The Nemeth Report

Season 5, Episode 1 – Canada Powered by Women – Views on Energy TransformationConversation with Tracey Bodnarchuk, Canada Powered by WomenIn this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth speaks with TraceyBodnarchuk, a founder and CEO of Canada Powered by Women, about Canada’s energy transition and sound energy policy from the perspective of engaged Canadian Women. Canada Powered by Women is an organization created to broaden the conversation around energy transformation and “to find common ground solutions to shape Canada’s future.”  For more information about Canada Powered by Women and to sign up to their newsletter, you can find them here:https://www.canadapoweredbywomen.ca/Join the community here:https://www.canadapoweredbywomen.ca/contact/Links to information discussed during the podcast:Tracey Bodnarchuk’s op-ed on the proposed emissions cap intheCalgary Herald, December 2024,https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-a-cap-on-emissions-a-cap-on-our-future-women-have-a-better-wayYou can find the results of the various polling undertakenby Canada Powered by Women here:https://www.canadapoweredbywomen.ca/research-insights/

Season 4, Episode 6 – Energy Geopolitics – Security & Affordability! Conversation with Richard Norris In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth speaks with Dr. Richard Norris, head of Pandreco Energy Advisors and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, about the geopolitics of energy with some history thrown into the mix. The wide-ranging conversation covered historical shifts in sources of energy, the importance of energy density, global energy flows and the importance of geography, energy diversification, and more. You can find Dr. Richard Norris at Energy IQ on substack: https://pandreco.substack.com/ For more detailed analyses you can also find Richard at his Pandreco Energy Advisors website: https://pandreco.com/about/ Links to information discussed during the podcast: Dr. Norris at the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies in 2021: https://vimeo.com/586703505 The book on (amongst other things) news-room group think: Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy, Batya Ungar-Sargon https://www.amazon.com/Bad-News-Media-Undermining-Democracy/dp/1641772069 Research from Monica Gattinger ( University of Ottawa) and colleagues on “Jobs a priority over environment for Canadians” https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7275502644767457280/

Season 4, Episode 5 – Net-Zero Needs a Firebreak! Conversation with David Zaruk, Editor The Firebreak In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth speaks with Dr. David Zaruk, a retired professor, environmental-health risk analyst, and science communicator extraordinaire, who is currently the editor of The Firebreak. The wide-ranging conversation covered the origins and elements of net-zero climate lawfare, foundation funding, the apparent corruption of the media, and more. You can find David Zaruk at The Firebreak on substack: https://www.thefirebreak.org/ If you would like to contribute an article to The Firebreak or have any information to share, please reach out to David at editor [at] thefirebreak.org. For more detailed analyses you can also find David at his Risk-Monger website: https://risk-monger.com/

On today’s episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth speaks with Paul Tice about his book The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial System and his recent report for the National Center for Energy Analytics, “The SEC’s Climate Rules Will Wreak Havoc on US Financial Markets.”   Paul is a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics, an adjunct professor, and a former Wall Street Investment Manager.  Note: During the conversation Scope 3 Emissions was discussed. There are three scopes of emissions. From the Carbon Trust, the different scopes are defined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol as follows: "Scope 1 covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the purchase and use of electricity, steam, heating and cooling. By using the energy, an organisation is indirectly responsible for the release of these GHG emissions. Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in the upstream and downstream activities of an organisation." https://www.carbontrust.com/our-work-and-impact/guides-reports-and-tools/what-are-scope-3-emissions-and-why-do-they-matter Therefore, Scope 3 emissions includes the emissions from the use of a product. This means that oil and gas companies would have to account for the emissions from people using their products -- like from the use of gasoline or diesel in vehicles or natural gas used to heat a home. For more information, refer to the guidance from the US EPA. https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-3-inventory-guidance You can find Paul Tice's recent report here: https://energyanalytics.org/the-secs-climate-rules-will-wreak-havoc-on-u-s-financial-markets/   You can find Paul Tice's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Investment-Scam-Progressive-Financial/dp/1641773472 An excellent review of Paul Tice’s book by Rupert Darwall can be found at Real Clear Energy: https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/06/21/esg_and_stakeholder_capitalism_a_necessary_deconstruction_1039685.html

