Patrick Ophuls: “Energy, Politics, and The Future”
Today, ecologist, political scientist, and author Patrick Ophuls joins Nate to discuss his new book, The Tragedy of Industrial Civilization and The Future of Politics.
energy policies
Unnecessary Travel? The Return of Breathable Air and Rethinking Transport in a Crisis
This shock to the transport system has come as a result of a global pandemic, despite consistent and increasingly urgent calls for change in the face of climate change. It took a more immediate public health threat to give governments the power to declare national emergencies and to restrict movement and other individual freedoms.
Transition in Europe
Europe has been the global leader in energy transition for decades, offering to the rest of the world many useful examples of both policies that work and those that don’t. As a result, European countries now have some of the world’s most energy efficient economies, and the largest shares of renewable energy.
New Report Knocks Down Pro-Pipelines ‘Fantasies’
Politicians who advocate for more bitumen pipelines and LNG exports are making a "have your cake and eat it too argument" because there is no way Canada can meet its climate change commitments under such a scenario
Renewable Energy Growth Blows EIA Forecasts Out of the Water, Again
Another year, another U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) assessment report that makes the agencies own forecasters look foolish.