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Some thoughts on the Inflation Reduction Act I'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…

Aug 12

Volts podcast: how to get urban improvements done quickly A longtime transportation planner discusses the need to look beyond EVs when it comes to reducing emissions, to urban streetscape changes that reduce…

Aug 10

Volts podcast: when transmission planning actually goes well Volts 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…

Aug 8

Volts podcast: what to make of the Democrats' last-minute climate bill A detailed conversation with energy experts Jesse Jenkins & Leah Stokes about what is in the climate/energy portion of the Inflation Reduction Act…

Aug 3

Volts podcast: a music festival that treads lightly on the earth Pickathon, a small annual music festival outside of Portland, Oregon, has been running since 1999, and every year it seeks ways to lighten its…

Jul 29

Volts podcast: how Biden can address climate change through executive action Two senior attorneys from the Center for Biological Diversity discuss what it would mean for Biden to declare climate change a national emergency, what…

Jul 25

Volts podcast: David Wallace-Wells on the ravages of air pollution Climate change has mobilized an enormous global constituency based on the threat of millions dying by the end of the century. But the latest air…

Jul 18

The glacial progress on transcripts continues. This time around, Jigar Shah talks DOE clean-energy loans, Rebecca Dell offers a full introductory course…

Jul 12

Volts podcast: Lori Lodes on climate activism and the path forward These are dark times for climate activists, with Build Back Better stalled and the Supreme Court hacking away at EPA authority. I talked with the head…

Jul 6

Volts podcast: Jay Duffy on the Supreme Court's EPA decision Last week, the Supreme Court ruled against the EPA in a judgment that the climate community has been dreading. So what does the majority opinion say…

Jul 4

Volts podcast: Charles Marohn on unsustainable suburbs I sit down with the founder of Strong Towns to talk about why suburbs are money-losers, the right way to think about NIMBYs and local control, and the…

Jun 29

Another note to readers An update on some life circumstances of the adverse variety.

Jun 27

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