Geopolitics

What's the deal with sodium-ion batteries?

Landon Mossburg on beating lithium-ion on cost and safety with a grid storage system that has no moving parts.

Sep 3 •

1:18:32

Trump's big bill: How bad is it and what comes next?

Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins join me to sift through the wreckage of the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" and debate what's next for climate policy.

Jul 11 •

1:20:03

Making electric motors better

Tackling a billion small gas engines with electric motors

Jun 11 •

54:17

How to reduce the impact of mining

Johanna Wolfson of Azolla Ventures on funding cleaner mining for the energy transition.

Jun 4 •

1:00:46

What the F is happening? Part 2

Trump's latest moves on IRA credits, coal, tariffs, and state climate policies.

Apr 21 •

54:51

What's up with clean energy in Finland?

Nuclear, wind, and pragmatism: Finland's energy revolution.

Apr 11 •

57:38

How is clean electricity doing globally?

Clean electricity hits 40% globally as solar keeps doubling every two years and China's energy revolution outpaces the rest of the world.

Apr 9 •

1:18:15

What's up with clean-energy supply chains and global trade?

How trade barriers and tariff threats are creating investment uncertainty in global clean energy markets.

Apr 4 •

1:07:31

Volts podcast: Jason Bordoff & Meghan O’Sullivan on the geopolitics of clean energy

The global transition from fossil fuels to clean energy will ease some geopolitical tensions, but it will cause new ones. I chat with international…

Jan 19, 2022 •

1:05:17

Don't get too bummed out about COP26

COP26 is over, and it produced the usual mix of achievements and bitter disappointment. The agreement is only a snapshot, though, of a process that is…

Nov 15, 2021 •

9:01

Volts podcast: the good news about clean energy, with Kingsmill Bond

Renewable energy, batteries, and electrolysis for clean hydrogen are all on powerful learning curves, getting cheaper at eye-popping rates & making…

Oct 11, 2021 •

1:03:20

Discussion thread: what do you think of carbon border taxes?

Both the EU and US Democrats have recently proposed carbon border taxes on good from countries without stringent climate policies. Do you think they'll…

Jul 23, 2021 •

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