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Empowering Communities for Climate and Energy Justice

Jacqueline Patterson
November 19, 2024
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Energy Policy Now offers clear talk on the issues that define our relationship with energy and its impact on society and the environment.

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July 11, 2023 Loss and Damage Finance Becomes Reality Michael Franczak As COP 28 draws closer, climate negotiators race to finalize a financing structure to help countries that suffer climate change-related damages.
June 28, 2023 California’s Deepwater Wind Challenge Tim Fischer, Joe Rand California is set to present its strategic plan to scale an offshore wind power industry based on unconventional floating wind technology.
June 20, 2023 Tackling Climate Technology Investment Risk Nicholaus Rohleder Nick Rohleder, Energy Policy Now’s former editorial assistant and a climate entrepreneur, discusses the challenge of managing investment risk inherent in emerging clean energy technologies.
June 6, 2023 Pennsylvania Effort to Join RGGI Faces Legal, Political Peril Angela Pachon, Maya Domeshek A new report examines the economic and climate impacts of Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, now stalled in court.
May 23, 2023 Geography, Equity, and the Energy Transition Nikki Luke A geographer explores the impact of location on worker opportunity and equity in the clean energy economy.
May 9, 2023 Breaking the Bottlenecks to Climate Progress Elke Weber, Chris Greig Princeton University researchers have launched a global survey aimed at spotting and eliminating practical barriers to a net-zero carbon future.
April 25, 2023 Energy Transition Puts Grid Reliability to the Test Abraham Silverman PJM Interconnection is in a race to shore up electric grid reliability as the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy accelerates.
April 11, 2023 Accelerating Climate Action Simon Sharpe A senior climate diplomat discusses scientific, economic, and diplomatic barriers to rapid global decarbonization.
March 28, 2023 Climate Shocks and Green Returns Luke Taylor New research examines the relationship between climate change-related events and returns on green investment, and why returns for green stocks might lag those of brown.
March 14, 2023 How Families Cope with Energy Insecurity Sanya Carley New research looks into coping mechanisms that families use to navigate energy insecurity, as a guide for policy-based solutions.
February 28, 2023 Scaling Private Finance for Global Solar Growth Laura Van Wie McGrory A working paper from WRI, the International Solar Alliance and Bloomberg Philanthropies examines the essential role of private finance in scaling solar power development.
February 14, 2023 The Complex, Politically Fraught Path to Building Electrification Judy Chang Judy Chang, former Massachusetts undersecretary of Energy and Climate Solutions, discusses the need to educate consumers on the imperative to cut building emissions.
January 31, 2023 Will New Technology and Climate Change Save Nuclear Power? Daniel Poneman Daniel Poneman, former U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary and current CEO of Centrus Energy, explores the resurgent interest in nuclear power a decade after Fukushima.
January 17, 2023 China Plays Competitor, and Collaborator, in the Energy Transition Scott Moore Scott Moore, author of China’s Next Act, discusses China’s global role in energy technology and sustainability.
December 13, 2022 Overcoming Economic Barriers to Electrifying Everything Meredith Fowlie Berkeley economist Meredith Fowlie explains why the drive to electrify everything in American homes is at odds with electricity rate-setting practices, and explores pricing reforms to deliver rapid and equitable electrification.

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Since the first season of our podcast series, Andy Stone has directed each episode of Energy Policy Now—defining topics, inviting guests, and leading informative conversations.

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Andy Stone

Energy Policy Now Host and Producer

Andy Stone is producer and host of Energy Policy Now, the Kleinman Center’s podcast series. He previously worked in business planning with PJM Interconnection and was a senior energy reporter at Forbes Magazine.