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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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
May 10, 2022 | Governing the Promise and Peril of Emerging Climate Technologies | Shuchi Talati | Shuchi Talati, former chief of staff of the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management, discusses the need for strong governance to balance the potential benefits of carbon dioxide removal technologies with environmental and social risks. This is episode one in the Exploring Governance series. |
April 26, 2022 | Nicholas Stern on the Role of Economics in Combating Climate Change | Nicholas Stern | Economist Lord Nicholas Stern discusses why traditional economics fail to capture the magnitude of threat presented by climate change, and how the discipline must adapt. |
March 22, 2022 | Will Clean Energy Be Equitable Energy? | Chandra Farley | An energy activist highlights the opportunities, and challenges on the way to clean and equitable energy in the United States. |
February 22, 2022 | Climate Leader Germany Faces Challenging Exit from Coal | Alec MacGillis | ProPublica’s Alec MacGillis discusses his recent New Yorker magazine article on Germany’s protracted struggle to wean itself off of coal. |
January 25, 2022 | What Makes Green Energy Finance Green? | Brian Lehman | A financier discusses the challenge of managing clean energy investment risk. |
November 30, 2021 | U.S. Electricity Regulator Grapples with Barriers to a Clean Grid | Marc Montalvo | Who will pay for the electric grid of the future? The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission explores options to incentivize and finance a vast transmission network to support clean energy. |
November 2, 2021 | Massive Shift toward Solar Power Begins in Largest U.S. Electricity Market | Mike Borgatti | An unprecedented backlog of clean energy projects is in line to join PJM Interconnection, an electricity market serving one in five Americans. |
October 19, 2021 | Who Pays the Price for Stranded Energy Assets? | Matthew Kahn | A climate economist looks at the impact that the stranding of fossil fuel assets may have on communities, and at policies that might mitigate economic hardship. |
October 5, 2021 | What Stands Between Louisiana and a Resilient Electric Grid? | Robert Verchick | Hurricane Ida was the most recent storm to wreak havoc on Louisiana’s electric grid. A legal expert discusses the struggle to provide resilient power in the state as weather and climate risks grow. |
Podcast Producer & Host
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.