Volts
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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!) www.volts.wtf
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Episodes (448)
Reflecting on 20 years in political journalism
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Oct 11, 20231:26:31pending
A super-battery aimed at decarbonizing industry
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Oct 6, 20231:05:53pending
Minnesota forces transportation planners to take climate change seriously
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Sep 27, 202351:50pending
The campaign for public power in Maine
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Sep 22, 202359:49pending
How climate activists can help get things built
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Sep 20, 20231:01:18pending
How to accelerate rooftop solar & household batteries in the US
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Sep 15, 20231:09:45pending
Getting more out of the grid we've already built
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Sep 13, 202354:44pending
Volts podcast: the immense promise of a federal green bank, with Reed Hundt
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Sep 11, 202350:59pending
Grid-scale batteries do not currently reduce emissions. Here's how they could.
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Sep 6, 202355:17pending
The progressive take on the permitting debate
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Aug 30, 20231:06:17pending
Discussing disinformation and media with Matt Sheffield
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Aug 30, 20232:01:08pending
Me, on an Australian pod
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Aug 21, 202331:03pending
A conversation with Saul Griffith
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Aug 18, 202355:40pending
What's the deal with Australian climate politics?
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Aug 16, 20231:02:29pending
Volts podcast: the challenges of building transmission in the US, and how to ove...
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Aug 10, 20231:07:52pending
What's the deal with interconnection queues?
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Aug 9, 202351:29pending
Voluntary carbon offsets are headed for a crash
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Aug 4, 20231:08:12pending
Enhanced geothermal power is finally a reality
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Jul 21, 20231:21:00pending
What's next for clean energy and climate mitigation
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Jul 14, 202359:07pending
The depthless stupidity of Republicans' anti-ESG campaign
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Jul 12, 20231:05:50pending
How can AI help with climate change?
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Jul 5, 202359:36pending
Making shipping fuel with off-grid renewables
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Jun 28, 20231:01:25pending
Steps toward a unified electricity market in the western US
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Jun 23, 20231:13:35pending
Will the US have the workforce it needs for a clean-energy transition?
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Jun 16, 202357:13pending
Everyone agrees Democrats suck at messaging. How can they do it better?
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Jun 14, 20231:00:26pending
Transcripts and a live event
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Jun 9, 20233:20pending
Maryland finds a more just & politically durable way to fund offshore wind
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Jun 7, 202351:28pending
California's coming transit apocalypse
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Jun 5, 202352:53pending
How to make small hydro more like solar
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May 31, 20231:03:34pending
The trouble with net zero
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May 22, 202349:09pending
It's up to states to implement IRA. Are they ready?
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May 17, 202355:44pending
A clean energy transition that avoids environmentally sensitive land
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May 12, 202356:26pending
Washington state Democrats are tackling the housing crisis
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May 10, 20231:25:23pending
Getting rooftop solar onto low- and middle-income housing
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Apr 28, 202357:01pending
Building a movement that can take full advantage of the IRA
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Apr 26, 20231:00:35pending
The wonky but incredibly important changes Biden just made to regulatory policy
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Apr 21, 20231:08:15pending
What's going on with hydropower?
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Apr 14, 20231:07:18pending
The importance of upcoming EPA regulations on power plants
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Apr 12, 20231:00:10pending
The many social and psychological benefits of low-car cities
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Apr 10, 20231:09:31pending
What's going on with biofuels?
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Apr 7, 202355:47pending
What's going on with geothermal?
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Mar 31, 20231:06:41pending
We're about to give billions of dollars to clean hydrogen. How should we define...
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Mar 29, 20231:30:49pending
What the midterm elections mean for climate & energy
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Mar 24, 202357:18pending
Why electrifying industrial heat is such a big deal
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Mar 24, 20231:25:42pending
Putting more climate philanthropy toward economic and racial justice
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Mar 22, 202348:12pending
How big business sold America the myth of the free market
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Mar 17, 20231:01:20pending
Clean energy's yearly report card
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Mar 15, 202354:03pending
Taking carbon out of the air and putting it into concrete
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Mar 1, 20231:00:00pending
How to think about solar radiation management
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Feb 24, 20231:06:40pending
Meet the author of Biden's industrial strategy
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Feb 22, 202359:40pending
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