Tracing the global landscapes of oil, Professor Carola Hein of Bryn Mawr College, highlights how broadly ingrained oil is in Western culture and in the structure of our cities.

Dean of UT Austin School of Architecture, Michelle Addington cautions against our use of the term “energy efficiency,” which is a misleading phrase meant to demonstrate sustainability.

Founder and CEO of Radiator Labs Marshall Cox details how his retrofit for an old energy system, the steam radiator, can increase operational efficiency and climate comfort.

Deirdre Lord, cofounder of The Megawatt Hour, on bringing transparency to utility bills.

Filmmaker Rachel Boynton screens the trailer for her documentary Big Men, which follows oil company Kosmos Energy as it discovers and develops the first commercial oil field off the Ghanaian coast.

Adrian Lahoud, Dean of the School of Architecture at the Royal College of Art, discusses how climate action in one place triggers effects elsewhere.

Financial Times Journalist Ed Crooks uses hard data to stress the realities of our dependence on oil. The world consumes 90 million barrels of oil each day while only 13% of our energy comes from renewable sources.

Jeremy Leggett addresses the systemic risk that climate change poses to energy markets. As the former chairman of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, he guided the narrative of the “Carbon Bubble,” changing the conversation around investment and regulation in the energy industry.

Kate Gordon, a nationally recognized expert on clean energy and economic development, discusses shifts in the policy landscape.

William Braham, Director of the Master of Environmental Building Design at the University of Pennsylvania, highlights the need for cities to reach new levels of renewable energy production within their own municipal borders.

The Energy Issue’s closing conversation touches on the need for increased social consciousness regarding climate issues and the dominating role of capitalism and corporations in the narrative on energy use.