NEW EPISODE: The USA vs Climate - Trump's New Climate & Energy Policy with Dr. Jesse Jenkins

Trump's New Climate & Energy Policy with Dr. Jesse Jenkins, energy systems expert and professor at Princeton University.

It's a lively discussion about the substantial changes to U.S. climate and energy policy under the Trump administration. Jesse, David and Ed break down the key policy reversals, their impact on U.S. emissions, and the broader geopolitical and economic consequences—for Canada and beyond. Plus, audience questions!

Show Notes:

(01:13) “Trump Tariffs: Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Trade War”: Article by the Tax Foundation

(01:26) Canada announces robust tariff package in response to unjustified U.S. tariffs

(02:06) “Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know”: Article by the Natural Resources Defense Council

(02:38) Dr. Jesse Jenkins

(03:50) “Full on Fight Club’: How Trump Is Crushing U.S. Climate Policy”: Article by  the New York Times

(04:25) “All the executive orders Trump has signed so far”: Article by The Guardian

(06:55) “President Trump Prioritizes Fossil Fuel Development and Rolls Back Climate Action in Energy”: Article by the Columbia Law School

(07:35) “How Trump Is Trying to Undo the Inflation Reduction Act”: Article by the TIME’s Magazine

(10:07) “Analyzing Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) actions one month into Trump’s second administration”: Article by the Harvard Kennedy School

(11:02) “Four ways cuts at NOAA will make weather forecasts less reliable”: Article by the New Scientist

(14:45) “The Trump presidency, climate change, and the prospect of a disorderly energy transition”

(16:51) Climate Progress and the 117th Congress: The Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

(19:46) “Clean energy transitions continue to accelerate, but progress is uneven”: Article by the IEA

(20:04) What are renewable portfolio standards?

(23:02) “The future of the IRA’s clean energy tax credits”: Article by the Carbon Direct

(28:31) How China is helping power the world’s green transition

(30:11) Climate Change, Developing Countries and Trade: How to leverage the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to incentivize decarbonization investments in developing countries

(34:02) “Trump's tariffs on Canada could make US power bills even pricier”: Article by Reuters

(37:08) “How Trump’s Tariffs On Mexico And Canada Could Impact U.S. Gas Prices”: Article by Forbes

(38:01) Trade Wars and Tariff Policies: Long-Term effects on Global Trade and Economic Relationship

(38:47) Trump’s bilateral turbulence unlikely to last full term, Paul Ryan says

(39:41) “The urgent need for Canada to diversify its trade”: Article by the University of Toronto

(43:30) The Section 45Q Tax Credit for Carbon Sequestration

(47:38) DOE Launches Application Process For Its $1.8 Billion DAC Funding

(48:17) “Air Liquide sees two of six US hydrogen hubs most likely to advance first after Trump halts funding”: Article by Reuters

(48:23) “US awards record $6 billion to back industrial emissions reduction projects”: Article by Reuters

(52:10) Research Review: The Role of Transmission in the Context of Deep Decarbonization

About Our Guest:

Jesse D. Jenkins is an assistant professor and macro-scale energy systems engineer at Princeton University with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment. He leads the Princeton ZERO Lab (Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory), which focuses on improving and applying optimization-based energy systems models to evaluate and optimize low-carbon energy technologies, guide investment and research in innovative energy technologies, and generate insights to improve energy and climate policy and planning decisions. 

About Your EvC Co-Hosts:

David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.

Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She’s a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.

Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.

Produced by Amit Tandon & Bespoke Podcasts

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