Season 4, Episode 3 Conversation with Heidi McKillop on her new documentary "Generation Green" On today’s episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by documentary filmmaker Heidi McKillop, President and CEO of ASN Productions, to chat about her latest film, “Generation Green”. In “Generation Green”, Heidi takes a balanced and informed approach in telling the story of renewable energy and its trade offs, putting wind, solar, and batteries under the same level of scrutiny as hydrocarbons to promote greater environmental accountability. Key to this, is having an honest conversation about these energy realities, and Heidi’s film is a great point of conversation around many of the issues around the forced energy transition. You can find “Generation Green” at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATw9mhQJ5UI You can find Heidi on X: https://x.com/heidimckillop?lang=en Instagram: https://x.com/heidimckillop?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heidi-mckillop-1a08a7b3_join-us-on-june-4th-for-our-documentary-premiere-activity-7202540060628455424-GQow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greatnortherndiscussions/video/7384213927481068805

Season 4, Episode 2 In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Kristen Walker, policy manager for the American Consumer Institute to discuss her report, “Clearing the Air: Honest Truths About “clean” Energy.” Are wind, solar, and EVs really green? You can find Kristen's report here: https://www.theamericanconsumer.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Clearing-the-Air.pdf As mentioned in the conversation, Mark Mills's article, "When Politics and Physics Collide," can be found here: https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-magical-thinking-behind-the-energy-transition See also, Mark Mills, "The Energy Transition Delusion" https://manhattan.institute/article/the-energy-transition-delusion

Season 4, Episode 1 In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Dr. Brad Hayes to discuss the state of energy literacy in western countries and how to improve it. Also featured in the conversation is a discussion around the devaluation of peer review in academic publishing in general and scientific studies in particular. Brad holds a PhD in geology from the University of Alberta, and has 40 years of diverse experience applying subsurface geoscience in resource industries. He is an Adjunct Professor in the University of Alberta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Outreach Director for the Canadian Society for Evolving Energy, a Past-President of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, and a member of the Energy Resources Technical Advisory Committee for Geoscience BC. Brad was awarded the Stanley Slipper Gold Medal by the Canadian Energy Geoscience Association (CEGA) in 2022, and the Canadian Professional Geoscientist Award by Geoscientists Canada in 2024. You can find his free online course “21st Century Energy Transition” from the University of Alberta on Coursera. It’s a fantastic primer on the technical and policy issues surrounding the current forced energy transition being promoted in Canada and other western countries like the UK and EU. The course discusses the technological, geological, and political realities of the transition and the need to consider the trade offs. https://www.ualberta.ca/en/admissions-programs/online-courses/21st-century-energy-transition.html   You can find his article in Big Media about peer review, titled, "Real Science requires real peer review" here: https://big-media.ca/real-science-requires-real-peer-review/  You can find the work of Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. here: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/

Season 3, Episode 10 Conversation with Professors William Happer and William van Wijngaarden In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Dr. William Happer, professor emeritus of physics at Princeton University, and his colleague Dr. William van Wijngaarden, professor of physics at York University, to discuss the role of methane on Earth’s temperature. The conversation was centred around the paper, “Dependence of Earth’s Thermal Radiation on Five Most Abundant Greenhouse Gases” and the “Methane and Climate” paper written by Professors Happer and van Wijngaarden. Here is a link to the five greenhouse gases paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.03098.pdf   Here is a link to the Methane and Climate paper: https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Methane-and-Climate.pdf)   A short explanation of the above papers: https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/11/16/a_little_learning_on_methane_and_climate_change_864994.html   https://www.scienceunderattack.com/blog/2022/6/27/why-theres-no-need-to-panic-about-methane-in-the-atmosphere-106   Another summary of the methane paper: https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Methane-the-Irrelevant-GreenHouse-Gas.pdf   https://co2coalition.org/media/methane-and-climate-change-professor-william-van-wijngaarden/   The CO2 Coalition has a number of excellent articles explaining the science in an accessible way: https://co2coalition.org   On Nitrous Oxide: https://co2coalition.org/publications/nitrous-oxide-and-climate/   https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nitrous-Oxide.pdf   Prof. van Wijngaarden on GHGs in Ontario: https://co2coalition.org/publications/impact-of-changing-greenhouse-gas-concentrations-on-ontarios-climate/ https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OntarioClimate-Wijngaarden.pdf   Dr. Roy Spencer’s temperature data: https://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/ See also, https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Infrared-Forcing-by-Greenhouse-Gases-2019-Revised-3-7-2022.pdf Biography of Prof. van Wijngaarden: https://wvanwijngaarden.info.yorku.ca/bio/ Biography of Prof. William Happer: https://dof.princeton.edu/people/william-happer

