

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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Sep 12, 2024 • 39min
Canada's EV strategy failing consumers and automakers
Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis of Clean Energy Canada.

Sep 11, 2024 • 58min
Is the University of Alberta a 'petro-university'?
Markham interviews University of Alberta professor Laurie Adkin, whose scholarship includes “Petro-Universities and the Production of Knowledge for the Post-carbon Future,” in How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy,” edited by William Carroll.

Sep 10, 2024 • 1h 16min
Energi Talks Live! with Gil McGowan, Alberta Federation of Labour
Markham interviews Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, about workers and the energy transition. Gil also took questions from the audience.

Sep 10, 2024 • 49min
Clean energy innovation in China
Markham interviews Anders Hove, a member of the China Energy Research Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, about his new study, “Clean energy innovation in China: fact and fiction, and implications for the future.”

Sep 5, 2024 • 24min
Tesla's Cybertruck: polarizing look but solid technology?
Markham interviews US News’ expert automotive reviewer Zach Doell.

Aug 30, 2024 • 49min
Only $50,000 AER penalty for a major oil sands leak?
Markham interviews public interest lawyer Drew Yewchuk.

Aug 30, 2024 • 46min
What's it like to sit around the table writing the US Inflation Reduction Act?
Markham interviews Leslie Chang, one of the Inflation Reduction Act authors and director of strategy and policy for Caelux, a California-based solar startup.

Aug 27, 2024 • 25min
100% tariffs on Chinese EVs a 'blunt instrument'
Markham interviews economist Dr. Chris Bataille.Related links:1. Canada implementing measures to protect Canadian workers and key economic sectors from unfair Chinese trade practices - August 26, 2024 news release2. What if all the cars in the world are made in China? With Michael Dunne - Episode 3353. Should Canada slap 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs? - Episode 326

Aug 15, 2024 • 47min
China, US industrial policies and global energy transition competition
Markham interviews Dr. Zoe Liu about her Foreign Affairs article titled, “China’s Real Economic Crisis: Why Beijing Won’t Give Up on a Failing Model.” She is the Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of “Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions.”

Aug 9, 2024 • 24min
Alberta renewables moratorium and lost local govt tax revenue
Markham interviews Jordan Dye, executive director of the Business Renewables Centre-Canada, which released a report that calculated the cost of the Alberta government’s wind and solar moratorium for municipal tax revenues.