listeners will hear Roger discuss the impact of incremental progress in working toward a low-carbon future.Check out Roger’s books, The Honest Broker (https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/publications/special/honest_broker/index.html) and The Climate Fix (https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/publications/special/climate_fix/index.html), along with his piece (https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/what-if-we-just-stop-oil) on why oil production cannot simply cease.Along with his academic position at CU Boulder, Roger is an honorary professor at the University College London—a title he earned in 2022. When not teaching, he writes The Honest Broker newsletter and hosts The Honest Broker Podcast. Roger also serves as a science and economics adviser for Environmental Progress, a research and policy organization fighting for clean power and energy justice. In addition, Roger holds and has held numerous academic and research fellowships including the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan; The Breakthrough Institute, and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. In 2016, Roger founded the Sports Governance Center at CU Athletics and served as its director for three years. Roger received his B.A. in mathematics, his M.A. in public policy, and his Ph.D. in political science all from CU Boulder.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Energy Thinks podcast possible.[Interview recorded on Aug. 7, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Rama Variankaval, global head of the Center for Carbon Transition at J.P. Morgan, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Rama’s perspective on how J.P. Morgan is navigating the political polarization around the energy transition and working with oil and gas companies to play a leadership role.Check out J.P. Morgan’s 2022 Climate Report (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/content/dam/jpmc/jpmorgan-chase-and-co/documents/Climate-Report-2022.pdf) to learn how the company spent the last few years building a foundation to achieve its emissions reduction targets.Rama also serves as the global head of J.P. Morgan’s corporate finance advisory and as a managing director. He has served in multiple leadership roles since starting at the company in 2003 as an associate. Rama has a B.E. in civil engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli, India. He also has M.S. degrees in structural engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and in statistics and financial engineering from New York University.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on June 20, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Richard Newell, president and CEO of Resources for the Future (RFF), to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Richard’s perspectives on what can be done to accelerate participation in creating the low-carbon future.For more information on hydrogen hub proposals under the Department of Energy solicitation process, check out RFF’s Hydrogen Hub Explorer tool: https://www.rff.org/publications/data-tools/hydrogen-hub-explorer/Richard served as the administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration from 2009 to 2011 and as the senior economist for energy and environment on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2005 to 2006. Richard, who was previously the Gendell Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at Duke and director of its Energy Initiative, is now an adjunct professor. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Climate Security Roundtable, the National Petroleum Council, and several other institutions. Richard has a Ph.D. in environmental and resource economics from Harvard, an MPA in public policy from Princeton, and bachelor’s degrees in materials engineering and philosophy from Rutgers University.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on May 30, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Pierce Norton, president and CEO of ONEOK, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Pierce give his perspective on the energy transformation that will happen over the next 10 years. Pierce previously was president and CEO of ONE Gas for several years. Before January 2014, he served as executive vice president, commercial, of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners. At the company, Pierce held other roles including executive VP and COO of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners. In 2002, he was named president of Bear Paw Energy, now ONEOK Rockies Midstream. Before starting at Bear Paw Energy as VP of business development, Pierce served in positions at KN Energy and American Oil and Gas. In 1982, he started his career in the natural gas industry at Delhi Gas Pipeline. Pierce has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on April 12, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Kayla Dolan, director of policy and strategy at Adamantine Energy, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Tisha and Kayla discuss their experiences observing a focus group about a hypothetical direct air capture project in a politically conservative town in Wyoming. Check out the Both of These Things Are True edition “Don’t Take Wyoming for Granted (or MT, TX or ND)” (https://energythinks.com/dont-take-wyoming-for-granted-or-mt-tx-or-nd/) for more on their takeaways on effectively engaging with rural communities.Prior to joining Adamantine, Kayla worked as an advisor for members of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, focusing primarily on energy and environment issues. She most recently served as policy advisor to Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, managing and leading the senator’s energy and environment portfolio, advising the senator during Congress’ unprecedented response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and helping to shape the Energy Act of 2020. Her work included establishing the first natural gas carbon capture research, development, and demonstration program at the Department of Energy and modernizing the department’s technology commercialization activities. Kayla holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from High Point University.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on March 14, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Dan Harple, founder and CEO of Context Labs, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Dan’s unique perspective on how energy companies can build confidence in their real decarbonization strategies. Dan also relays insight from Context Labs board member Tom Peters and his many books of business management.Dan is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and built technologies, companies, and products that have been used by billions of Internet users. His current company, Context Labs, is dedicated to sourcing, organizing, and contextualizing the world’s ESG information together with its subsidiary, SphericalAnalytics (S|A), a firm founded in partnership with Jeremy Grantham’s Environmental Trust. Context Labs is Dan’s sixth company, and his previous technology ventures resulted in mergers with companies including Netscape and Oracle. He has a Master of Science from MIT, where he was a Sloan Fellow, and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and psychology from the University of Rhode Island.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on March 13, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Moji Karimi, cofounder and CEO of Cemvita, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Moji’s thoughts on Tisha’s book, decarbonization partnerships, and leadership within a startup.Before founding Cemvita in 2018, Moji was a business development manager at Biota Technology (2016 to 2018). He has served as a product launch manager, a drilling product line champion, and an application engineer at Weatherford (2012 to 2015). He also was a casing drilling research engineer at Tesco Corporation for two years. Moji is a board member for CleanTX and an advisor for ComboCurve. He has a bachelor’s in drilling engineering from the Petroleum University of Technology in Iran and a master’s in petroleum engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he worked as a research assistant.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on Feb. 27, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Nick Dell’Osso, president and CEO of Chesapeake Energy, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Nick discuss Chesapeake’s approach to reducing the industry’s carbon footprint while meeting consumer’s energy supply needs.Before becoming CEO at Chesapeake in October 2021, Nick served as the company’s EVP and CFO for over a decade (2010 to 2021). Prior to that, he was the VP of Finance and CFO of Chesapeake Midstream Development (2008 to 2010). He also worked as an energy investment banker at Jeffries (2006 to 2008) and Banc of America Securities (2004 to 2006). Nick has an economics degree from Boston College and an MBA from the University of Texas.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on Feb. 7, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com

Tisha Schuller welcomes Megan Hays, managing director at Kimmeridge, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Megan’s investor perspective on how oil and gas companies should approach net zero targets and expectations to decarbonize.Before her start at Kimmeridge in 2021, Megan was VP of investor relations at Cimarex Energy. She has served in other investor relations, ESG, and corporate communications roles, such as VP of investor relations and public affairs at Concho (2017 to 2021) and director of investor relations and corporate communications at Approach Resources (2013 to 2014). Megan serves on the advisory board of the Ralph Lowe Energy Institute at Texas Christian University’s (TCU) Neeley School of Business. She received a B.A. in political science and history from TCU and holds a certificate for the Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program from Harvard’s School of Public Health.Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com.Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible.[Interview recorded on Jan. 11, 2023] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tishaschuller.substack.com