Time for the United States to compete with China in global clean energy finance
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 C...
16 Jan 202125min
Carbon pricing is over-hyped and not nearly enough
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."
8 Jan 202135min
Pacific NW electricity going carbon free without natural gas?
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 up...
22 Dec 202028min
Electricity sector responsible for all of American emissions reduction
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.
16 Dec 202026min
Klein vs Hislop: Battle climate change like it's WWII?
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...
4 Dec 202043min
Wind, solar adoption will soar during 2020s - IEA
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...
16 Nov 202034min
China rises and America is nervous
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
12 Nov 202037min
Germany's Energiewende shows transitions are damned difficult
Markham interviews Dr. Gunther Bachmann, a former director of the German Council for Sustainable Development, about the challenges posed by his country's energy transition plan, the Energiewende.
10 Nov 202030min
