Energi Talks

Markham interviews Jim Burkhard, a vice president of S&P Global, the American analytics firm. He heads up the  Global Commodity Insights crude oil research and energy and mobility research on how the automotive ecosystem impacts demand and influences the energy and automotive industries.

Markham interviews Dr. James Jeffs, the principal technology analyst for UK-based IDTechX.

Markham interviews Nat Bullard, a senior contributor to BloombergNEF and energy transition consultant.

Markham interviews Tom Gunton of the the International Institute for Sustainable Development, which recently released a report titled, “ Assessment of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada: A case study of the Trans Mountain Pipeline .”

Markham interviews Parker Muzzerall, a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. " Oilsands workers are resistant to sustainable jobs, new research finds. "

Markham interviews Oriana Skylar Mastro, a centre fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and courtesy assistant professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Dr. Mastro is the author of, " Upstart: How China Became a Great Power ." 

Markham interviews ClimateDoor’s CEO Chad Rickaby about the state of cleantech finance in Canada and the new Low Carbon and Circular Economy Business Action Canada initiative in Vancouver.

Markham interviews Chandra Ramadurai, CEO of Efficiency Capital, whose company recently partnered with Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada Inc. 

Markham interviews Glenn Garry of the Victoria EV Club, one of the more active EV associations and a signatory to a letter sent to BC political parties. 

Markham interviews TD senior economist James Marple about his new report,  From Bad to Worse: Canada’s Productivity Slowdown is Everyone’s Problem .

Markham interviews Orland Clark, graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, about his thesis, which examines the role of incumbent companies in the development of the BC hydrogen industry. Thesis title: "Hydrogen and the Carbon Trap: Hydrogen Coalitions and the Feedback Effects of the BC Hydrogen Strategy." 

Markham interviews Flavio Volpe, head of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association.

Markham interviews Jessica McIlroy, manager of Pembina Institute's’s buildings program, about Pembina Institute new report, A Clean, Resilient Future: Recommendations for Advancing British Columbia’s Net-Zero Energy Economy, which outline a roadmap for the province to build a cleaner economy. 

Markham interviews Andries Wantenaar of UK-based Rethink Technology Research.

Markham interviews Pranav Jaswani, technology analyst with UK-based IDTechX.

Markham interviews Auke Hoekstra, energy transition researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology, where he founded the NEON research program.

Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis of Clean Energy Canada.

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.

Markham interviews Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, about workers and the energy transition. Gil also took questions from the audience.

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.”

Markham interviews US News’ expert automotive reviewer Zach Doell.

Markham interviews public interest lawyer Drew Yewchuk.

Markham interviews Leslie Chang, one of the Inflation Reduction Act authors and director of strategy and policy for Caelux, a California-based solar startup. 

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 release 2. What if all the cars in the world are made in China? With Michael Dunne - Episode 335 3. Should Canada slap 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs? - Episode 326

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.”