Energy vs Climate
Energy vs Climate
Energy vs Climate is a live, interactive webinar and podcast where energy experts David Keith, Sara Hastings-Simon and Ed Whittingham break down the trade-offs and hard truths of the energy transition in Alberta, Canada, and beyond.
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Energy vs IEA Oil and Gas Scenarios
Energy vs Climate
12/04/23 • 61 min
Published each year, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook (WEO) is a leading source of scenario-based analysis of global energy demand and supply. This year, as the global energy crisis shows signs of calming, the WEO finds a peak in fossil fuels before 2030 across all scenarios. The result has been met with skepticism by some politicians in Canada, with Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith going so far as to question the credibility of the organization.
A follow-on special report from the IEA on the oil and gas industry in net zero transitions, released on November 23, offers additional insights on the role of oil and gas producers in achieving a decarbonized global energy sector.
David, Sara, Ed, and the International Energy Agency’s Chief Energy Economist, Tim Gould discuss the findings of these IEA reports and the implications for Canada and its natural resources on Season 5, Episode 6 of Energy vs Climate.
EPISODE NOTES
@3:20 – World Energy Outlook 2023
@6:10 – Oil and gas industry faces moment of truth – and opportunity to adapt – as clean energy transitions advance
@9:45 – Electric Vehicles
@10:53 – China’s electric vehicle surge will shock global markets
@14:06 – Oil demand to begin long-term decline this decade, according to new Pembina report
@24:01 – Oil Companies Are Preparing for a Lucrative Decline
@24:26 – Building Momentum Toward Net Zero
@29:05 – Canada’s Energy Future 2023
@32:50 – The Place of Energy Security in the National Security Framework: An Assessment Approach
@42:26 – Canada introduces framework to cap greenhouse gas pollution from oil and gas sector
@45:34 – Minister Guilbeault announces Canada’s draft methane regulations to support cleaner energy and climate action
@46:40 – World Energy Investment 2023
@56:26 – Economic Research: Climate Change Will Heighten Output Volatilit
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Campaigning on Climate: Climate, Politics, and Elections with The Strategists podcast's Stephen Carter
Energy vs Climate
09/27/24 • 47 min
We have a special climate politics focused show to open the new season. It's a time of elections here in Canada and the U.S. As multiple campaigns heat up, we’re asking, where does climate fit in as an issue?
David Keith and Ed Whittingham chat with political strategist and co-host of The Strategists podcast, Stephen Carter, to understand where climate fits as a priority issue for voters. They discussed whether or not climate can still be a winning issue, how proponents of the consumer facing carbon tax failed to make it politically resilient, and why climate remains a left-right oppositional issue in Canada and the U.S.
About Our Guest:
Best known as one of Canada’s leading political strategists, Stephen Carter played a leadership role in the rise of Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Premier Alison Redford, and Mayor Jyoti Gondek. The National Post, CBC and other political commentators have described him as a “political mastermind.” He is a former premier's office and mayor's office chief of staff, and was National Director of Campaign Strategy for Hill+Knowlton Strategies from 2012 - 2015.
Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts
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Solar Geoengineering: Should we go there? LIVE SHOW with David Keith & Ed Whittingham
Energy vs Climate
10/23/24 • 44 min
Live at Energy Disruptors: UNITE 2024 with David Keith & Ed Whittingham
David and Ed hit the stage at the Energy Disruptors: UNITE 2024 summit in Calgary to discuss solar geoengineering, a major focus of David's academic research. Together, they unpack the technical and non-technical dimensions of solar geoengineering, including global governance and decision making.
(00:45) Start of live show and topic introduction
(04:49) What is Solar Geoengineering?
(30:45) Audience Q & A
About Your EvC Co-Hosts:
David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.
Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She’s a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.
Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.
Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts
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Energy vs Oilsands: How did we get to 3.5m bbl/day and what do we need to do about it?
Energy vs Climate
03/13/24 • 56 min
Co-hosts David, Sara, Ed, and energy/environmental economist Dr. Andrew Leach of the University of Alberta unpack the past, present and future of Canada's oilsands.
About Our Guest:
Andrew Leach is an energy and environmental economist and is Professor at the University of Alberta, with a joint appointment in the Department of Economics (Arts) and the Faculty of Law. His research spans energy and environmental economics. His most recent book is Between Doom and Denial: Facing facts about climate change.
