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Minnesota forces transportation planners to take climate change seriously
A new transportation bill in Minnesota would require that state and municipal transportation planning agencies take the state's climate and VMT goals…
Sep 27
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The campaign for public power in Maine
This November, Maine voters will weigh in on a ballot measure that would replace the state's two big investor-owned power utilities with a single…
Sep 22
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How climate activists can help get things built
I talked with Jeff Ordower, the North American director for 350.org, about how the climate movement can pivot from blocking things to helping clean…
Sep 20
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How to accelerate rooftop solar & household batteries in the US
Sunrun is the biggest residential rooftop solar installer in the US, and recently they've added batteries and EV chargers to their offerings. I talk…
Sep 15
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Getting more out of the grid we've already built
The US desperately needs more electricity transmission, but new lines take forever to permit & build. Happily, there is a set of technologies that can…
Sep 13
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Grid-scale batteries do not currently reduce emissions. Here's how they could.
It might come as a surprise to you that batteries attached to the grid today do not reduce carbon emissions -- in fact, they usually do the opposite…
Sep 6
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August 2023
The progressive take on the permitting debate
Are progressive The Problem when it comes to the slow pace of clean-energy buildout? Are they so attached to slowing down fossil fuel development that…
Aug 30
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David Roberts
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Me, on an Australian pod
I was on an Australian comedy pod called A Rational Fear, talking about various and sundry energy topics. It was short and fun and they've given me…
Aug 21
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David Roberts
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A conversation with Saul Griffith
While I was in Australia, I caught up with everyone's favorite electrification guru to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act, Australia's possible…
Aug 18
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What's the deal with Australian climate politics?
G'day mates! I'm in Australia, learning all about its complex & fascinating history with climate policy, its clean-energy resources, & the political…
Aug 16
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What's the deal with interconnection queues?
By now, you’ve probably heard that tons of new renewable energy projects are “stuck in the interconnection queues,” unable to connect to the grid until…
Aug 9
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Voluntary carbon offsets are headed for a crash
Carbon offsets — whereby one party pays another party to reduce carbon emissions — have always been dodgy, but now they are threatening to undermine the…
Aug 4
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