Archive - Volts

Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump

I get frustrated at liberals' refusal to fight, and take it out on Giving Green's Dan Stein of all people.

Aug 27 •

55:52

What does clean energy activism look like?

Bill McKibben and Jamie Henn join me to discuss a new vision for climate activism focused on celebrating and accelerating the global solar boom.

Aug 20 •

1:17:24

Volts community thread #21

Open to all free & paid subscribers.

Aug 18 •

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Samuel R (Volts team)

Volts Jump-Start guide

A list of essential episodes & a tool to search the Volts library

Aug 15 •

Samuel R (Volts team)

Trump's latest attempt to save coal

Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to…

Aug 13 •

55:03

A conversation about "foreign entity of concern" rules with Jake Higdon and Isabel Munilla -- why they are needed and how Republicans are botching them.

Aug 6 •

59:43

A fireside chat with Jigar Shah

A diagnosis of the "sheer laziness" holding back the clean-energy movement.

Aug 1 •

1:07:25

July 2025

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