Show Notes:
(00:46) – Oil Market Report - November 2023
(01:57) – A Matter of Fact: How the oil sands benefits Canadians
(05:06) – Canada’s oil and gas sector, the road to net zero and regional fairness
(06:16) – Making progress on Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions intensity
(06:36) – This oil sands crude has lower GHG emissions intensity than the U.S. average
(12:45) – Crude Oil Forecast Markets & Transportation
(16:16) – Refinery Economics
(25:30) – What's in store for 2024 — Part 3: Growth Plans at Alberta's largest in-situ producers
(28:19) – Not Fit for Purpose: Oil Sands Mines and Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program
(29:53) – Fiscal Plan A Responsible Plan for a Growing Province 2024-27
(38:02) – CCS Won’t Happen in Oilsands Without Bigger Subsidies, Cenovus Exec Warns
(43:15) – The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions
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Net Zero Corporate Commitments
Energy vs Climate
02/17/22 • 62 min
In the past year the number of companies committing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has exploded. With the fifty largest companies by value accounting for 28% of global GDP, corporate action is critically important if we are to avoid dangerous climate change. But what does a net zero commitment for a company mean in practice? What distinguishes the good from greenwashing, and can we even tell from the outside? What are the risks and opportunities for a company making a net zero commitment in the first place?
Join David, Sara, Ed, and special guest Dr. Gabrielle Walker, Founder and Director of Valence Solutions, as they journey to net zero on Episode 28 of Energy vs Climate.
EPISODE NOTES:
@1:10 Dr. Gabrielle Walker, @GabrielleWalk3r
@4:20 Offshore wind farms could double as electric charging...
@6:20 BMW Group significantly increases use of low-carbon steel
@6:39 Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Cleaner Industrial Sector
@7:00 Biden launches ‘Buy Clean’ task force to boost greener manufacturing
@7:11 EU set to race ahead of UK in green steel production
@8:03 Volvo's Dump Truck Takes Shape From World's First Green Steel - Bloomberg, Mercedez-Benz to use low-carbon steel
@16:11 Microsoft announces it will be carbon negative by 2030 - Stories
@16:27 Race To Zero Campaign | UNFCCC
@28:00 Energy Transitions Commission | Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050
@31:02 Carbon Emissions Factor Into Major Oil Sands Shakeup | Climate Central
@33:00 IEA says ending new oil and gas exploration today is the only viable climate path
@37:16 Fuels: old and new – World Energy Outlook 2021 – Analysis - IEA
@38:01
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Natural Gas in the Home
Energy vs Climate
02/04/22 • 62 min
On Episode 27 of EvC, from gas stoves to hot water heaters and furnaces, what might electrifying the home look like in Alberta and Canada? And should we? Guest Bruce Nilles of Climate Imperative helps David, Sara and Ed break down the future of natural gas in the home.
@2:10 ecoENERGY for Renewable Power
@2:14 AB Emissions reduction programs
@2:37 Sierra Club Beyond Coal campaign
@3:39 Climate Imperative, @brucenilles
@5:07 – Erin O'Toole out | National Post
@5:47 – Meat Consumption Pacing Up Climate Change?
@16:23 – Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline, Human Health Risk Assessment for Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide
@18:56 – Study: Pollutant Exposures from Natural Gas Cooking Burners
@20:48 – NO2 exposure shows causal link with Asthma, Scientists find the climate and health impacts of natural gas stoves are greater than previously thought
@28:18 - Effective Kitchen Ventilation for Healthy Zero Net Energy Homes with Natural Gas
@32:26 – Berkeley gas hook-up ban appears likely to spread to other California cities
@32:13 – America’s Natural Gas Utilities Add One New Customer Every Minute
@33:33– California first state to phase out gas-powered lawn equipment , New York City banning natural gas hookups for new buildings
@34:30 –
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How the Climate Spent its Summer
Energy vs Climate
09/28/21 • 61 min
David, Sara and Ed unpack what moved the dial on climate and energy this summer. They also look at this week's climate and energy news and preview what's to come on this season of Energy vs Climate.
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@1:12 Sustainable Energy Development Masters Program at the University of Calgary
@3:30 Energy within Environmental Constraints - Harvard Massive Online Open Course
@6:37 Executives from Exxon, Shell, BP and others are being called to testify in Congress
@7:39 Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
@7:45 Drilled Podcast
@12:58 Harvard University pledges to divest from fossil fuels
David on Divestment
@17:41 Cost of financing for coal
Coal financing costs surge as investors opt for renewable energy
@20:55
Work begins on 3.3 GW solar-CSP project linked to 500 MW of storage, in Qinghai
China pledges to stop building new coal energy plants abroad
@27:13 Heat Impacts
Extreme, deadly heat in Canada is going to come back, and worse. Will we be ready?
