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How to clean up beer brewing and other low-temperature industries
Teresa Cheng and Richard Hart join me to discuss how to decarbonize industries that run on industrial boilers, like beer and paper.
Sep 24
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David Roberts
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1:00:38
What the FEOC?
A conversation about "foreign entity of concern" rules with Jake Higdon and Isabel Munilla -- why they are needed and how Republicans are botching them.
Aug 6
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David Roberts
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5
59:43
Assembling diverse resources into super-powered "energy parks"
Could supersized microgrids be the key to faster clean energy deployment? Eric Gimon explains the promise of "energy parks."
Jan 15
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David Roberts
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4
1:09:21
Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it
I speak with Maxine Bédat, a former fashion startup CEO and founder of the nonprofit New Standards Institute. We talk about the source of the fashion…
Apr 12, 2024
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David Roberts
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2
58:17
Getting better at mining the minerals needed for clean energy
We're getting worse at finding key minerals, even as the clean-energy economy demands way, way more of them. I talk with Kurt House, CEO of KoBold…
Dec 20, 2023
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David Roberts
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59:29
What's going on with offshore wind?
The news is full of grim headlines for the US offshore wind industry -- costs are up, projects are getting canceled. What's going on? Is this a…
Dec 13, 2023
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David Roberts
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23
1:16:55
Checking in on solar power
Jenny Chase has led a team analyzing the business of solar power for almost 20 years now; she's also the author of a fantastic introductory book on the…
Nov 29, 2023
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David Roberts
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1:03:52
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, 2023
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David Roberts
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1:08:11
Making shipping fuel with off-grid renewables
ETFuels couples giant off-grid renewable energy installations with electrolyzers to make green hydrogen; it then uses the green hydrogen to make…
Jun 28, 2023
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David Roberts
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5
1:01:24
The importance of upcoming EPA regulations on power plants
The Biden administration cannot reach its climate goals without strong executive action to supplement its legislative achievements. Among the most…
Apr 12, 2023
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David Roberts
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4
1:00:09
What's going on with geothermal?
A conversation about the state of the geothermal industry -- the investment, the startups, the new consortia and initiatives -- with Jamie Beard…
Mar 31, 2023
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David Roberts
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1:06:40
Why electrifying industrial heat is such a big deal
A quarter of all energy humans use comes in the form of heat for high-temperature industrial processes. Industrial heat has long been considered…
Mar 24, 2023
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David Roberts
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1:25:41
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