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Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. I've been reporting on and explaining clean-energy topics for almost 20 years, and I love talking to politicians, analysts, innovators, and activists about the latest progress in the world's most important fight. (Volts is entirely subscriber-supported. Sign up!)
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1:02:43
How climate change is portrayed in popular culture
1:02:43
How climate change is portrayed in popular culture
Climate awareness is growing in the real world, but it remains rare in popular entertainment, as illustrated by some new research on climate in film. In…
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1:04:32
What you need to know about the new EPA power plant standards
Grace Van Horn and Jonas Monast of the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy do a deep analysis on the EPA’s recently finalized carbon…
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54:45
Mailbag episode - April 2024
I answer subscriber questions about flow batteries, peak oil demand, my beloved EV, and why it’s so difficult to change society for the better.
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1:11:50
The energy transition's 5 supervillains and 5 superheroes
At long last, one of clean energy's OGs, Michael Liebreich, has come to Volts. He and I discuss his recent essays on five causes for pessimism about the…
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1:10:17
Making geothermal heat pumps work for big buildings
Hardware and software improvements may enable geothermal heat pumps to be installed more quickly and less expensively, even in large commercial and…
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59:05
Rising electricity demand requires new gas plants? Not so fast.
What’s the best way to handle rising US electricity demand? Contrary to what some large utilities and regulators think, it’s not building new fossil gas…
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1:14:45
Why "transferable" tax credits are such a big deal
In this episode, CEO Alfred Johnson of Crux Climate explains how IRA making clean-energy tax credits transferable has created a market that is already…
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1:06:23
What's going on with China these days?
Is China on track to reduce its carbon emissions? If so, why is it building so much coal power? In this episode, researcher Lauri Myllyvirta brings data…
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