The backlash against the ESG movement is on the rise. ‘Anti-woke’ investment funds are launching and 19 US States wrote a letter to BlackRock, saying it is putting leftist politics above investor interests and returns. Jackie and Peter debate if the ESG backlash could change corporate behaviour around climate and the environment. Especially when you […]
One uncertainty about how the energy transition will play out is how prevalent battery technology will be in the future. Today’s lithium-ion batteries work well for short duration utility storage and electric cars, but they are not commercial for some other applications – such as long duration energy storage or heavy hauling. Also, material supply […]
This week on the podcast, Jackie and Peter discuss some recent news. First, they talk about the surprise end to summer with the United States passing into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA includes $369 billion of spending on clean energy and supports the build-out of a clean energy supply chain in the […]
In this episode, we showcase one of Peter’s Energyphile stories “Long Way Around.” In the preamble to the story, Peter and Jackie talk about Canadian energy security for oil. A Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for Canada’s eastern provinces would have helped during the 1970s oil price shocks, but is it still relevant today? Should the […]
