Episode Details

David, Sara, Ed, and special guest Professor Jody Freeman of Harvard Law School break down what the first year of the Biden Administration means for Canadian energy and climate policy.

EPISODE NOTES
@1:32  @JodyFreemanHLS
@2:46 Top-emitting Alberta oilsands site got government relief from pollution payments
@6:47 Reframing incentives for climate policy
@13:06 American Leadership on Clean Cars
@13:29 U.S Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan
@13:58 EPA power plant rules
@14:27 Joe Biden wants America to lead the world against the climate crisis.
@14:57 Clean Electricity: A Net-Zero Grid By 2035
@21:02 Conservative Supermajority on the Supreme Court
@22:35 Democrats are on track to lose big in 2022
@23:13 US inflation surges to 30-year high
@25:29 Supreme Court Move Could Stymie EPA Regulation
@28:27 Supreme Court of Canada upholds the constitutionality of federal carbon pricing legislation
@29:54 Summary of the Clean Air Act
@34:31 How we passed the clean power plan target a decade early
@36:14 Tesla Loan Program
@38:53 Renewable Portfolio Standards
@44:10 US tax credit encourages investment in carbon capture and storage
@49:09 How the ‘Culture War’ could break democracy
@55:42 O’Toole would cut emissions to meet target set by Harper, rejects Liberals’ new, more aggressive goal
@57:15 Canada’s output-based pricing system

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