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Framing energy conversations, Venezuela goes dark, nuclear’s amazing safety record

13 Mar

In this week’s episode of Power Hour, Alex, Don, and Steffen cover eight topics:

-A new way to frame energy conversations
-Venezuela goes dark
-After stinging defeat in 2018, Colorado’s anti-fracking activists are back
-Green New Deal: A Preview
-How the Fukushima nuclear incident is still being distorted 8 years later
-Youngstown’s fight for fracking freedom
-The false hype around Texas building “the world’s largest batter”
-The attack on industrial collaboration

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How to evaluate claims about energy, the carbon tax, Wall Street goes green, and more

16 Jan

On this episode, Alex is joined by his colleagues Don Watkins and Steffen Henne to discuss this week’s most important energy stories:


• How to evaluate claims about energy
• Yes, Republicans need a new climate agenda–no, not a carbon tax
• The bad science behind air emissions regulations
• Wall Street goes green
• U.S. CO2 emissions rise–and why that’s good news

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Bill Gates vs. Elon Musk, the Green New Deal, Yellow Vest protests, and more

9 Jan

On this episode, Alex is joined by his colleagues Don Watkins and Steffen Henne to discuss this week’s most important energy stories:


• Why Bill Gates is a much better energy thinker than Elon Musk
• The French “yellow vest” protests
• How to oppose the divestment movement
• Why the Green New Deal will “make America poor again”
• Vox’s advice for reducing your personal carbon emissions: “don’t be rich”

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Power Surge: Keystone XL Permission Delay Increases Cost, UK Prepares for Winter with Green Energy on the Grid, Upcoming Anti-Civilization March

16 Sep

On this episode Alex and Steffen talk about the Keystone XL pipeline project, which will see significant cost increases because of the US government’s permission delay, how the British plan to keep the lights on during Winter with less practical and more green energy on the grid by temporarily shutting down industrial consumers, and the “People’s Climate March” on September 21st in NY, which CIP’s Alex Epstein and Eric Dennis will attend.

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Episode 92: Will Boisvert on Biomass and Modern Environmentalism

11 Apr

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with writer Will Boisvert about the strange bedfellows of biomass and the modern environmentalist movement. Mr. Boisvert writes on energy, environment, and urban policy for The Breakthrough Institute, and for such publications as The New York Observer and Dissent.

 
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Episode 91: Interview with Leighton Steward

5 Apr

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Leighton Steward about his experience in the oil and gas industry and his recent work on the issue of climate change. Mr. Steward has extensive experience in the exploration and production side of the industry, having served in various senior management positions. He is former Chairman of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association and the Natural Gas Supply Association, and is currently an honorary director of the American Petroleum Institute. You can find Mr. Steward’s work at www.plantsneedCO2.org and www.CO2isgreen.org. He also recommends www.CO2science.org and www.therightclimatestuff.com for further reading.

 
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Episode 89: Oil Champion Jack Ekstrom

22 Mar

In this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Jack Ekstrom, Vice President of Government Relations at Whiting Petroleum, about his experience in the oil and gas industry.

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Episode 87: Steven Hayward on Fossil Fuels and Environment

21 Feb

In this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Steven Hayward about fossil fuels and environment. Dr. Hayward is a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the author of the Almanac of Environmental Trends, among many other works. You can read more about Dr. Hayward’s work at www.powerlineblog.com.

 
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Episode 86: Steffen Henne on Climate Change

14 Feb

In this third installment of a series of Power Hours devoted to chapters in his upcoming book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (Penguin/Portfolio, 2014), Alex Epstein talks with CIP researcher and frequent contributor Steffen Henne about climate change.

 

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Episode 85: Eric Dennis on Global Warming

7 Feb

In this second installment of a series of Power Hours devoted to chapters in his upcoming book, The Case for Fossil Fuels (Penguin/Portfolio, 2014), Alex Epstein talks with Center for Industrial Progress Senior Fellow Dr. Eric Dennis about global warming, and in particular, a few new facets of the issue that will be covered in the book.

 
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Episode 84: Robert Bradley on Opposition to Fossil Fuels

31 Jan

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Robert Bradley, CEO and Founder of the Institute for Energy Research, about historical and modern opposition to fossil fuels. You can read more about Dr. Bradley and his work at www.instituteforenergyresearch.org.

