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Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. I've been reporting on and explaining clean-energy topics for almost 20 years, and I love talking to politicians, analysts, innovators, and activists about the latest progress in the world's most important fight. (Volts is entirely subscriber-supported. Sign up!) www.volts.wtf
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Episodes (448)
Best of August 2026
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Sep 4, 202612:34failed
How to respond to disinformation about clean energy, at scale
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Sep 2, 20261:11:49pending
Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?
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Aug 28, 20261:08:44pending
Making data centers flexible so they can serve the grid rather than stress it ou...
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Aug 26, 202653:24pending
Why can't utilities innovate?
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Aug 21, 20261:11:59pending
He helped Uruguay decarbonize. Can he help other countries do the same?
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Aug 19, 20261:02:13pending
Can public EV chargers be as reliable as gas stations?
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Aug 14, 20261:01:56pending
Another bipartisan housing miracle, this time in Idaho
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Aug 12, 20261:01:48pending
Grid cybersecurity: how big is the threat & what should we do about it?
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Aug 7, 20261:12:23pending
What should state policymakers do about data centers?
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Aug 5, 20261:03:26pending
Best of July 2026
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Aug 2, 202645:46pending
Silicon anodes for batteries unlock greater energy density and faster charging t...
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Jul 31, 202645:50pending
Should we feel good about the trajectory of clean energy post-Trump?
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Jul 29, 20261:27:50pending
The US is terrible at building public transit. Here's how to get better.
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Jul 22, 20261:07:41pending
Making sense of the data center backlash
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Jul 20, 20261:00:38pending
Spreading the good news about electrification
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Jul 15, 20261:03:05pending
Want less sprawl and more urban infill? Try a land value tax!
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Jul 10, 20261:09:56pending
Forcing utilities to justify their distribution-system spending
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Jul 8, 20261:08:14pending
A key Arizona race will test clean energy's electoral power
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Jul 1, 202655:04pending
How to keep people cool without making the planet even hotter
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Jun 24, 20261:05:51pending
America's flagship automaker enters the home energy market
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Jun 19, 202655:55pending
Can the UK stay the course with its climate plans?
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Jun 17, 20261:01:36pending
Why is NERC so worried about data centers?
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Jun 10, 20261:13:39pending
This oil shock won't be like the others
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Jun 5, 202625:40pending
Are plug-in DERs going to spark a grid revolution?
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Jun 3, 20261:13:47pending
Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own
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May 29, 20261:41:15pending
A limited defense of Biden's everything-bagel industrial policy
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May 27, 20261:08:02pending
How to phase out residential gas equitably
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May 22, 20261:07:45pending
Sooner than you think, electricity is going to be cheap, abundant, and boring
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May 20, 20261:45:39pending
Telling the story of the grid
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May 15, 202633:30pending
Electrifying industrial steam with heat pumps
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May 13, 20261:04:26pending
The case for using prices rather than VPPs to coordinate distributed energy
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May 8, 20261:30:12pending
Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits
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May 6, 20261:04:02pending
Enabling ordinary people to invest in renewable energy projects
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Apr 29, 20261:05:23failed
Tom Steyer wants to be California's climate governor
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Apr 27, 202654:51failed
The big stories from the last year in electricity
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Apr 22, 20261:07:18failed
Life as a clean energy journalist in an age of madness
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Apr 20, 202620:14failed
Climate finance, interrupted
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Apr 17, 202659:34completed
Doing data centers the not-dumb way
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Apr 15, 20261:30:57failed
Ruggedized solar power for the hard places
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Apr 10, 202652:06failed
Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta
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Apr 8, 20261:06:20failed
Rethinking climate regulation from the ground up
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Apr 3, 20261:20:50failed
Using more of the grid we’ve already built
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Apr 1, 20261:05:20failed
Should we block some sunlight to cool the planet?
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Mar 27, 20261:06:14failed
For data centers, a little flexibility goes a long way
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Mar 25, 20261:10:37failed
The high-stakes battle over energy affordability in New York
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Mar 20, 20261:02:07completed
A Tesla vet tries to master the VPP market
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Mar 18, 20261:16:32failed
How to design a brand-new city
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Mar 13, 20261:12:21failed
Is the brand new city in California for real?
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Mar 11, 20261:03:21failed
The fate of fossil fuel systems in the "mid-transition"
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Mar 4, 20261:14:39pending
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