Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week on the podcast our guest is Blake Shaffer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. We cover a range of topics about Alberta and Canada’s electricity markets. Including revisiting the tight power market that Alberta experienced during the […]
Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes Carbon credits are coming under increasing scrutiny. The Guardian ran an article last week that alleged that 90% of rainforest carbon credits issued by Verra, manager of the world’s leading voluntary carbon markets program, the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program, did not represent genuine offsets. And, comedian John Oliver made the […]
Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week, Yvan Cliche, Fellow at CERIUM (Center for International Studies and Research) at Université de Montreal talks about the opportunities and issues for Canadian energy, including his perspective from Quebec. Here are some of the questions that Peter and Jackie asked Yvan: Will renewables lessen the dependence on oil and […]
Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes Peter and Jackie start the year off by introducing nine topics that are likely to dominate energy and climate discussions in 2023. China – Zero-COVID policy relaxation consequences Ukraine war outlook Inflation outlook Commodity price outlook – Which way? Up, down or both? Year of the EV pickup truck Canada’s response […]
