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Documentary of the Week: Climate One, A Monthly Dialogue on Green Issues

Friday night at 8pm on KWGS 89.5-1

Climate One is a thriving leadership dialogue on energy, the environment and the economy, recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California. It brings together top thinkers and doers from business, government, academia and advocacy groups to advance the discussion about a clean energy future. In this episode of Climate One, a look under the hood at the liquid fuels that move our planes, trains and automobiles. Listeners will learn about peak oil, the rise of China as a global energy player, a debate about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada’s tar sands to refineries in Texas and  a surprising response from the world’s largest carmaker to tough new rules doubling auto fuel efficiency over the next 13 years. 

Guests include Daniel Yergin, Author of “The Quest”; Alex Pourbaix, President of pipelines at TransCanada; Carl Pope, Former Chairman of the Sierra Club; Shad Balch, Spokesman for General Motors; and Chris Paulson, Vice President of Coda Automotive.

Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.