[Episode #203] – The Case for Climate Optimism
[Episode #203] – The Case for Climate Optimism
Why does so much media coverage of climate change emphasize the worst-case scenarios and the slow speed of the energy tr... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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26mins
[Episode #202] – UK’s Green Day
[Episode #202] – UK’s Green Day
On March 30th, in what some have dubbed its ‘Green Day,” the UK government released a package of plans to advance its ac... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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23mins
[Episode #201] – India Update Part 2
[Episode #201] – India Update Part 2
This is part two of our interview with Mohua Mukherjee, a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Stud... Read more
28 Jun 2023
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27mins
[Episode #200] – ETS Retrospective
[Episode #200] – ETS Retrospective
To mark the milestone of our 200th episode, we’re taking a look back at how the energy transition has progressed since w... Read more
14 Jun 2023
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24mins
[Episode #199] – India Update Part 1
[Episode #199] – India Update Part 1
This is part one of our interview with Mohua Mukherjee, a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Stud... Read more
31 May 2023
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23mins
[Episode #198] – The Coal Trap
[Episode #198] – The Coal Trap
Why have coal-mining communities continued to white-knuckle their interests in coal long after it was clear the industry... Read more
17 May 2023
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28mins
[Episode #197] – Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)
[Episode #197] – Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)
The time may have arrived for Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) to fully realize their potential. In a VPP, groups of distribu... Read more
3 May 2023
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1hr 42mins
[Episode #196] – Unglamorous Solutions
[Episode #196] – Unglamorous Solutions
Most energy transition reporting narrowly focuses on technology stories. When journalists do occasionally write about en... Read more
19 Apr 2023
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25mins
[Episode #195] – Permafrost and Climate ‘Tipping Points’
[Episode #195] – Permafrost and Climate ‘Tipping Points’
Is the Arctic permafrost in a warming feedback loop that will unleash a methane bomb, pushing the planet past a tipping ... Read more
5 Apr 2023
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29mins
[Episode #194] – Materials Requirements of the Transition
[Episode #194] – Materials Requirements of the Transition
Energy transition skeptics continue to argue that certain critical minerals and materials, such as “rare earth” metals, ... Read more
22 Mar 2023
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26mins