Sitemap - 2022 - Volts
Reflecting on the work of the soon-to-retire House climate committee
The right-wing groups behind renewable energy misinformation
Induction stoves with batteries built in, and why they matter
The state of the lithium-ion battery recycling market
Working on the cheapest possible lithium-ion battery
What the midterm elections mean for climate & energy
Gorgeous new WPA-style posters celebrate DOE's latest clean-energy technologies
Life as a traveling musician in the 21st century
Lessons from a life in progressive PR
Germany's current energy situation & its past energy choices
Coal plants are still getting financed, despite pledges otherwise
What to think about deep-sea mining for clean-energy minerals
Why social change is so excruciatingly difficult
Making sure electric vehicles help rather than hurt electricity grids
The Inflation Reduction Act: everything in one place (with transcripts!)
Making it easier to build distributed energy in the places where it's most needed
Me, talking about my story and my takes on perennial climate debates
Puerto Rico's electricity crisis
The extraordinary potential value of enhanced geothermal power
Learning curves will lead to extremely cheap clean energy
Focusing on the climate actions that can make a real difference
The long, sordid (ongoing) tale of California's biggest utility
What's up with Manchin's plan to reform energy permitting?
The many social and psychological benefits of low-car cities
Talking through the Inflation Reduction Act with Don't Look Up director Adam McKay
Diving further into the Inflation Reduction Act: Part Two
Diving further into the Inflation Reduction Act: Part One
Some thoughts on the Inflation Reduction Act
Volts podcast: how to get urban improvements done quickly
Volts podcast: when transmission planning actually goes well
Volts podcast: what to make of the Democrats' last-minute climate bill
Volts podcast: a music festival that treads lightly on the earth
Volts podcast: how Biden can address climate change through executive action
Volts podcast: David Wallace-Wells on the ravages of air pollution
Finally, some new transcripts!
Volts podcast: Lori Lodes on climate activism and the path forward
Volts podcast: Jay Duffy on the Supreme Court's EPA decision
Volts podcast: Charles Marohn on unsustainable suburbs
Volts podcast: Kimberly Nicholas on the best ways to get cars out of cities
Volts podcast: Dan Pfeiffer on the Democratic Party's megaphone problem
Volts podcast: Johannes Ackva on effective climate altruism
Volts podcast: Dr. Ye Tao on a grand scheme to cool the Earth
Volts podcast: Chris Hayes on how his politics have changed since 2015
Volts podcast: Danny Cullenward on California's shaky climate plans
Volts podcast: Abigail Hopper on the trade case that is crushing the US solar industry
Volts podcast: Lauren Melodia and Kristina Karlsson on energy inflation and how to tame it
Volts podcast: Jesse Morris on building an operating system for distributed energy
Volts podcast: Doug Thompson defends the deep state
Volts podcast: Andy Frank on how to sell whole-home retrofits to skeptical consumers
Volts podcast: Fran Moore on how to represent social change in climate models
Volts podcast: Nan Ransohoff on how (and why) Stripe is kick-starting the carbon-removal market
Volts podcast: Michael Terrell on Google's pursuit of 24/7 clean energy
Volts podcast: Horace Luke on decarbonizing the world's two-wheelers
Volts podcast: Elizabeth Popp Berman on the "economic style of thinking" that consumed US policy
Volts podcast: Paulina Jaramillo on the IPCC's new climate-solutions report
Me, on the Some More News podcast
Volts podcast: Matthew Metz & Janelle London on gasoline superusers & smarter EV subsidies
Volts podcast: Audrey Schulman and Zeyneb Magavi on how to replace natural gas with renewable heat
Volts podcast: Rob Harmon on how to scale up energy efficiency
Volts podcast: David Hsu on the grassroots policy that lets communities control own energy supply
The lovely Ford Mustang Mach-E and the danger of electric cars
Volts podcast: Erin Mayfield on the massive consequences of Build Back Better
Hey, it's transcripts, with Adam McKay and more!
Volts podcast: Gerald Butts and Catherine McKenna on Canada's carbon tax
Volts podcast: Rebecca Dell on decarbonizing heavy industry
The minerals used by clean-energy technologies
Volts podcast: using DOE loan guarantees to accelerate clean energy, with Jigar Shah
Volts podcast: Panama Bartholomy on decarbonizing America's buildings
Do dividends make carbon taxes more popular? Apparently not.
Minerals and the clean-energy transition: the basics
Volts podcast: me and Adam McKay in an exciting podcast crossover event
Volts podcast: Jason Bordoff & Meghan O’Sullivan on the geopolitics of clean energy
Discussion thread: Will Build Back Better pass?