Season 3, Episode 9 -- Energy Literacy and Net-Zero Conversation with Ronald Stein In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Ronald Stein, engineer, energy realist writer, and Pulitzer nominated author to discuss energy literacy and the pursuit of net-zero. You can find some of Ronald Stein's books, articles, op-eds, and other conversations at: https://expertfile.com/experts/ronald.stein and here at America Out Loud News: https://www.americaoutloud.news/author/ronald-stein-p-e/ You can also sign up to his energy literacy newsletter at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/SSijW3N?source_id=291eb6f9-0fe6-4f7e-badf-08f37a4bb402&source_type=em&c=-_SHBgxKEgBEr5GpIoimavrLU7vscz4vYjiyiirmS2TVU9qo4UOrDw== Here is a link to Ronald Stein's Pulitzer nominated book "Clean" Energy Exploitations: https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Energy-Exploitations/dp/1665704969/ For more "good news" on the progress and advances humanity has made since the 1800s check out Environmental Progress: https://environmentalprogress.org/Energy and Human Progress: https://humanprogress.org/trends/

Season 3, Episode 8 – Breaking Down the Science and Net-Zero Conversation with Dr. Joseph Fournier In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Dr. Joseph Fournier, electrochemistry scientist and executive. Our topic of conversation is some of the science (or lack of it) behind Canada’s forced net-zero transition, a discussion on Canada’s net-zero commitments, and what is the best way forward. One of the items we discussed was Dr. Simon Michaux’s opus on the mineral requirements for a global transition. Here is a link to that 900+ page study: https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/42_2021.pdf Here’s a link to the some of Dr. Founier’s recent articles in The Western Standard:  “Those Who Ignore History are Doomed to Repeat it,” 14 November 2023 https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/fournier-those-who-ignore-history-are-doomed-to-repeat-it/50183   “Trudeau’s 2035 Net-Zero Grid: All Pain and No Gain,” 19 August 2023. https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/fournier-trudeaus-2035-net-zero-grid-all-pain-and-no-gain/article_73c21c82-3b8c-11ee-ba1b-0fb4c14efdb8.html   “Alternative Facts on Alternative Energy,” 13 May 2023 https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/fournier-alternative-facts-on-alternative-energy/article_6d2f24be-ef79-11ed-9125-232e68b2937d.html   “Humanity is not Guilty – Climate Change is all About Natural Cycles, and it’s going to get Colder,” 18 March 2023 https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/fournier-humanity-is-not-guilty-climate-change-is-all-about-natural-cycles-and-its-going-to-get-colder/article_511f82d4-c37b-11ed-809d-a74dae1f3999.html   “Tired of the Media Fearmongering?” 11 March 2023 https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/fournier-tired-of-the-media-fearmongering/article_83b028de-bf8e-11ed-b3ad-b3ec09171a1c.html   “Climate Change is the Heartbeat of the Solar System,” 25 February 2023 https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/fournier-climate-change-is-the-heartbeat-of-the-solar-system/article_4e381148-b490-11ed-a52a-337b886c4b78.html   You can find and follow Dr. Fournier at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-fournier-7077087/

Season 3, Episode 7 – A Reality Check on Climate and Net-Zero Conversation with Dr. Ian Clark, Emeritus Professor Geology In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Dr. Ian Clark, Professor Emeritus of Geology.  Our topic of conversation is a reality check on some of the science ostensibly behind Canada’s forced net-zero transition and a discussion of whether or not Canada can reach its net-zero commitments. Dr. Ian Clark is professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Ottawa and former director, G.G. Hatch Isotope Laboratories, one of Canada’s leading analytical facilities. He has been teaching in the fields of paleoclimatology and geochemistry for the past two decades.   Here’s a link to the slides of Dr. Clark’s recent presentation, https://friendsofscience.org/assets/files/ian-clark-calgary-oct-2023-reality-check.pdf   This is a video recording of all the presentations at the Friends of Science Society’s annual event on 17 October 2023, and this is a link to Dr. Clark’s presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N_0kM1DFHs   You can find out more about Dr. Clark’s research at his University of Ottawa website: https://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/idclark/research.html

