Class & Climate: The Politics of Electrification with Stephen Thomas

About this episode

Stephen Thomas discusses the political challenges and possibilities for building a truly green Canadian electricity grid.

The David Suzuki Foundation's Stephen Thomas discusses the political challenges and possibilities for building a truly green Canadian electricity grid. Stephen Thomas is a climate campaigner, policy analyst, and engineer working on the front lines of Canada’s transition to a 100% zero-emissions electricity grid as the Clean Energy Manager for the David Suzuki Foundation. For Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy, Green Economy Network National Convenor Em Thompson sits down wit...

People in this episode

Host: Em Thompson

Guest: Stephen Thomas

Topics covered

• climate change
• electrification
• green energy
• politics
• Canada
• zero-emissions

Keywords

• climate campaigner
• policy analyst
• electricity grid
• zero-emissions
• green economy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: David Suzuki Foundation

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