s the Humboldt Harbor District prepares to build its green energy powered Heavy lift terminal to support offshore wind energy, the permitting issues are a key first step. 10% of the half billion dollar transportation grant is dedicated to mitigation actions. KMUD News brings you some of the details...

10% Of The Megagrant For Humboldt's Heavy Lift Terminal To Address Permitting Needs

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Bob Deans, Director of Strategic Engagement at the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
The two detail the potentially historic storm that is currently ravaging California with mudslides, floods and loss of power.
They also examine public attitudes on climate change, President Biden's move to pause approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from new projects, and a new study revealing that Canadian tar sands pollution is up to 6,300% higher than reported.

Then, John Bennett, Editor at Large at Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call, previews right wing hatred of Taylor Swift ahead of the Superbowl.
He and Brad also discuss whether improved economic conditions can help President Biden's re-election prospects, funding for Ukraine and Israel, the bipartisan immigration deal that passed the Senate, and more.

The website for the NRDC is www.NRDC.org and their handle on X is @NRDC.

The website for CQ Roll Call is www.RollCall.com and John's handle on X is @BennettJohnT.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Messenger.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His handle on X is @BradBannon.

You can watch a livestream of this broadcast at the following links:

X - https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1eaJbgewXQrxX

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DeadlineDCWithBradBannon/videos/952042176474976/

YouTube - https://youtube.com/live/yKdQZHtktSA?feature=share

More Americans Now Believe in Climate Change; Right-Wing Hatred of Taylor Swift

This event was organised in conjunction with Gas Networks Ireland

Expert speakers discuss how Ireland can harness the potential of renewable gas production and anaerobic digestion to decarbonise the national gas network. As Ireland seeks to meet its green transition obligations, biomethane and other renewable gases could not only enable Ireland's decarbonisation, but also provide opportunities for exporting energy. At present, Ireland's national modern network can already transport biomethane and hydrogen and could be adapted to transport 100 percent green hydrogen in the future. This panel discusses the opportunities that renewable gas production and anaerobic digestion could provide for Ireland and how to remove obstacles to their use.

About the Speakers:

David Kelly is the Director of Customer and Business Development at Gas Networks Ireland. David has over twenty years of executive-level experience having worked extensively in both the private and public sectors throughout his career. Prior to being appointed to his current role, David was the Group Head of Customer Operations and Public Affairs for Ervia.

JJ Lenehan is a Building Officer with Teagasc, the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities. Together with two colleagues he looks after technical property related issues at the 55 locations the organisation operates from across the country. He is an engineer by profession and has a special interest in energy use in Teagasc where the Built Environment accounts for the largest proportion of energy consumed at over 80% of the total.

Teresa O’Flynn is a partner at Ara Partners and co-leads their infrastructure strategy. She has more than twenty years of sustainable investing expertise with extensive renewable power energy infrastructure experience, both in the fund management sector and at the operating company level. Teresa joined BlackRock in 2011 as a founding member of its Global Renewable Power Infrastructure business. In 2019, she became Global Head of Sustainable Investing for BlackRock’s Alternatives investment platform. Prior to joining BlackRock, Teresa worked for NTR plc, a private infrastructure developer, across several of the group’s European and US wind development subsidiaries.

Christian Bendrup Faurholt is a project manager for the annual report of security of supply in the Danish gas system. He is also Energinet’s Associated Activities country lead for projects in India, Vietnam, and Poland and a project manager for Energinet’s Long Term Development Plan for the Danish gas and electricity systems. Christian holds a degree in international relations and is specialised in climate diplomacy and the Paris Agreement.

Caoimhe Giblin is Managing Director, Commercial at ElectroRoute. There, she is a member of the senior management team and leads ElectroRoute’s commercial origination and trading operation teams. Caoimhe has worked in the energy sector for over 15 years and sits on the Council of Wind Energy Ireland. She was formerly Director of Finance at SSE Renewables where she had responsibility for the financial activities of SSE plc’s extensive on and off-shore wind development and construction portfolio. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Caoimhe spent 6 years working with KPMG in Dublin and New Zealand. Caoimhe is a graduate Dublin City University, where she obtained a Degree and Masters in Accountancy.

