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. ___ www.energyvsclimate.com Twitter/X | Facebook | Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | YouTube | LinkedIn
Episodes
David & Ed chat with Dr. Rose Mutiso about the tension between energy, climate, and economic development in Africa and the global south.ย
They touch on many topics to do with sub-Saharan Africa, including energy production & consumption, electricity and power grids, and the vast economic inequity that still exists between the global north & south.
About Our Guest:
Dr. Rose M. Mutiso is a Kenyan scientist...
Ed and David chat with special guest Andreas Malm, author of How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown and How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire.ย
They discuss Malmโs critiques of climate inactionโhow liberal democracies, fossil capital, and the Global North have collectively abandoned meaningful efforts to stop climate breakdownโand what comes next for movement strategy, the ethics and e...
Ed Whittingham & Roger Thompson discuss Upton Sinclair's classic novel - Oil!
We're sharing another episode of Ed's occasional podcast, Climate Book Reviews, this time discussing the book that was the inspiration for the critically acclaimed 2007 movie, There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
Ed and co-host Dr. Roger Thompson (Associate Dean and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook...
Energy expert Amy Myers Jaffe returns to EvC to chat with Ed about Energy and Artificial Intelligence.ย
Nearly every aspect of the economy seems to be impacted by the stunningly rapid development of AI. Energy is no exception. Ed and Amy have a wide-ranging discussion that covers a lot of ground and touches on several hot topics, including:ย
- How AI is transforming the production, distribution, and consumption of ene...
Thereโs something in Carbon Removal for everyone โ are we building enduring relationships to advance the sector?
A bonus EvC episode - on February 27, 2025, EvC co-host Ed Whittingham hosted a panel discussion at Carbon Removal Canada's Carbon Removal Day in Ottawa. They cover a number of topics including the changing political headwinds in the US, efforts to bolster investment in Canada, and silicon valley's...
David & Ed chat with Dr. Holly Buck about Conspiratorial-Environmentalismโs 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...
Host Ed Whittingham closes out Season 1 by examining the case against Direct Air Capture by one its harshest critics, Al Gore, followed by the counterarguments of supporters. Will DAC live up to its hype and potential to help cool a warming planet?ย
Guests include:ย
- Greg Nemet, professor at the University of Wisconsin
- Klaus Lackner, professor at Arizona State University
- David Keith, professor at the University of...
Host Ed Whittingham delves into the early days of another pioneering Direct Air Capture (DAC) company, Switzerlandโs Climeworks, and its innovative modular approach to deploying its technology. Ed also looks into the developing synergy between the tech sector and carbon removal.ย
Guests include:ย
- Jan Wurzbacher, co-founder of Climeworks
- Lucy Hargreaves, Corporate Affairs and Climate Policy at Patch
- Jim McDermott,...
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.ย
Guests include:ย
- Ken Caldeira, senior scientist at Breakthrough Energy
- David Keith, professor at the ...
Jesse Jenkins, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham break down the key policy reversals, their impact on U.S. emissions, and the broader geopolitical and economic consequencesโfor Canada and beyond. Plus, audience questions!
Full Show notes with links to references on our website
About Our Guest:
Jesse D. Jenkins is an assistant professor and macro-scale energy systems engineer at Princeton University with a joint appoin...
EvC co-host Ed Whittingham's new series on Carbon Dioxide Removal
Host Ed Whittingham dives into the world of Direct Air Capture (DAC), a technology that extracts carbon dioxide directly from the ambient air. Ed explores the early history of carbon dioxide removal, why it could be useful in fighting climate change, and challenges the technology has faced along the way.ย
Guests include:ย
- Klaus Lackner, profe...
The race to remove carbon is on. This is the inside story.
๐ Scrubbing the Sky: Inside the Race to Cool the Planet drops early March ๐ย
This narrative podcast series takes listeners through one of the most ambitious climate efforts ever attempted: removing carbon from the atmosphere.
Join EvC's co-host Ed Whittingham as he uncovers the story behind carbon removal โthe companies racing to scale it, the challenges t...
Ed chats with four movers & shakers in Canadian climate philanthropy.
On Nov. 13, 2024, nine prominent Canadian family foundations, including EvC's David Keithโs, announced a combined pledge of $405 million, all dedicated to accelerating Canadaโs shift to a low-carbon economy. They touch on:ย
- Why this financial commitment occurred and why nowย
- The challenges facing climate advocacy today and in the near futu...
Join David & Ed for a special end-of-2024 Ask-Us-Anything episode dedicated to your questions.
Thanks to everyone who sent in your questions - we couldn't do it without you!
Also, thanks to the Pembina Institute for help with an answer at 22:00 (reference link - Meeting the emissions cap-A feasible pathway for the oil and gas).
More show notesย on our website.
About Your E...
๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐ & ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ-๐จ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐-๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ. It's a wide-ranging discussion covering everything from the potential fallout of the US election, shifting global interests and priorities, climate activism, China's role in climate and green energy technology, and as usual - listener questions for our gues...
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Energy vs Climate is a labour of love โ we hosts don't draw a salary from the show because we feel strongly about the public service benefit of the project.
But, we still have production costs. So, we're asking one last time for you to please consider making a one-time or monthly donation in our only annual donation campaign. Thanks in part to last year's genero...
Climate Book Reviews is co-hosted by EvC's own Ed Whittingham and his friend Roger Thompson, Associate Dean and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University in New York.ย
Each episode highlights some climate related books worth knowing about. This episode is an interview with New Zealand author Kirsten McDougall about her novel, Sheโs a Killer. At times hilarious and at other times troubling, the bo...
David & Ed chat with University of Chicago's Michael Greenstone.ย
Show Notes:
(02:52) Engineering the Planet
(03:25) The future of the TemperatureโMortality Relationship
(04:48) Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change
(07:36) Climate Damages and Adaptation Potential Across Sectors of the US
(09:35) Heat Exposure & Poverty
(11:30) Seasonality of Mortality Under Cl...
๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต & ๐๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐บ
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 a...
Rethinking EV Charging
A commonly held belief by new or prospective EV owners is that purchasing one requires the installation of a โlevel 2โ, or 240 volt, home charger. Sara and Ed chat about recent University of Calgary research that challenges this assumption. They discuss considerations that might go into choosing which option is best for EV owners and people considering EVs, as well as the practical realities...
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