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| November 17, 2022 | COP27 Dispatch: Food Waste Gains Attention in Climate Discussions | Steven Finn | Food waste is a major driver of climate change and a cause of food insecurity. Penn’s Steven Finn highlights the challenge and solutions discussed at COP27. |
| November 16, 2022 | COP27 Dispatch: China’s Rapidly Evolving Role in Global Climate Negotiations | Scott Moore | Scott Moore, Director of the Penn Global China Program, discusses China’s perspective on loss and damage finance, and the country’s future role in the Paris climate process. |
| November 15, 2022 | COP27 Dispatch: As Climate Impacts Grow, Cities Explore Paths to Adaptation | Eugenie Birch, William Burke-White, Mauricio Rodas | Three experts on cities discuss the efforts of urban communities to navigate climate change. |
| November 13, 2022 | COP27 Dispatch: What Defines a Successful National Adaptation Plan? | Allison Lassiter | New research explores ways to measure countries' success in adapting to climate change. |
| November 11, 2022 | COP27 Dispatch: Why Loss and Damage Finance Is Critical to Small Island States | Stacy-ann Robinson | Loss and damage finance has made it onto the official COP agenda for the first time at Sharm El-Sheikh. An expert on small island states discusses why the issue has been so contentious. |
| October 26, 2022 | What Impact Will the IRA Have on Consumer Energy Costs? | Dallas Burtraw | New research from Resources for the Future quantifies the Inflation Reduction Act's expected impact on clean energy development, energy costs, and emissions. |
| October 11, 2022 | How Coal Maintains Its Political Hold on West Virginia | James Van Nostrand | West Virginia’s coal industry has out-sized influence in the state’s politics, and in Washington. But the industry’s power has come at a cost to West Virginians. |
| September 27, 2022 | Scaling Green Hydrogen for a Global Market | Alicia Eastman | Green hydrogen hubs are being developed in some of the world’s most remote locations, to serve growing clean energy demand in Asia, Europe and the U.S. |
| September 13, 2022 | Saudi Arabia Confronts Its Oil Dependence | David Rundell | A former senior U.S. diplomat to Saudi Arabia explores the kingdom’s effort to end its dependence on oil revenue, and the relationship between Saudi Arabia and global efforts to decarbonize. |
| August 2, 2022 | Can Clean Energy Deliver Energy Justice to Canada’s First Nations? | Melina Miyowapan Laboucan-Massimo | A prominent advocate for indigenous rights in Canada sees promise in clean energy. |
| July 19, 2022 | Proposed FERC Rules Aim to Accelerate Grid Decarbonization | Shelley Welton | The United States’ electricity regulator has proposed two major electricity market reforms that could speed the pace of renewable energy development. |
| July 5, 2022 | Can Carbon-Negative Oil Be Climate Positive? | Peter Psarras | The fossil fuel industry is investing billions of dollars into projects that will use carbon dioxide captured from the air to produce more oil. What will be the climate impact? |
| June 21, 2022 | Will Defense Production Act Spur Solar Supply Chain Development? | Robert Scott | An expert in international trade policy discusses the Biden Administration’s use of the Defense Production Act, and tariff restrictions, to build a competitive U.S. solar supply chain. |
| June 14, 2022 | How Will Energy Dollars in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Be Spent? | Leah Rubin Shen | Advanced Energy Economy’s Leah Rubin Shen discusses energy spending priorities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. |
| June 7, 2022 | Raw Materials Pose ESG Challenge for EV Industry | David Manley, Hervé Lado | Two experts on mining industry governance explore environmental and social challenges around the mining of cobalt, a critical material in EV batteries, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is episode three in the Exploring Governance series. |
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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 ProducerAndy 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.