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Focusing on the climate actions that can make a real differenceTwo veteran climate experts -- analyst Hal Harvey & journalist Justin Gillis -- have released a new book that seeks to home in on the climate policies that offer the most impact for the least effort. I talk with them about learning curves, performance standards, industrial…
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The long, sordid (ongoing) tale of California's biggest utilityListen now (53 min) | A conversation with Katherine Blunt, author of a new book on PG&E.
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A new round of transcripts! Modeling Build Back Better, analyzing the Supreme Court, and telling the story of community choice aggregation. It's a feast of words!
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What's up with Manchin's plan to reform energy permitting?As part of his price for agreeing to pass the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, Senator Joe Manchin extracted a promise from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pass a "sidecar deal” addressing the issue of permitting reform. Earthjustice president Abigail Dillen thinks…
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The many social and psychological benefits of low-car citiesA few years ago, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett and their two children moved from Vancouver, Canada, to Delft, a small city in the Netherlands where 80% of…
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Talking through the Inflation Reduction Act with Don't Look Up director Adam McKayThe Academy Award-winning director expressed some criticisms of the Inflation Reduction Act on Twitter last week. The resulting brouhaha was…
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A few recent TV shows and podcasts on which I appeared to talk about the Democrats' new climate bill.
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Diving further into the Inflation Reduction Act: Part TwoI had Princeton professor Jesse Jenkins back on the pod to dig into the nitty-gritty details of the Inflation Reduction Act. We talked so long that I…
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Diving further into the Inflation Reduction Act: Part OneEven after last week's pod, there were many lingering questions and objections about the Inflation Reduction Act floating around. So I decided to have…
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Some thoughts on the Inflation Reduction ActI've got lots of things to say about the Inflation Reduction Act, and my tendonitis won't allow me to type, so I decided to say it all into a…
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Volts podcast: how to get urban improvements done quicklyA longtime transportation planner discusses the need to look beyond EVs when it comes to reducing emissions, to urban streetscape changes that reduce…
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Volts podcast: when transmission planning actually goes wellVolts subscribers are used to hearing about how difficult it is to build new long-distance power transmission lines in the US. But one of the nation's…
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Don't Look Up: the first good movie about climate change
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Rooftop solar and home batteries make a clean grid vastly more affordable
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The lovely Ford Mustang Mach-E and the danger of electric cars
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A newsletter & podcast about the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. Twice a week, give or take.

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