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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…
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David Roberts
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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…
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David Roberts
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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…
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David Roberts
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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…
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David Roberts
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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…
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David Roberts
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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…
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David Roberts
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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…
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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…
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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…
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David Roberts
4
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…
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David Roberts
3
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…
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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…
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