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)
Volts podcast: all about methane, with Sarah Smith of the Clean Air Task Force
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Sep 29, 202154:35pending
Taking an Uber or Lyft just makes everything worse
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Sep 27, 202113:11pending
Illinois' brilliant new climate, jobs, and justice bill
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Sep 22, 202119:44pending
Volts podcast: 20 years of solar advocacy, with Adam Browning of Vote Solar
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Sep 17, 20211:02:08pending
A close look at the clean energy legislation offered by House Democrats
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Sep 15, 202123:27pending
Volts (guest) podcast: an episode of Know Your Enemy on living with climate chan...
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Sep 10, 20211:33:51pending
Volts podcast: Sen. Tina Smith on the promise of a Clean Electricity Payment Pro...
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Sep 1, 202136:44pending
West Virginia needs the Biden energy agenda
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Aug 25, 202112:42pending
Economists have quantified the economic risks of climate "tipping points." It's...
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Aug 18, 202116:05pending
Crunch time: this is America's last chance at serious climate policy for a decad...
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Aug 7, 202111:40pending
There's real long-duration energy storage now. Can it find a market?
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Aug 4, 202112:05pending
Subsidies really do matter to the US oil & gas industry -- one in particular
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Jul 30, 202113:14pending
Volts podcast: Rep. Sean Casten on Hot FERC Summer
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Jul 28, 20211:12:05pending
Volts podcast: rampant environmental rule-breaking and how to fix it, with Cynth...
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Jul 14, 20211:15:30pending
On climate policy, there's one main thing and then there's everything else
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Jul 9, 202112:30pending
Volts podcast: treating fossil fuels like nuclear weapons, with Tzeporah Berman
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Jul 7, 20211:00:21pending
There is no "moderate" position on climate change
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Jun 30, 202116:54pending
Volts podcast: Saul Griffith and Arch Rao on electrifying your house
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Jun 28, 20211:12:14pending
Long-duration storage can help clean up the electricity grid, but only if it's s...
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Jun 9, 202125:41pending
Volts podcast: Adam Jentleson on how to make the US Senate work
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Jun 4, 202153:08pending
Rooftop solar and home batteries make a clean grid vastly more affordable
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May 28, 202126:41pending
Volts podcast: Will Wilkinson on libertarianism, pluralism, and America's politi...
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May 26, 20211:48:06pending
Volts podcast: Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich on the promise of electrification
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May 21, 20211:15:27pending
Battery Week: everything in one place
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May 19, 20213:10:31pending
Volts podcast: battery analyst Chloe Holzinger on the possible futures for lithi...
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May 17, 20211:47:07pending
Competitors to lithium-ion batteries in the grid storage market
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May 14, 202122:25pending
Volts podcast: Washington Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon on the Evergreen State's excellent...
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May 10, 20211:09:40pending
Washington state now has the nation's most ambitious climate policy
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May 5, 202136:11pending
US electricity emissions are halfway to zero
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Apr 23, 202116:15pending
The many varieties of lithium-ion batteries battling for market share
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Apr 21, 202124:07pending
A primer on lithium-ion batteries: how they work and how they are changing
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Apr 16, 202122:00pending
Why lithium-ion batteries are so important
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Apr 14, 202114:52pending
Biden's tax plan goes after the little fossil fuel subsidies, but not the big on...
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Apr 9, 20218:22pending
The coolest parts of Biden's expansive infrastructure plan
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Apr 2, 202122:38pending
The most important job ahead for Democrats
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Mar 12, 202119:27pending
Voltscast: Jesse Jenkins on energy modeling
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Mar 5, 20211:38:19pending
Lessons from the Texas mess
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Feb 24, 202119:05pending
Transmission month: everything in one place
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Feb 19, 20211:50:35pending
Transmission month: two more ideas to quickly boost the transmission grid
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Feb 17, 202115:51pending
Transmission month: how to make the existing grid work better
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Feb 12, 202127:09pending
Transmission fortnight: burying power lines next to rail & roads to make a natio...
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Feb 1, 202117:19pending
Transmission week: how to start building more big power lines
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Jan 27, 202132:26pending
Transmission week: why we need more big power lines
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Jan 25, 202117:49pending
A few interesting bits of news
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Jan 20, 202111:10pending
Voltscast: How to decarbonize the electricity sector through budget reconciliati...
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Jan 13, 20211:16:48pending
What the Georgia Senate wins do (and don't) mean for climate policy
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Jan 8, 202120:47pending
Why I am a progressive
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Dec 30, 202021:00pending
The first Volts podcast!
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Dec 24, 202051:56pending
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