Heat has larger impacts on labor in poorer areas (David is a co-author)
Relationship between season of birth, temperature exposure, and later life wellbeing
@35:25 2021 IPCC Report
@35:30 The Environmentalist’s Dilemma: Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate Crisis by Arno Kopecky
@39:42 US EV sales data
Norway bans gas car sales in 2025, but trends
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03/11/25 • 28 min
Host Ed Whittingham continues the story behind the development of Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology and its potential role in helping to fight climate change. Ed explores the early days of Canadian cleantech company Carbon Engineering, and how it drew the attention of both Bill Gates and Occidental Petroleum.
Guests include:
- Ken Caldeira, senior scientist at Breakthrough Energy
- David Keith, professor at the University of Chicago and a DAC pioneer who founded the company Carbon Engineering
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A special thanks to our friends at the Challenging Climate podcast which is available wherever you find your podcasts.
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The Rise of Conspiratorial Environmentalism with Dr. Holly Jean Buck
Energy vs Climate
04/04/25 • 58 min
David & Ed chat with Dr. Holly Buck about Conspiratorial-Environmentalism’s connection to climate & geoengineering; the anti-vax movement; and what it tells us about mainstream environmentalism & climate politics.
(03:08) Skip Intro
(09:12) David's personal experience with Conspiratorial-Environmentalism
(27:15) Social Media and monetization
(38:58) What do we do when environmentalists turn to conspiracies?
(46:33) Audience Questions
Detailed show notes available on episode page
About Our Guest:
Holly Jean Buck is an Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo. She is an environmental social scientist and human geographer whose research focuses on public engagement with emerging climate and energy technologies. She holds a Ph.D in Development Sociology from Cornell University, and is the author of the books Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough and After Geoengineering. Currently, she is a 2024-25 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow at Harvard University.
About Your EvC Co-Hosts:
David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.
Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She’s a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.
Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.
Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts
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Stranger than (Climate) Fiction
Energy vs Climate
12/12/23 • 58 min
What is the role of literature in the climate policy and technology discussion? How does the genre allow us to explore uncomfortable climate scenarios, including those to do with heat death and direct action? While ultimately successful, the path laid out in the book is very bumpy, volatile, and rife with violence – strikingly different from the smooth and orderly transition often offered up by politicians and techno-optimists.
On S5E7 of Energy vs Climate, David, Sara, Ed, and New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson (of The Ministry for the Future) discuss how science fiction can help us explore different climate scenarios and solutions.
EPISODE NOTES
@0:21 – Kim Stanley Robinson
@0:21 – The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson
@3:13 – How hot is too hot for humans? Understanding wet-bulb temperatures
@9:00 – Carboncoin
@10:25 – The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021
@13:55 – Karl Popper
@18:45 – How to Blow Up a Pipeline - Andreas Malm
@20:32 – Dave Foreman
@21:30 – Climate protesters throw tomato soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
@27:50 – Who is Wiebo Ludwig? A thunder storm wrapped in the flesh of a man. Part 1
@30:52 – Glacier geoengineering to address sea-level rise: A geotechnical approach (Lockley et al, 2020)
@31:50 – Solar Geoengineering - should we go there?
@39:25 – Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice - Peggy Ann Spitzer
@44:05 – The Hottest Year
@46:10 – Utility of the blockchain for climate mitigation (Chen, 2018)
@49:05 – Overshooting 1.5 C limit 'looks inevitable' with record CO2 emissions from fossil fuels
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How many episodes does Energy vs Climate have?
Energy vs Climate currently has 90 episodes available.
What topics does Energy vs Climate cover?
The podcast is about Canada, Climate Change, Podcasts, Clean Energy, Science, Business and Energy Transition.
What is the most popular episode on Energy vs Climate?
The episode title 'History vs Energy - How the history of energy transitions can inform our future' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Energy vs Climate?
The average episode length on Energy vs Climate is 49 minutes.
How often are episodes of Energy vs Climate released?
Episodes of Energy vs Climate are typically released every 14 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Energy vs Climate?
The first episode of Energy vs Climate was released on Aug 21, 2020.
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