Podcast Episodes

Watt It Takes: Nest Co-Founder Matt Rogers

This week on Watt It Takes: How a former Apple engineer applied design principles from the iPod and the iPad to smart thermostats — jolting an indust…

6 years, 5 months ago

Why Is Trump Suddenly Talking About the Environment?

Note: after this episode, we will be on hiatus for a few weeks while Stephen Lacey goes on paternity leave. We’ll be back soon!

On July 8, Donald Trum…

6 years, 5 months ago

Greening the Cannabis Industry [Special Content From CohnReznick]

This week, we present a special episode produced on behalf of CohnReznick.

There’s a bonanza sweeping across North America: cannabis.

As more states le…

6 years, 6 months ago

The Trump-Branded Version of the Clean Power Plan

This week: we examine the Trump alternative to the Clean Power Plan, look at the gap between red and blue states on climate change, and review the pr…

6 years, 6 months ago

Watt It Takes: Creating a Battery Unicorn

This week on Watt It Takes: How a Ukrainian immigrant quietly toiled away on a new battery chemistry and created a billion-dollar unicorn.

Powerhouse …

6 years, 6 months ago

Will Geothermal Ever Boom Like Fracking?

It’s been a decade since the fracking boom reshaped U.S. energy markets — so when will we ever use our drilling prowess to create a similar geotherma…

6 years, 7 months ago

Comparing Presidential Candidates on Climate and Cleantech

It may be a couple election cycles late, but we’re finally getting a wave of climate plans from presidential candidates. The issue is now front and c…

6 years, 7 months ago

Breaking Down Global Subsidies for Fossil Fuels

A new report from the International Monetary Fund shows that the world spent $5.2 trillion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2017. That’s half a trillion d…

6 years, 7 months ago

America Has 2 Million Solar Systems. How'd We Get Here?

It took four decades for America to install a million solar systems. And it took just three years to install the second million.

From here on out, the…

6 years, 7 months ago

How Much Do Renewable Energy Mandates Really Cost?

For well over a decade, researchers have been modeling the cost of state renewable energy mandates.

The results break down in predictable ways: conser…

6 years, 8 months ago