What the 2020 election means for energy and infrastructure

November 20, 2020 by

Llewellyn King and three energy consultants discuss the Biden administration’s potential impact on energy and infrastructure.

Guests: Jan Vrins,Partner, Global Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure, Guidehouse; Karen Wilson,
Partner, Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure, Guidehouse; Lisa Frantzis, Partner, Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure, Guidehouse

Joe Madison Thinks Voting Rights Are Worth Risking His Life For

Llewellyn King

Election Day isn’t celebrated, and for most of us, voting is inconvenient. So much so that only presidential elections draw a decent turnout. In 2020, a record year, 66.8 percent of the electorate voted. The ballot box towers in significance in its consequence, but it seems banal when you traipse to a church hall, an […]

Echoes of the Vietnam War: Journalists Begin To Take a Stand

Llewellyn King

I remember the feeling in newsrooms back in the 1960s, as many journalists began to have doubts about the Vietnam War. In those big workspaces where newspapers come together and broadcasts are assembled, the Vietnam War was taken by journalists to be the good guys versus the bad guys — the way it had been […]

The 2022 Climate Debate: Will Population Growth Dominate?

Llewellyn King

It wasn’t front and center at the climate change summit, COP26, in Glasgow, but it was whispered about informally, in the corridors, and over meals. For politicians, it is flammable. For some religions, it is heresy. Yet it begs a hearing: the growth of the global population. While the world struggles to decarbonize, saving it […]

The Trials of Gift Giving: Perfume in Decline, Neckties Out

Llewellyn King

You may have noticed that gift gifting was a bit more difficult this holiday season. Those two mighty standbys for the gift-givers, perfume, and neckties, have moved from the ‘always welcome’ list to the ‘What was he or she thinking?’ list. Perfume – oh, that never-surprising but always-delighting gift – isn’t the gift it used […]