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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 of the energy transition in Alberta, Canada, and beyond. It's your no-nonsense take on a messy, high-stakes topic: news, analysis, and conversations with guests from industry, government, and civil society. You won't always agree with us, but if you care about where our energy system is headed, this is for you. Guests range from scientists and policy experts to industry leaders, talking through everything from new energy technology to the real-world effects of climate change.www.energyvsclimate.comProduced by <a hre
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- 2 days ago1h 1m
Building Canada Strong or Building Canada Wrong? Bill C-39 Explained | With Claire Seaborn
How would federal project permitting work under Bill C-39? On October 29, Sara and Ed recorded a live webinar on Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, with Claire Seaborn of Torys LLP. Claire is a former Chief of Staff to the federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and she co-authored Torys' technical analysis of the bill. Ottawa says C-39 will get major projects built faster without lowering standards. Critics say it hands ministers sweeping new powers at the expense of na...
- 2 weeks ago44 min
Four Fights Worth Having | Live at Energy Disruptors UNITE
On September 28th, David, Sara, and Ed were back on stage at Energy Disruptors UNITE in Calgary, recording live in front of an audience. The format for this one was four fights worth having: Energy security in an age of chaos,Powering the age of AI,Canada’s role in a reordered world,Building a system that actually works.For each one, they played a clip from last season, with Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Vijay Gadepally and Emily Grubert, plus a not quite live appearance from the Prime Minister, and t...
- Oct 15, 202641 min
Here Comes the Sun: Will Solar and Batteries Save the Day? | Special Episode With Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben has been sounding the climate alarm since before most were paying attention, but lately he's finally feeling some optimism about solar power in particular. On September 17, renowned author, journalist, and environmentalist Bill McKibben joined us remotely at Protect Our Winters (POW) Canada's 2026 Leadership Summit. He was there to talk about his latest book, Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization. Bill is the founder of 350.org an...
- Oct 1, 202645 min
Steven Guilbeault: A 'Fireside Exit Interview'
On September 17, Ed sat down with former Canadian Environment and Climate Change Canada minister Steven Guilbeault for what we called a "fireside exit interview." Steven spent more than three decades in Canada's environmental movement, then spent seven years in federal politics, four of them running Environment and Climate Change Canada. He resigned from cabinet in November 2025 over the Ottawa-Alberta pipeline deal and left Parliament for good in early September, saying Canada is bac...
- Sep 10, 202658 min
(Replay) Is Canada's Electrification Bet Still Current? | With Blake Shaffer
This is a replay of our conversation with Dr. Blake Shaffer, an energy economist at the University of Calgary, on Canada's electrification bet. We recorded this in spring 2023, right after the federal budget's big bet on clean electricity. With AI data centres now competing for the same grid capacity electrification needs, it might be even more relevant than it was in 2023. Chapters: 0:00 – Replaying Canada's electrification bet 4:52 – David's new gig: climate systems engineering at U...
- Aug 27, 202648 min
(Replay) Battery Storage and How to Make It Better | With Shirley Meng
This is a replay of our conversation with Dr. Shirley Meng from the University of Chicago on battery storage. It's one of our favourite deep dives because batteries touch everything from EV range anxiety to grid scale storage, and even the whole critical minerals conversation. When we recorded this in May 2024, Shirley was predicting real solid state battery platforms by 2027 or 2028, and here we are getting close to that window, so it's worth listening again with that timeline in mind.&nbs...
- Aug 13, 202647 min
Stuck in the Middle: The Mid-Transition Crisis & the Energy System's Awkward Middle Age | With Emily Grubert
Decarbonization usually means addition: more wind, solar, EVs. But a real transition also means taking something away. We talk about decarbonization like it's a shopping list: more wind, more solar, more EVs, stacked on top of whatever's already running. But a real transition means something also has to come off the list. Fossil systems have to shrink at the same time clean systems grow, and for a good stretch in the middle, both have to serve the same demand at once. Neither one can do the...
- Jul 24, 202641 min
Can Octopus Energy Wrap Its Arms Around North America? | Demand Flexibility & More With Eric Davids | BONUS
Octopus Energy paid its UK customers collectively over £100,000 during a recent heat wave, not through new infrastructure, but a text message and a price signal offering demand flexibility. That caught our attention. In this episode, Ed and Sara (David sits this one out) talk with Eric Davids, Head of Strategy for Octopus Energy's US business, about redefining utility-customer relationships, how approaches in the UK stack up against North American utilities' much blunter "please conserve" gr...
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About Energy vs Climate: How climate is changing our energy systems
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 of the energy transition in Alberta, Canada, and beyond. It's your no-nonsense take on a messy, high-stakes topic: news, analysis, and conversations with guests from industry, government, and civil society. You won't always agree with us, but if you care about where our energy system is headed, this is for you. Guests range from scientists and policy experts to industry leaders, talking through everything from new energy technology to the real-world effects of climate change.www.energyvsclimate.comProduced by <a hre
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