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A closer look at Montana's housing "miracle"
In this episode, I talk with Montana state senators Forrest Mandeville (R) and Ellie Boldman (D) about the bipartisan housing reforms their state has passed over the last two legislative sessions — r…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
PG&E tries to prove that a big utility can innovate
PG&E, California's notoriously troubled utility, is trying to prove it can innovate, so I invited Quinn Nakayama, head of its new GRiD program, to explain how. We discuss its strategy of publicly out…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Can data centers be good grid citizens?
The frantic buildout of AI data centers is threatening to overwhelm electric grids, but what if they could be part of the solution? I chat with Jeff Bladen of Verrus, a company designing data centers…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Reducing the climate impacts of food and farming
In this episode, I chat with fellow energy nerd-turned-ag-reporter Michael Grunwald about agriculture’s climate impact. We explore the folly of biofuels, the promise of meat alternatives, and the cen…
Published on 2 months ago
The fight to build faster in California
In this episode, I'm joined by two of California's leading housing champions, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks and Senator Scott Wiener, to discuss their bills to reform the state's notorious environmental…
Published on 2 months ago
Rep. Mike Levin reflects on the Republican budget bill
In this episode, Rep. Mike Levin and I discuss the “Big Beautiful Bill” that raises energy bills, kills 830,000 jobs, and gifts China the next industrial revolution. We unpack the fossil-fuel cash be…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
A win for transit-oriented development in Washington state
Washington state just passed one of the strongest transit-oriented development bills in the nation, and in this episode, I talk with Rep. Julia Reed and Alex Brennan from Futurewise about how they go…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Sen. Martin Heinrich on the fight over clean energy in the Senate
On June 4, at a Canary Media event in Washington, DC, I sat down with Senator Martin Heinrich to dissect the GOP’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” — a sledgehammer aimed at the Inflation Reduction Act…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Making electric motors better
In this episode, I'm digging into the surprisingly overlooked world of electric motors with Ankit Somani of Conifer, a startup aiming to revolutionize these unsung workhorses of the energy system. We…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
A journey from clean-energy wonkery to influencer fame
In this episode, I talk with Taylor Krause, who went from working on hydrogen policy at RMI to finding a quantum physicist husband and unexpected fame on Netflix's Love Is Blind. We unpack her surrea…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago