How the Climate Spent its Summer

David, Sara and Ed unpack what moved the dial on climate and energy this summer. They also look at this week's climate and energy news and preview what's to come on this season of Energy vs Climate.- - -@1:12 Sustainable Energy Development Masters Program at the University of Calgary@3:30 Energy within Environmental Constraints - Harvard Massive Online Open Course@6:37 Executives from Exxon, Shell, BP and others are being called to testify in Congress @7:39 Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway @7:45 Drilled Podcast @12:58 Harvard University pledges to divest from fossil fuels David on Divestment@17:41 Cost of financing for coalCoal financing costs surge as investors opt for renewable energy @20:55Work begins on 3.3 GW solar-CSP project linked to 500 MW of storage, in Qinghai China pledges to stop building new coal energy plants abroad @27:13 Heat ImpactsExtreme, deadly heat in Canada is going to come back, and worse. Will we be ready? Heat has larger impacts on labor in poorer areas (David is a co-author)Relationship between season of birth, temperature exposure, and later life wellbeing@35:25 2021 IPCC Report@35:30 The Environmentalist’s Dilemma: Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate Crisis by Arno Kopecky@39:42 US EV sales dataNorway bans gas car sales in 2025, but trends point towards 100% EV sales as early as April @50:49 Germany’s energy consumption and power mix in charts@53:16 Liberal’s Clean Electricity Standard and Federal/Provincial jurisdictionLost in Transmission: A Constitutional Approach to Ending Canada’s Energy Infrastructure Poverty - Kristen van de BiezenbosSend us a text (if you'd like a response, please include your email)Follow us on:LinkedInBlueskyX/TwitterInstagramEnergy vs Climate relies on the support of our generous listenersDonate to keep Energy vs Climate goingProduced by Bespoke Podcasts