 
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Episode 83: James Taylor on the EPA’s “Secret Science”

24 Jan

For this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein spoke with James Taylor, Senior Fellow at the Heartland Institute, about his recent article on the EPA’s “secret science” and the ways the Heartland Institute has moved the needle on the climate debate.

 
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Episode 81: Marlo Lewis on the Top Energy Stories of 2013

12 Jan

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex is joined once again by Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, to discuss the top energy stories of 2013. You can find Marlo’s work at http://cei.org/expert/marlo-lewis-jr.

 
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Episode 79: Erin Connors—A Student’s View of Energy

14 Dec

In this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Erin Connors, a student of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, about her view of energy before and after encountering CIP. Last year, Erin attended Alex’s debate with Dr. Dino Ress, “Oil: Dangerous Addiction or Healthy Choice.” She now works part-time with CIP and plans to work in the oil industry after graduation. You can find Erin’s writings on the CIP Blog and in CIP’s weekly newsletter, Movement.

 

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Episode 78: Henry I. Miller on Food Technology

6 Dec

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein interviews Dr. Henry I. Miller, Robert Wessen Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, on the subject of food technology. Dr. Miller is the author of The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution and many other books and articles on science, medicine, and technology.

 

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Episode 76: Craig Idso on the Benefits of CO2

15 Nov

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Craig D. Idso, former president and current chairman of the board of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, about the benefits of CO2. You can learn about Dr. Idso’s work at www.co2science.org.
 

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Episode 73: Power Preview—4 New Talks to Industry

28 Oct

This episode of Power Hour is a “Power Preview” of four talks Alex Epstein gave to industry audiences last week in Canada. Since the talks are not available publicly, Alex and CIP’s Adam Edmonsond recorded a preview with highlights of the key ideas. For the Movement subscribers and CIP Blog readers who have listened to the preview—this recording includes a follow-up with Alex’s thoughts after the events.

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Episode 72: The Man Who Debunked the Hockey Stick

18 Oct

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Ross McKitrick who, with Dr. Stephen McIntyre, debunked the famous “Hockey Stick” graph used by the IPCC, Al Gore, and just about every other person and organization pushing for government action in the face of purportedly catastrophic global warming.

Dr. McKitrick is professor of economics at the University of Quelph, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, co-author of the book Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming, and author of Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy.

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Episode 71: Patrick Michaels on Global Warming and the IPCC

11 Oct

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Patrick Michaels about global warming and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dr. Michaels is Director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute. He taught Environmental Science for 30 years at University of Virginia. He is a past President of the American Association of State Climatologists, and former Program Chair of the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. A former contributing author to the IPCC, he is an outspoken critic of the organization’s politicization of science.

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Episode 70: Eric Dennis on How to Think About Climate Change

7 Oct

On this episode of Power Hour, CIP Senior Fellow Dr. Eric Dennis returns to discuss the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) recently released Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), and how we should think about climate change. To learn more about Eric, go to http://industrialprogress.com/about”>http://industrialprogress.com/about.

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Episode 69: “How to Think About Global Warming”

1 Oct

This week’s episode of Power Hour is a recent talk Alex Epstein gave to the Santa Monica Tea Party, on “How to Think About Global Warming.” Alex was originally invited to talk about “The Collapse of the Global Warming Hoax,” but he explained in the talk that “hoax” isn’t the word he would use to describe the phenomenon. Listen to this episode to find out why.

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Episode 67: Amy Oliver Cooke on FERC Nominee Ron Binz

13 Sep

On this week’s Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Amy Oliver Cooke, Director of the Independence Institute’s Energy Policy Center, about Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Ron Binz. If you’re not familiar with the FERC or Ron Binz, this is a must-listen. For more on Amy’s work, go to http://www.i2i.org/olivercooke.php.

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Episode 66: Dave Quast on Fracking in California

6 Sep

For this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein interviewed Dave Quast, California Director for Energy in Depth, about fracking in California. CIP highly recommends Energy In Depth as a source of information about energy. You can find Dave’s work there at http://energyindepth.org/california.

