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A fireside chat with Jigar Shah
A diagnosis of the "sheer laziness" holding back the clean-energy movement.
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David Roberts
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1:07:25
Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck
Climate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces
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David Roberts
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1:06:47
Electrifying big trucks
Tackling port pollution, financing challenges, and the road to cleaner freight 🚛⚡
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David Roberts
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1:11:30
Coal plants are still getting financed, despite pledges otherwise
Despite well-meaning pledges to the contrary from a wide array of countries, banks, and other institutions, new coal plants are still getting financed…
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David Roberts
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49:14
Diving further into the Inflation Reduction Act: Part Two
I had Princeton professor Jesse Jenkins back on the pod to dig into the nitty-gritty details of the Inflation Reduction Act. We talked so long that I…
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David Roberts
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1:12:20
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…
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David Roberts
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48:41
Volts podcast: Andy Frank on how to sell whole-home retrofits to skeptical consumers
What motivates a homeowner to retrofit a home? A NY-based company called Sealed thinks it has cracked the code, offering zero upfront costs & a focus on…
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David Roberts
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1:00:01
Volts podcast: Nan Ransohoff on how (and why) Stripe is kick-starting the carbon-removal market
The payments company Stripe recently unveiled a nearly billion dollar pot of money to fund carbon dioxide removal (CDR). I talk with Nan Ransohoff…
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David Roberts
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Volts podcast: using DOE loan guarantees to accelerate clean energy, with Jigar Shah
Shah has been charged with revitalizing the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office. We chat about the role loan guarantees can play in clean energy…
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David Roberts
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50:04
Volts podcast: the immense promise of a federal green bank, with Reed Hundt
One policy that might be included in the budget reconciliation bill is a green bank -- an independent, nonprofit entity that would fund clean energy…
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David Roberts
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50:58
Discussion thread: how should Dems invest clean-energy recovery money?
Democrats are reportedly considering trillions in infrastructure investments. What should they spend it on?
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Transmission week: how to start building more big power lines
Today, we walk step-by-step through the process of how high-voltage power lines are planned, financed, permitted, & sited, show how it's f'd up, and…
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David Roberts
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