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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.
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 16, 2021	China’s Energy and Climate Balancing Act	Scott Moore	China’s leadership must navigate conflicting agendas and threats to domestic political stability as it seeks to rein in global warming emissions.
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.
September 21, 2021	Can Americans Afford to Fully Electrify Their Homes?	Lucas Davis	A leading energy economist explores the cost of electrifying home heating, the top source of energy demand and carbon emissions in American homes.
July 27, 2021	Rare Earth Elements Pose Environmental, Economic Risks for Clean Energy	Amy Chu, Oscar Serpell	Rare earth elements are essential to many clean energy technologies, yet their production can bring severe environmental impacts. A new report grapples with rare earths’ environmental liabilities and efforts to diversify supply beyond China.
July 13, 2021	As Climate Concerns Rise, What Role Will Natural Gas Play?	Peter Fraser	The head of the International Energy Agency’s gas division discusses the outlook for natural gas as global efforts to address carbon emissions intensify.
June 29, 2021	Why Is It So Hard to Build the Electric Grid of the Future?	Rob Gramlich	America’s electric grid is ill-equipped to enable the low carbon energy system of the future. A grid policy expert explores the policy and economic changes that will be needed to bring the grid up to date.

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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.