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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.
May 24, 2022	Governing Net-Zero Emissions Targets	Thomas Hale	As net-zero carbon targets become commonplace, strong governance will be needed to ensure climate benefits. This is episode two in the Exploring Governance series.
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.
April 12, 2022	Energy and the War in Ukraine	Anna Mikulska	An expert in energy geopolitics discusses the war in Ukraine and its implications for European energy security and decarbonization. The episode was recorded in front of a live audience.
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.
March 10, 2022	Organized Labor Sees Promise in Transition to Clean Energy	Lara Skinner	The transition to a clean energy economy will generate millions of new jobs. Unions are working to ensure that those jobs provide a living wage.
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.
February 8, 2022	How Big Is LNG Opportunity for U.S. Natural Gas Industry?	Robert Johnston	Rising global LNG demand points to a strong future for US LNG exports. But ESG and economic worries loom.
January 25, 2022	What Makes Green Energy Finance Green?	Brian Lehman	A financier discusses the challenge of managing clean energy investment risk.
December 14, 2021	For Solar Geoengineering, Daunting Policy Questions Await	Gernot Wagner	A climate economist discusses why efforts to cool earth’s climate through solar geoengineering appear all but inevitable, and considers the policy questions and political battles to come.

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.