Energi Talks

Markham interviews Barbara Finamore, senior attorney and Asia Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, about her Oxford Energy Institute article, "Clean tech innovation in China and its impact on the geopolitics of the energy transition."

Markham interviews economist Prof. Jim Williams of the University of San Francisco about his co-authored paper, Carbon-Neutral Pathways for the United States.

Markham interviews economist Jason Dion of the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices about his new report, "CANADA'S NET ZERO FUTURE: Finding our way in the global transition."

Markham interviews Dr. Johannes Urpelainen about how China has become the leading financer of wind, solar, and other green energy projects. They also discuss China's Belt and Road Initiative and why China continues to finance and operate coal power plants in developing countries around the world.

Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, "Making climate policy work."

Markham interviews Ben Kujala, director of power planning for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council based in Portland, Oregon. They discussed the extent to which natural gas should be relied upon as a "bridge fuel” as the Pacific NW considers the right mix of wind, solar, storage, nuclear and hydropower to provide carbon-free energy at an affordable and reliable level.

Markham interviews Dr. Thomas Rowlands-Rees of BloombergNEF about US greenhouse gas emissions falling, but only because of the switch away from coal in the power generation sector.

Markham debates climate activist and academic Seth Klein about his new book, "A GOOD WAR: MOBILIZING CANADA FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY," which argues that governments should direct economic activity to lower greenhouse gas emissions just like Canada did to support its military commitment during World War II.

Markham interviews Heymi Bahar, the International Energy Agency's senior analyst for renewable energy markets and policy and lead author for "Renewables 2020 Analysis and forecast to 2025." Correction: the study was released on Nov. 10, not Nov. 17 as Markham says at the start of the conversation.

John's column that we discuss on the show: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-power-kemp/column-chinas-rise-and-u-s-fears-about-decline-kemp-idUSKBN2762DR