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Envisioning a more democratic, bottom-up energy system
California electricity guru Lorenzo Kristov shares his vision of a just, democratic, “bottom-up” grid based in distributed local energy.
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David Roberts
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Volts Community Thread #06
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David Roberts
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Samuel R
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How climate change is portrayed in popular culture
Climate awareness is growing in the real world, but it remains rare in popular entertainment, as illustrated by some new research on climate in film. In…
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David Roberts
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What you need to know about the new EPA power plant standards
Grace Van Horn and Jonas Monast of the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy do a deep analysis on the EPA’s recently finalized carbon…
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David Roberts
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Mailbag episode - April 2024
I answer subscriber questions about flow batteries, peak oil demand, my beloved EV, and why it’s so difficult to change society for the better.
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David Roberts
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The energy transition's 5 supervillains and 5 superheroes
At long last, one of clean energy's OGs, Michael Liebreich, has come to Volts. He and I discuss his recent essays on five causes for pessimism about the…
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David Roberts
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April 2024

Making geothermal heat pumps work for big buildings
Hardware and software improvements may enable geothermal heat pumps to be installed more quickly and less expensively, even in large commercial and…
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David Roberts
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1:10:17
Rising electricity demand requires new gas plants? Not so fast.
What’s the best way to handle rising US electricity demand? Contrary to what some large utilities and regulators think, it’s not building new fossil gas…
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David Roberts
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Why "transferable" tax credits are such a big deal
In this episode, CEO Alfred Johnson of Crux Climate explains how IRA making clean-energy tax credits transferable has created a market that is already…
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David Roberts
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1:14:45
What's going on with China these days?
Is China on track to reduce its carbon emissions? If so, why is it building so much coal power? In this episode, researcher Lauri Myllyvirta brings data…
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David Roberts
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Volts Community Thread #05
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David Roberts
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Samuel R
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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…
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David Roberts
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