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Minerals and the clean-energy transition: the basicsThe clean-energy transition will require huge amounts of key minerals like lithium and cobalt, used to make cleantech like batteries & wind turbines. They are often mined under socially & environmentally dubious conditions. Is it a new resource curse?
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Volts podcast: me and Adam McKay in an exciting podcast crossover eventThe podcast Carbon Copy interviewed me. I interviewed Don't Look Up director Adam McKay. The two interviews were weaved together into a 30-minute highlight reel. It's podcast gold! 
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Do dividends make carbon taxes more popular? Apparently not.A new study examines public opinion in the (very few) countries where a carbon "fee & dividend" has been implemented. Getting money back does not seem to change voters' opinions about taxes much.
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Volts podcast: Jason Bordoff & Meghan O’Sullivan on the geopolitics of clean energyThe global transition from fossil fuels to clean energy will ease some geopolitical tensions, but it will cause new ones. I chat with international relations scholars about the risks ahead in the next few decades.
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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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Volts podcast: how the left can suck less at messaging, with Anat Shenker-Osario
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Discussion thread: Will Build Back Better pass?Let's put our predictions on the table, if only to have some outlet for all the nervous anxiety.
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Volts podcast: "Don't Look Up" director Adam McKay on the challenges of making movies about climate changeThe movie Don't Look Up has split critics while becoming one of Netflix's biggest hits ever. I talk with director Adam McKay about the film's critical…
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Climate legislation and Congress: the current state of playSome shrunken form of Build Back Better still has a chance. The good news is, everyone involved seems eager to preserve the climate parts. The bad news…
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More of the much-requested podcast transcripts are now available, including fun and informative episodes on messaging, misinformation, and more. 
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Happy holidays, y'all. Here are some Fun Volts Facts.
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Volts podcast: how the left can suck less at messaging, with Anat Shenker-OsarioA discussion with a messaging professional about the elements of a good message, how to get messages to voters where they live, and the right way to…
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The year in federal climate politics and what lies aheadDespite all the frustrations of the past year, and the ongoing frustrations, the Build Back Better Act remains the last, best hope for federal climate…
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Discussing disinformation and media with Matt SheffieldA conversation between me and a one-time right-wing media operative covers the failures of modern media, the climate change disinformation problem, and…
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Don't Look Up: the first good movie about climate change
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