Season 3, Episode 6 – Hitting the Wall? Net-Zero Canada Conversation with Bob Lyman, Consultant/Economist In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Bob Lyman,  Our topic of conversation is Canada’s forced net-zero transition: the costs, the implications, the growing public reluctance to pay the price, and the likelihood of a U-turn. Bob Lyman has spent over forty years as an economist, manager and consultant working on a broad range of energy and environment public policy issues, mainly for the Canadian federal government. Bob began his career as a member of Canada’s foreign service, and had postings in Caracas, Venezuela and Washington, D.C. From 1985 to 2006, he managed organizations that were engaged in energy and climate change policy development and program delivery. He also has eleven years’ experience as a private consultant conducting policy research and analysis on energy and transportation issues as a principal for ENTRANS Policy Research Group. He is the Economics/Policy Advisor and Director of the International Climate Science Coalition – Canada.   Here’s a link to Bob’s recent presentation, “When will Climate Policy Hit the Wall?”   A video recording of all the presentations at the Friends of Science Society’s annual event on 17 October 2023 can be found here: https://friendsofscience.org/library/events/friends-of-science-twentieth-annual-event,-with-dr.-ian-clark-and-robert-lyman.html   A good analysis of the state of Canadian climate and energy policy is Bob’s report from June 2023, “Canada’s Policy Conundrum”.   You can find many of Bob Lyman’s reports on the Friends of Science Society’s website.

Season 3, Episode 5 – Climate Emergency? Net-Zero and Canada’s Energy Transition Conversation with Tom Harris, Executive Director ICSC In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Tom Harris, the Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition. Our topic of conversation is the “climate emergency”, the science of climate change, and the forced net-zero energy transition in Canada. Since 2008, Tom Harris has been the Executive Director of the science-based, non-partisan group, the International Climate Science Coalition. Tom now also leads the International Climate Science Coalition - Canada a not-for-profit corporation that you can check out at www.icsc-canada.com. Until 2011, he taught a total of 1,500 students at Carleton University in the second year Earth Sciences course – “Climate Change, an Earth Sciences Perspective”. Tom’s basic education was in thermo-fluids and energy sciences and he has Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering.  Tom has 45 years’ experience working as a mechanical engineer and project manager, science and technology communications professional and media and S&T advisor to a former Opposition Environment Critic in Canada’s federal Parliament. For the past 24 years Tom has been working intensively with a team of independent scientists and engineers to promote a sensible approach to range of energy and environmental topics, climate change in particular. His main focus has been telling the public about the highly controversial science underlying the dangerous human-caused climate change hypothesis.   You can find the International Climate Science Coalition here: https://www.icsc-canada.com/missionstatement   You can find short 1 minute videos on climate and energy topics on the ICSC youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@internationalclimatescienc7704/videos   Here’s a link to Tom’s article “Fueling the Fire: The Conservative Climate Language Trap,” at America Out Loud News: https://www.americaoutloud.news/fueling-the-fire-the-conservative-climate-language-trap/   Here’s a link to Tom’s  presentation on February 24th, 2023 at a Canada4Action event: https://rairfoundation.com/all-the-facts-you-need-to-debunk-climate-change-scammers-video/ An excellent resource for live unadjusted global temperatures can be found here: https://temperature.global/   A website of former NASA and space engineers on climate change issues can be found here: https://www.therightclimatestuff.com/   An investigation into the role of clouds in Earth’s climate is this older documentary “The Cloud Mystery” by Henrik Svensmark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANMTPF1blpQ

Season 3, Episode 4 – Net-Zero, ESG, and Canada’s Energy Industry Conversation with Terry Etam In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by energy writer and author Terry Etam. Our topic of conversation is the net-zero forced energy transition in Canada and some of the challenges and maybe opportunities for Canadian businesses. Terry is a contributor to the BOE report and has written an excellent book, End the Fossil Fuel Insanity which I highly recommend and you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/End-Fossil-Fuel-Insanity-Clearing/dp/1525540254/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= You can find Terry’s work at the BOE report here: https://boereport.com/   And Terry’s website Public Energy Number One can be found here: https://publicenergynumberone.com/author/terryetam/

