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Volts

Volts


Volts

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244 episodes
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English
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Podcast

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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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What you need to know about the new EPA power plant standards

In this episode, Grace Van Horn and Jonas Monast of the Center for Applied Environmenta...

64 minutes
May 06, 2024

The energy transition's 5 supervillains and 5 superheroes

In this episode, longtime clean-energy analyst Michael Liebreich assesses five causes f...

71 minutes
May 01, 2024

Making geothermal heat pumps work for big buildings

In this episode, Joselyn Lai of Bedrock Energy describes hardware and software improvem...

70 minutes
Apr 26, 2024

Rising electricity demand requires new gas plants? Not so fast.

What’s the best way to handle rising US electricity demand? Contrary to what some large...

59 minutes
Apr 24, 2024

Why "transferable" tax credits are such a big deal

The Inflation Reduction Act made it much easier for companies to sell clean energy tax ...

74 minutes
Apr 19, 2024

What's going on with China these days?

Is China on track to reduce its carbon emissions? If so, why is it building so much coa...

66 minutes
Apr 17, 2024

Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it

In this episode, I speak with Maxine Bédat, a former fashion startup CEO and founder of...

58 minutes
Apr 12, 2024

How much can urban land use policy do for the climate?

In this episode, I speak with Heather House, a manager in RMI’s carbon-free transportat...

55 minutes
Apr 10, 2024

How the EPA will spend $27 billion in carbon-reduction funds

The Inflation Reduction Act included a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, $27 billion to be...

58 minutes
Apr 05, 2024

Now is the time for distributed energy

In this episode, Duncan Campbell of Scale Microgrid Solutions makes the case that distr...

68 minutes
Apr 03, 2024