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For our ongoing ‘youth voice’ series, we created an energy and climate survey and asked two current and recently graduated university students to help administer it to hundreds of peers across the country, from diverse political backgrounds. The results provide a broad look at the energy and climate opinions, and knowledge, of young Americans -- and will test yours too.

The youth voices joining Dr. Scott Tinker in this episode are:

- Brittny Effendy, Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company

- Vidhur Senthil, Computer Engineering student at the University of Southern California

Originally aired 4/10/2024 on PBS.

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About Switch Energy Alliance: Switch Energy Alliance is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to inspiring an energy-educated future that is objective, nonpartisan, and sensible. With over 300 energy education videos and resources, Switch Energy Alliance engages students and general viewers in a positive conversation to work collaboratively on energy challenges. Learn more: https://switchon.org/

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The US energy system, particularly our electric grids and pipelines, is constantly at risk -- from extreme events, like hurricanes, winter storms, heat waves and wildfires. And increasingly from cyber attacks, from hostile foreign powers and criminal elements. Enough that the energy industry and the US government are investing billions of dollars and working together to counter these threats.

Joining Dr. Scott Tinker this episode is:

- Puesh Kumar, Director of CESER at the US Department of Energy

- Suzanne Lemieux, Director of Operations Security & Emergency Response at the American Petroleum Institute

Originally aired 4/8/2024 on PBS.

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About Switch Energy Alliance: Switch Energy Alliance is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to inspiring an energy-educated future that is objective, nonpartisan, and sensible. With over 300 energy education videos and resources, Switch Energy Alliance engages students and general viewers in a positive conversation to work collaboratively on energy challenges. Learn more: https://switchon.org/

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Sea level has been rising since the end of the last Ice Age, when continental ice sheets began to melt. In island nations and low-lying coastal areas sea level rise is contributing, among other things, to high tide flooding, and saltwater encroaching into farmland and freshwater aquifers. We’ll talk about what the future could bring, and ideas of how communities could adapt to sea level rise.

Discussing sea level with Dr. Scott Tinker is:

- Dr. Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director of the Climate & Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists

- Dr. Susmita Dasgupta, Lead Environmental Economist with the Development Research Group at the World Bank

Originally aired 4/7/2024 on PBS.

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Six hundred million people in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have modern energy -- so African nations are working to develop their energy resources. For many, the energy they do have comes from hydro. But Africa also has huge volumes of natural gas. Some funders, concerned about emissions, don’t want them to develop it. Others consider it essential to lift Africa’s people out of poverty.

Joining Dr. Scott Tinker for this discussion is:

- Dr. Michael Dioha, Senior Energy System Analyst at the Clean Air Task Force

- Dr. Vijaya Ramachandran, Director of Energy and Development at the Breakthrough Institute

Originally aired 4/6/2024 on PBS.

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There are many paradoxes in climate and energy: people want energy for their homes and cars… but don’t want new power lines or pipelines that could provide it. Nuclear is a zero-carbon energy source… yet many climate advocates oppose it. Some states impose EV mandates… but prohibit mining for battery metals. We’ll look to resolve these with two experts in economics, energy and climate policy.

Approaching these complex paradoxes with Dr. Scott Tinker is:

- Dario Liguti, Director of Sustainable Energy at the UN Economic Commission for Europe

- Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., Professor of Environmental Science at UC Boulder

Originally aired 4/5/2024 on PBS.

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Cement and steel have created the modern world: they make our buildings, roads, machines and products. These two industries emit nearly as much CO2 as our entire electricity system -- but they’re difficult to decarbonize. We’ll talk about challenges and potential solutions to do so, including changing their production processes, replacing the coal they now require, and more efficient use.

Discussing with Dr. Scott Tinker is:

- Dr. Rebecca Dell, Senior Director for Industry at the ClimateWorks Foundation, former Lead Analyst at the US Department of Energy, and former Researcher at Scripps Institute

- Samantha Gross, Director of the Energy Security and Climate initiatve at Brookings Institute and former Director of the Office of Climate and Clean Energy at the US Department of Energy

Originally aired 4/3/2024 on PBS.

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Everything in our modern lives has energy inputs and emissions outputs -- and that’s certainly the case for our food. It’s not just all the energy that powers the equipment required to grow, transport and process our food. And the energy inputs for fertilizer required by global agriculture. But also the emissions from land, and livestock, and particularly from food loss and food waste.

Joining Dr. Scott Tinker to discussion this intersection is:

- Dr. Atul Jain, Professor at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois and an IPCC Contributing Author

- Ryan Hobart, Managing Director of Climate and the Environment at the United Nations Foundation

Originally aired 4/2/2024 on PBS.

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Fission, the splitting of atoms, makes the heat that drives our nuclear reactors. Fusion, the fusing together of atoms, powers the stars, including our sun -- which means that fusion already powers Earth, just not in a way that we can control. If we could harness fusion, it would transform our world, producing limitless energy, safely and without emissions -- the holy grail of energy.

Discussing fusion and more with Dr. Scott Tinker is:

- Dr. Oliver Schmitz, Professor and Associate Dean at University of Wisconsin-Madison

- Zabrina Johal, Sr. Director of Strategic Development at General Atomics

Originally aired 4/1/2024 on PBS.

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Critical minerals and rare earth elements, essential for new energy technologies, are largely controlled by China. Global supply and demand and potential new mines in the US are pressing issues.

Discussing with Dr. Scott Tinker is:

- Dr. Nedal Nassar, Chief of the Materials Intelligence Research at the US Geological Survey

- Dr. Adam Simon, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan

Originally aired 10/11/2023 on PBS.

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Millions of solar panels are nearing end of life. Today they’re going to landfills or interim storage because recycling is expensive and immature. We need to build a recycling system.

Joining Dr. Scott Tinker is:

- Dr. Serasu Duran, Assistant Professor, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary

- Dr. Garvin Heath, Distinguished Member of the Research Staff at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Originally aired 10/10/2023 on PBS.

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