Energi Talks

Markham interviews Betsy Agar, director of the Pembina Institute's buildings program, about British Columbia's recently announced clean energy strategy.

Markham interviews Alex Heil, senior economist at The Conference Board, about a new report, Smart Power: Will AI Spike Electricity Demand or Reduce It Through Efficiencies? 

Markham interviews David Schlissel, director of resource planning analysis for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, about a new report, “Small Modular Reactors: Still too expensive, too slow and too risky.”

Markham interviews Brendan Frank, director of policy and strategy for Clean Prosperity, and lead author of the new report, Nuclear for a Net-Zero Canada.

Markham interviews lawyer Andrew Gage of West Coast Environmental Law about the Sue Big Oil campaign to launch a class action lawsuit against oil companies to force them to help pay for climate change adaptations required in communities across British Columbia.

Markham interviews Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association.

Markham interviews Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, and Director, Center for Life Sciences Innovation at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

Markham interviews energy economist and modeller Dr. Chris Bataille.Note: in the introduction, Markham incorrectly said that the Government of Canada commissioned the report. In fact it was the Government of Alberta.

Markham interviews Alberta Senator Paula Simons, a former veteran journalist, about Bill C-50, the Sustainable Jobs Act, which passed in the Senate of Canada on June 18.

Markham interviews Colin McKerracher, Head of Clean Transport at BloombergNEF, which recently released its EV Outlook 2024.