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Ep. 149: Policy Should Be Based on Facts, not Emotional Appeal
Blair King is an earth scientist who specializes in environmental remediation. He speaks out on a range of resource-based issues. He appreciates that emotional appeals are extremely compelling and he understands why we all want to rally around a good story.
Ep. 144: The Fate of Fort St. John, Alberta and Site C Dam
Fort St. John is a town on edge. With all the talk about pausing or cancelling Site C, no one is looking at the impact on the people who work on the project, the impact on the City and Not For Profit organizations.
Ep. 106: The State of BC Power Generations
McDonald points out that Site C is the last major power generation project the province will allow to be built. BC Hydro is spending $2 billion per year on aging and new infrastructure.
Ep. 099: Fusion As The Hot Alternative Energy
The promise of fusion energy is now tantalizingly close. That is according to Nathan Gilliland, CEO of General Fusion. This means there is about about 5 years to go to reach proof of concept.
Ep. 072: Attracting women to the mining industry
There are many challenges facing mining companies committed to increasing women in their ranks at all levels.
Ep. 062: How Copper Fuels Alternative Energy
We need to keep our climate goals in perspective, according to author and investor Gianni Kovacevic. He points out that about half of the world’s population is either just entering or about to enter the consumer class.
Ep. 056: How to Capture Carbon to Make Fuel
Adrian Corless is the past CEO of Carbon Engineering, a company that is literally eating carbon from the air and mixing it with hydrogen and turning it into fuel.
Ep. 050: Green Energy Is The Future
Ross Beaty founded more than 12 resource based companies before switching to green power. Beaty discusses why his business focus changed and where he sees the future in energy.
Ep. 021: Should Canada Promote Its Natural Resources?
The world needs natural resources. That is according to Cody Battershill of Canada Action. He says as stewards of the environment, no other exporting country can match Canada’s protection standards.
Ep. 020: Canada Natural Resource Development and First Nations
Bill Gallagher, the author of Resource Rulers, has been watching and counting the impressive number of Court Decisions that side with First Nations.
Ep. 016: Fracking in British Columbia
We need to monitor British Columbia's resources, including the water needed for hydraulic fracturing. That is according to Robin Archdekin of Geoscience BC. He says Geoscience BC provides an invaluable resource to people who want and need unbiased information about the state of natural resources in the province.
Ep. 015: The Future of LNG in British Columbia
David Keane, the President of the BC LNG Alliance, says the LNG industry in BC is alive and well.
Ep. 013: Resource Development In Canada
Chief Joe Alphonse is the man at the centre of the Tsilhqot’in Supreme Court decision.
Ep. 012: Impact of Tsilhqot’in Supreme Court Decision
The Tsilhqot’in Supreme Court decision is certain to have an impact on investment and resource development in the province.
Ep. 009: Why Twin The Trans Mountain Pipeline?
Michael Davies of Kinder Morgan says more that 300,000 barrels of oil flow into Burnaby and Washington State through the company pipeline.
Ep. 008: Business Impact of Tsilhqot’in Decision
Former BC Attorney General Geoff Plant says resource based companies will need to be nimble, creative and progressive enough to figure out how to work on a land base and take aboriginal interests seriously can still make money.
Ep. 003: Movement Against Building More BC Pipelines
Eoin Madden of the Wilderness Committee is a passionate climate change campaigner who gave up a career as a solicitor in Ireland to come to Canada to take on the oil industry.
Ep. 002: Federal Impact of Tsilhqot'in Decision
The Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation admits the landscape has changed. He's eager to put a positive response on the Supreme Court decision because he wants to send a signal that BC is still open for business.
Ep. 001: "Tsilhqot'in Decision Shows Land Is Ours"
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs opened his remarks saying, “Land claims are not for wimps.”