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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)
Volts/Catalyst pod crossover: the biggest questions in clean energy
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Feb 25, 20261:03:14pending
What is PJM and why is everyone so mad about it?
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Feb 20, 20261:15:28pending
Can fake meat help solve climate change?
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Feb 18, 20261:27:51pending
Are utilities making too much money?
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Feb 11, 20261:15:40pending
So, how's the climate doing?
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Feb 6, 20261:04:51pending
Taiwan's energy dilemma
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Feb 4, 20261:09:45pending
All about "reactionary centrism"
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Jan 30, 20261:48:12pending
How to make rooftop solar power as cheap in the US as it is in Australia
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Jan 28, 20261:08:21pending
Let's dig a little deeper into virtual power plants (VPPs)
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Jan 21, 20261:15:18pending
Making the electricity grid work like the internet
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Jan 14, 20261:29:11pending
What's the deal with closed-loop geothermal?
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Jan 9, 20261:05:03pending
NYC's congestion pricing has been running for a year now. How's it doing?
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Jan 7, 202659:22pending
Sen. Brian Schatz wants permitting reform, but not like this
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Dec 31, 202556:42pending
What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
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Dec 26, 20251:27:31pending
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
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Dec 19, 20251:10:21pending
Sen. Ruben Gallego has a new energy plan
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Dec 17, 202547:28pending
Advocating for decarbonization in 2026
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Dec 12, 20251:14:09pending
California warms up to a larger Western energy market
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Dec 10, 202558:05pending
How Illinois passed its third big clean-energy bill in a decade
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Dec 3, 20251:26:17pending
What's going on in electricity world?
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Nov 28, 20259:58pending
What's the deal with balcony solar?
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Nov 26, 20251:07:20pending
Clean electrification is inevitable
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Nov 21, 20251:22:34pending
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
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Nov 19, 20251:03:03pending
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
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Nov 12, 20251:06:48pending
So, there were some elections. How'd they go?
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Nov 10, 20251:01:47pending
Octopus extends its tentacles into America
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Nov 7, 202553:50pending
Hey governors: you can salvage sustainable transportation, but you need to do it...
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Nov 5, 202553:16pending
Michael Liebreich on a "pragmatic climate reset"
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Oct 31, 202542:59pending
The escalating battle over renewable energy certificates (RECs)
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Oct 29, 20251:09:28pending
Can "second life" EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage?
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Oct 22, 202559:08pending
Yes, you weenies: a war on cars
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Oct 20, 20251:09:11pending
How to get New York back on track toward its climate targets
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Oct 17, 202549:55pending
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson on governing a blue city in 2025
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Oct 15, 20251:08:17pending
Super-deep geothermal drilling ... with microwaves
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Oct 10, 202544:40pending
Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025
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Oct 8, 20251:03:31pending
Can advance market commitments jumpstart climate’s hardest sectors?
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Oct 3, 202536:56pending
Could we get hyperscalers to buy heat pumps for households?
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Oct 1, 20251:06:58pending
How to clean up beer brewing and other low-temperature industries
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Sep 24, 20251:00:39pending
How can Africa benefit from the critical-minerals rush?
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Sep 19, 202539:48pending
Are we finally getting 3D-printed batteries?
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Sep 17, 202554:20pending
The debate over renewable energy certificates (RECs)
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Sep 10, 20251:15:51pending
How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid
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Sep 5, 20251:02:18pending
What's the deal with sodium-ion batteries?
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Sep 3, 20251:18:32pending
Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump
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Aug 27, 202555:52pending
What does clean energy activism look like?
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Aug 20, 20251:17:25pending
Trump's latest attempt to save coal
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Aug 13, 202555:04pending
What the FEOC?
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Aug 6, 202559:43pending
A fireside chat with Jigar Shah
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Aug 1, 20251:07:26pending
US transit costs and how to tame them
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Jul 30, 20251:36:33pending
Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility
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Jul 23, 20251:05:28pending
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