How a ‘Climate Emergency’ Could Harness Wartime Powers for the Energy Transition
This week on The Energy Gang: Should Biden declare an emergency?
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There’s a Dirty Secret Behind Many Utility Climate Pledges
This week on The Energy Gang, we discuss what integrated resource plans tell us about the seriousness of utilities’ climate goals.
Biden Works to Reverse Trump’s Climate Destruction
This week on The Energy Gang: What to make of Biden’s historic, sweeping actions on climate and clean energy?
Why Local Solar + Storage Is a Pillar of the Net-Zero Grid
This week on The Energy Gang, we dig into an analysis showing how local distributed resources are a cheaper way to build out the future grid.
Watt It Takes: BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird Wants to Electrify Buildings for Everyone
This week on Watt It Takes: Donnel Baird talks harnessing his anger over racial inequities and using it to build a clean-energy business model.
America’s Drastic Shift: What Are the Paths for Energy and Climate?
On this week’s Energy Gang episode: What happens next in Congress?
Listeners Choose the Top Energy Storylines of 2020
On the final episode of The Energy Gang in 2020, we unpack a wide range of stories across tech, business, finance and politics.
Inside Google’s Quest for 24/7 Clean Energy at Data Centers
In this bonus podcast, we look at how Google is scaling zero-carbon for warehouse-sized computers.
Revisiting Pandemic Predictions for Energy
This week on The Energy Gang: predictions about the pandemic that did (and didn’t) come true.
The New President’s Powerful Tool: Climate Risk Disclosure
This week on The Energy Gang: Will Biden require companies to disclose their exposure?
Watt It Takes: EVgo’s Cathy Zoi on Scaling EV Infrastructure
This week on Watt It Takes, Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch sits down with cleantech veteran Cathy Zoi.
What If Automakers Had Acted on Their Own Climate Science From 50 Years Ago?
This week on the Energy Gang: Ford and GM knew, too.
Day-One Climate Priorities for Biden’s White House
Is 2020 finally turning around? Joe Biden has a zero-emissions plan, America will be back in the Paris agreement, East Asia’s making big moves, and there might even be a vaccine for Covid-19.
The Role of the Customer in Utility Zero-Carbon Targets
In this special podcast from Opower and Oracle, we map out the ways utilities and customers can work together to slash emissions.
We Answer Your Election Questions
This week on The Energy Gang, we weigh the consequences of national and local races.
Energy Becomes a Hot Issue in the Final Days of the Election
This week on The Energy Gang: Biden says he wants to “transition” the oil and gas industry.
Watt It Takes: Steph Speirs on Making Solar Accessible to All
This week on Watt It Takes, Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch sits down with Solstice CEO Steph Speirs.
Taking Stock of Job Losses in Clean Energy
This week on The Energy Gang: When will the jobs come back?
Keep Calm and Close Clean Energy Deals
In this special podcast from CohnReznick Capital, we discuss how an architect of massive clean energy deals keeps his cool.
Exxon Is Losing the Energy Transition
This week on The Energy Gang: ExxonMobil is having a really bad year.
How Ambitious Is China’s Zero-Carbon Goal?
This week on The Energy Gang, a look at China’s 2060 zero-emissions target.
How a Changed Supreme Court Could Boost Trump’s Deregulations or Thwart Biden’s Climate Ambitions
This week on The Energy Gang, we look at what climate policy looks like in the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
Renewables Start to Outpace Fossil Fuels on Europe’s Grid
This week on The Energy Gang, we survey Europe’s electricity transition.
Watt It Takes: Van Jones Reflects on the Origin of Green Jobs
This week on Watt It Takes: Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch sits down with green jobs pioneer Van Jones.
Two Months Before the US Election, Climate Remains a Top Issue
This week on The Energy Gang, we discuss the election stakes and take stock of the status of unconventional clean energy.