Season 3, Episode 3 – Net-Zero in the Sask Patch  Conversation with Brian Crossman, Partner Independent Well Services Company. In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Brian Crossman, Partner, Independent Well Services Company of Estevan, Saskatchewan. Our topic of conversation is the net-zero energy transition in Canada and its effects, challenges, and opportunities on independent operators in the Canadian energy industry. https://www.independentwellservicing.com/ https://pipelineonline.ca/brian-crossman-trudeau-is-squandering-canada/

Season 3, Episode 2 – Say No to Divestment! Invest Now, Net-Zero, and ESG Conversation with Gina Pappano In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Gina Pappano, the Executive Director of Invest Now, an organization dedicated to pushing back on divestment from Canadian resource companies. Our topic of conversation is the divestment movement and the challenges and opportunities confronting resource companies in the net-zero energy transition in Canada. Gina was the Head of the Market Intelligence department at Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) for fifteen years. The majority of her research and analytical work focused on the natural resources sectors as well as the renewable energy sectors.  She has a deep understanding and knowledge of data around access to capital and investment in these sectors. Post TSX, Gina founded MarketIntelWorks Inc., a research and advisory firm that translates research and data into market intelligence to drive competitive positioning, strategy, policy changes, governance, marketing, and business development. You can find more information about Invest Now at: https://www.sdin.ca/ Gina has written some recent articles for the Financial Post which you can find here: “Stop the weaponization of banks,” https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-stop-the-weaponization-of-banks “Believing in a world without Canadian oil and gas is magical thinking,” https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-believing-in-a-world-without-canadian-oil-and-gas-is-magical-thinking

Season 3, Episode 1 – Net-Zero Red Tape for SMEs in Canada   Conversation with Catherine Swift, President Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada. In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Catherine Swift, president of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada (CCMBC) to discuss the Canadian net-zero energy transition and the challenges and opportunities confronting small and medium-sized businesses in Canada. Included in the conversation is a discussion of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) sustainability and climate-related financial disclosures and their prospective implementation in Canada through the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB). Catherine Swift was President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) from 1995 to 2014, after serving as Vice President and Chief Economist of CFIB from 1987 to 1995.  She was Senior Economist for TD Bank from 1983 to 1987, and worked with the federal government in Ottawa from 1976 to 1983 as an economist in the Departments of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Industry and Communications.  She has sat on a number of Boards, has been named one of the 100 most powerful women in Canada by the Women's Executive Network and was a recipient of the Queen's Gold and Silver Jubilee medals. She has authored number articles in the media on small business, women in business and taxation and trade issues. You can find more information about the work of the CCMBC and subscribe to their newsletter at https://www.ccmbc.ca/. Here are some links to some recent opinion pieces written by Catherine Swift on ESG and businesses: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/swift-how-esg-rules-will-kill-canadian-small-business https://niagaraindependent.ca/politicizing-issues-delays-solutions/

The topic of this episode is the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the newly released IFRS S1-sustainability and IFRS S2-climate-related financial disclosure standards that Canada is determined to implement. Canada has created a Canadian Sustainability Standards Board to work in lockstep with the ISSB and is currently reviewing the standards for implementation. Some have called these sustainability standards ESG on steroids. My guest is Deidra Garyk, energy advocate, contributor to Energy Now, and Manager, ESG and Sustainability at energy services company Trican.

The Energy Transition in Canada faces a number of different challenges, particularly the reliability and affordability of provincial grids when governments pledge to electrify everything. Even though the province of Ontario generates over 90% of its electricity from zero or low carbon sources, the push to retire natural gas power plants and resistance to building more reliable power generation in favour of installing more unreliable wind and solar power, while at the same time of increasing demand on the grid, has created a situation of potential brown outs and requests for voluntary demand constriction. Joining Dr. Tammy Nemeth in a discussion about the challenges of Ontario and Canada's energy transition is Parker Gallant. Parker is a retired banker who has devoted a significant amount of time of his retirement to researching and analysing the energy sector -- production, transmission, and distribution of energy in Ontario. You can find his writings on a number of different energy related topics at his blog: https://parkergallantenergyperspectivesblog.wordpress.com/

I’m pleased to welcome Irina Slav to the podcast to discuss the global energy transition and future energy trends. Irina lives in Bulgaria and is a journalist and writer for oilprice.com, she has an excellent substack called appropriately Irina Slav on Energy, and she also joins a weekly Energy Transition podcast with Brazilian engineer Armando Cavanha, American public policy analyst and senior contributor to Forbes magazine, David Blackmon, along with myself!