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Episode 65: David Kreutzer on Fossil Fuel Policy

30 Aug

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. David Kreutzer about fossil fuel policy, the ideas that have inspired it, and their effects. Dr. Kreutzer is a Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation. You can learn more about him and his work at http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/k/david-kreutzer.

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Episode 63: Andrew N. Kleit on Electricity Markets

16 Aug

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Andrew N. Kleit, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at Penn State University, about electricity and electricity markets. Other topics include the impact of weather on energy markets and the effects of energy regulation. You can read more about Dr. Kleit and his work at http://ploneprod.met.psu.edu/people/ank1.

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Episode 62: Peter Grossman on U.S. Energy Policy

9 Aug

For this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talked with Dr. Peter Grossman, Professor of Economics at Butler University, about his latest book, U.S. Energy Policy and the Pursuit of Failure. You can follow Dr. Grossman’s work at http://peterzgrossman.wordpress.com.

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Episode 61: Larry Bell on Big Picture Thinking

26 Jul

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein interviews Larry Bell, Professor of Space Architecture at the University of Houston and a regular contributor to Forbes.com, about big picture thinking about energy subsidies and about claims of catastrophic climate change.

You can find Larry’s recent Forbes article about subsides here, and you can pick up his book, Climate of Corruption, here.

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Episode 59: Thomas Pyle on Gasland 2

10 Jul

In this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Thomas Pyle, President of the Institute for Energy Research, about Gasland 2, the new anti-fracking documentary by Josh Fox. You can keep up with Thomas and the Institute of Energy Research at http://energytownhall.org.

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Episode 57: Heath Lovell on Coal and Communication

28 Jun

In this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Heath Lovell of Alliance Coal about what it’s like to be in the coal industry (first as a miner and now in management), how the world sees the industry, and how the workers in the industry see the world. They also discuss the role of the coal industry in human flourishing around the world, how to improve communication about energy issues, and President Obama’s new climate plan.

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Episode 55: Donna Laframboise on the IPCC’s Politicization of Science

14 Jun

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Donna Laframboise, author of The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken for the World’s Top Climate Expert, about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its politicization of science. You can keep up with Donna’s work at www.nofrakkingconsensus.com.

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Episode 54: David Blackmon on “Oil Subsidies”

7 Jun

In this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with David Blackmon, Managing Director at FTI Consulting, about “oil subsidies” (and whether they’re really subsidies). Mr. Blackmon has a lot of experience in the oil and gas industry, and his perspective on policy issues affecting the industry are published in a regular column at Forbes.com.

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Episode 53: “How Oil Improves the Planet” at Michigan State University

24 May

This episode of Power Hour is Alex Epstein’s recent talk at Michigan State University, on the subject of “How Oil Improves the Planet.”

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Episode 50: Myron Ebell on the Rise and Fall of Cap and Trade

7 May

On this week’s Power Hour, Alex Epstein interviews Myron Ebell, Director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), about the various forms of control that governments in the United States and Europe have taken over the energy industry on the premise of catastrophic global warming—particularly the rise and fall of “cap and trade” policies.

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Episode 9: SpOILed with Mark Mathis

1 Oct

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Mark Mathis discusses SpOILed, his documentary on peak oil

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Power Surge Episode 1: Corruption at the American Physical Society

17 Sep

Alex Epstein and Dr. Eric Dennis discuss the resignation of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Ivar Giaever from the American Physical Society

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Episode 8: Climate Policy with Patrick Michaels

1 Sep

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Climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels discusses climate policy

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Episode 5: Climate Change with Richard Lindzen

1 Jun

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Climatologist Dr. Richard Lindzen discusses climate change. Copyright Ayn Rand Institute 2011. Used with permission.

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Episode 3: Environmentalism with Onkar Ghate

1 Apr

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Onkar Ghate of the Ayn Rand Institute discusses Earth Day and the erroneous philosophical foundations of environmentalism. Copyright Ayn Rand Institute 2011. Used with permission.

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Episode 1: Power Hungry with Robert Bryce

1 Feb

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Robert Bryce discusses energy. Copyright 2011 Ayn Rand Institute. Used with permission.

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