Politics

Tom Steyer wants to be California's climate governor

Tom Steyer joins me to explain his plan to slash California’s exorbitant electricity bills by taking on monopoly utilities.

Apr 27 • David Roberts

54:51

Life as a clean energy journalist in an age of madness

Robinson Meyer and I discuss why the traditional climate movement struggles to build infrastructure and how a global oil shock is scrambling US energy…

Apr 20 • David Roberts

1:31:56

Climate finance, interrupted

Beth Bafford on Climate United, the green fund she designed & ran before Trump killed it -- and the legal fight to revive it.

Apr 17 • David Roberts

59:34

Doing data centers the not-dumb way

Jigar Shah joins me to break down why powering new data centers with behind-the-meter natural gas plants is an engineering and economic disaster.

Apr 15 • David Roberts

1:30:57

Rethinking climate regulation from the ground up

I chat with Hannah Safford and Loren Schulman about designing federal policy that actually delivers decarbonization.

Apr 3 • David Roberts

1:20:49

The high-stakes battle over energy affordability in New York

Pete Sikora and I puzzle over why New York's governor is fighting with her party again.

Mar 20 • David Roberts

1:02:07

What is PJM and why is everyone so mad about it?

Clara Summers & I discuss rising prices & growing political discontent in PJM, the country's largest power market.

Feb 20 • David Roberts

1:15:28

So, how's the climate doing?

Dr. Sarah Kapnick on the "fuzzy crystal ball" of modern climate science and the reality of a hotter world.

Feb 6 • David Roberts

1:04:51

All about "reactionary centrism"

Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.

Jan 30 • David Roberts

1:48:12

NYC's congestion pricing has been running for a year now. How's it doing?

Kate Slevin joins me to break down the almost unqualified success of the controversial program's first year.

Jan 7 • David Roberts

59:21

Sen. Brian Schatz wants permitting reform, but not like this

Hawaii's senator on the Trump "solar ban," the pivot to energy affordability, and the hard lessons of the IRA.

Dec 31, 2025 • David Roberts

56:41

What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?

Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.

Dec 26, 2025 • David Roberts

1:27:31

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