

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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Apr 5, 2022 • 24min
Green Teacher Magazine and evolution of green education
Markham interviews Ian Shanahan, the editor of Green Teacher Magazine.

Mar 16, 2022 • 45min
How Canada can seize opportunity during the energy transition
Link to study: https://transitionaccelerator.ca/canadas-future-in-a-net-zero-world/

Mar 10, 2022 • 32min
PBS host Llewellyn King on energy crisis, Russian invasion
Markham interviews long-time energy journalist Llewellyn King, host of PBS' White House Chronicle, about his storied 66-year career, the global energy crisis, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Feb 10, 2022 • 21min
2022 a bumpy ride for energy transition, but smoother sailing ahead
Markham interviews Albert Cheung, head of analysis for BloombergNEF about his recent commentary, “Hold Your Nerve: Energy Transition Risks and Red Herrings in 2022.”

Jan 27, 2022 • 48min
Is America's 125-year old power grid ready for the 21st century?
Markham interviews Dr. Gretchen Bakke, assistant professor, university of Toronto and author of "The Grid."

Jan 27, 2022 • 21min
Can America's power grid run 100% on wind, solar with enough storage?
Markham interviews Jennie Jorgenson, energy systems engineer with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado and the principal researcher for the latest phase of the Storage Futures Study, which modelled the effects of large-scale adoption of storage technologies on power grids.

Jan 25, 2022 • 24min
ExxonMobil's net-zero "ambition" by 2050 ain't great
Markham interviews Dr. Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg energy and climate journalist, about ExxonMobil announcing an “ambition for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050” on Jan. 18.

Jan 24, 2022 • 28min
Why isn't Canada modelling changes to electricity systems?
Markham interviews energy systems modeller Dr. Taco Niet, a professor in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, British Columbia.

Dec 16, 2021 • 48min
Do foreign-owned oil/gas companies unduly influence Canadian climate policy?
Markham interviews Dr. Gordon Laxer, Political Economist, professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, founding Director and former head of Parkland Institute from 1996-2011, and co-author of a new study, “Posing as Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil captures Canadian energy and climate policy.”

Nov 29, 2021 • 22min
Nuclear power not a short-term fix for climate change
Markham interviews Dr. Allison Macfarlane, director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2012 to 2014, about her July, 2021 Foreign Affairs op-ed, "Is Nuclear Power the Way Forward to Combat the Climate Crisis?"