

Energi Talks
Markham Hislop
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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Dec 16, 2022 • 45min
Alberta tightens industrial emitter carbon tax, but is it enough?
Markham interviews Scott MacDougall, a senior advisor with the Pembina Institute focused on carbon pricing, about the improvements to Alberta's TIER industrial emitter carbon tax announced recently.

Dec 16, 2022 • 39min
Oil demand to begin long-term decline this decade...what does this mean for Canada?
Markham interviews Janetta McKenzie, Senior Analyst at the Pembina Institute and author of "The future of oil in the energy transition."

Dec 16, 2022 • 38min
New energy security concerns accelerate global energy transition
Markham interviews Samantha Gross, director of Brookings Institute’s Energy Security and Climate Initiative.

Dec 15, 2022 • 40min
Zinc-ion batteries ready to dominate stationary storage?
Markham interviews Ryan Brown, CEO of Halifax-based zinc-ion battery developer Salient Energy.

Dec 12, 2022 • 36min
Climate scientist explains sea level rise
Markham Hislop interviews Dr. Denis Gilbert, a climate scientist who has been active on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but recently retired from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and hung out his own shingle, Denis Gilbert Scientifik.

Dec 9, 2022 • 37min
Smith's Alberta Sovereignty Act ploughing same field as Trump
Markham interviews Martin Olszynski, University of Calgary law professor about Premier Danielle Smith's "Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act."

Dec 9, 2022 • 26min
Rush is on to create North American EV battery supply chain
Markham interviews Connor Hund, chief operating officer at NanoGraf, an advanced battery material company located in Chicago, Illinois.

Dec 8, 2022 • 42min
Corporate Knights Magazine's “The price of making peace with nature"
Markham interviews Ralph Torrie, research director at Corporate Knights magazine, about the magazine's
Climate and Economic Renewal Plan.

Nov 29, 2022 • 40min
The electric transportation challenge for Canadian auto parts suppliers
Markham interviews Flavio Volpe, president of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association about The Arrow, the first Canadian build concept EV and many other topics in this wide-ranging conversation.

Nov 27, 2022 • 28min
Calgary ER doc: How to protect kids from flu, COVID-19, RSV
Markham interviews Dr. Joe Vipond, an outspoken Calgary ER physician, who explains what parents can do to protect their children the flu, COVID-19, and RSV.