Just Energy

In this bonus episode, we talk with Jigar Shah about the role of government and private industry as our world confronts challenges of energy justice.

In this episode, we chat with David Konisky about who has access, and importantly who does not have access, to low-carbon and efficient technologies and how these trends relate to other energy disparities.

In this episode, Keith Cooley shares professional experiences and reflections on both the past and the future of the American automotive industry as it transitions toward low-carbon and electric vehicles and simultaneously grapples with a long history of racism.

In this episode, Julia Haggerty talks to us about her research on coal community transitions in the American West, and the deep economic, social, and cultural implications for these communities.

In this episode, we talk with Benjamin Sovacool about how the most toxic and least safe aspects of energy resources (e.g., e-waste facilities and mining operations) are borne by those who do not have the benefit of consuming those resources, as well as his reflections on being an author of the most recent IPCC report.

In this episode, Andrew Curley speaks with us about the Navajo Nation's experience with notions and the politics of a just transition, as well as his reflections on performing ethnographic research.

In this episode, Destenie Nock discusses her research and personal experience with energy insecurity, as well as her reflections on student mentorship and her blog, “black electricity”.

In this episode, Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project, talks with us about the underpinnings of energy justice, including dimensions of public health, race, gender, and climate change.

Welcome to the Just Energy podcast, where we talk about just how just our energy systems are.