Decarbonising Ireland's Gas Network

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.

First, Scott explains how high interest rates and trade deficits are stifling U.S. factory jobs growth.

Second, Leslie and Scott move across the globe to discuss China, where U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is wrapping up a five day trip.
Scott begins this discussion by highlighting how Beijing's economic success remains tied to U.S. market access, and how that offers America leverage.

Next, Leslie and Scott discuss the increasingly high risk that China will flood the globe with EVs and green tech thanks to their government subsidized overcapacity in both industries.
During her current trip to the Communist nation, Secretary Yellen says that the concern about excess capacity is shared by many other countries in addition to the U.S., both developing as well as rich ones.
“This is not anti-China policy,” she said. “It’s an effort for us to mitigate the risks from the inevitable global economic dislocation that will result if China doesn’t adjust its policies.”

Finally, Scott shares the advice he provided to a panel convened last week by the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) about Chinese auto imports.
To summarize, he encourages the U.S. not to wait for China’s heavily subsidized car to arrive here.  But instead, to be PROACTIVE!

For over 16 years, Scott Paul and AAM have worked to make American manufacturing a top-of-mind issue for voters and our national leaders through effective advocacy, innovative research, and a savvy public relations strategy.

Their website is www.AmericanManufacturing.org and their handle on X is @KeepItMadeInUSA.
Scott's handle is @ScottPaulAAM.

Will China Flood the Globe with EVs and Green Tech? What’s Behind the Latest US-China Trade Fight?

This discussion at the IIEA touches on issues such as the ongoing update of the national energy and climate plans (NECPs), the Commission’s analysis and recommendation for the EU’s 2040 emissions reduction target, published on 6 February, and the first-ever European Climate Risk Assessment published on 11 March.

The event takes place as part of the European Commission’s ‘roadshow’ about the future of EU climate and energy policy, which aims to discuss the actions needed to reinforce competitiveness while staying the course on the net-zero transition and to strengthen societal preparedness for, and resilience to, the unavoidable impacts of climate change. 

Matthew Baldwin is Deputy Director-General at DG ENER, the European Commission’s energy department, where he leads the Energy Platform Task Force focused on ending EU dependence on Russian gas; and Jacob Werksman is Principal Adviser to the European Commission for Climate Action, specialising in international climate policy and environmental law, with extensive experience in multilateral negotiations and legal advisory roles.

Maintaining competitiveness while advancing the net-zero transition

This month we are really excited to have a conversation with Rubén Vezzoni, who is one of our University of Helsinki colleagues from the Doctoral Programme in Political, Soci­etal and Regional Change. His work looks at different aspects of the political economy of the EU’s green transition, with case studies on solar panels, hydrogen, and post-growth agri-food systems. In our conversation we focused in on “green” hydrogen and whether in practice it can live up to the grand narratives that are told about it, or whether it is just a story that obscure what is really going on. Rubén gives us some insights into the Finnish context and how the externalities from the consumption here are exported to other places, for example in the global South. The amount of stuff that we consume continues to increase, even under the auspices of green transition. To be able to exist these new technologies require more materials, more input, and more extraction. We look at the lock-ins and path dependencies and especially the drivers of relentless capital expansion and accumulation. 

Resources mentioned during the episode:

The Social Limits to Growth by Fred Hirsch https://www.routledge.com/Social-Limits-to-Growth/Hirsch/p/book/9780415119580 

Interested to read more of Rubén’s work? 

“The Finnish Bioeconomy Beyond Growth” (this is the report that is discussed during the episode) http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-380-817-1 

“How “clean” is the hydrogen economy? Tracing the connections between hydrogen and fossil fuels” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100817

“Joining the ideational and the material: transforming food systems toward radical food democracy” https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1307759/full

Check out his University profile here https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/ruben-vezzoni

Rubén Vezzoni - Are "green" hydrogen plans just outsourcing emissions to the Global South?

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