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June 15, 2021	Can the FERC Be Made Accountable to Communities and the Environment?	Shelley Welton	Congress has directed the nation’s regulator for natural gas and electricity infrastructure to be more responsive to community and environmental concerns. Will FERC’s new Office of Public Participation deliver on the promise of public inclusion?
June 1, 2021	Coal Communities Seek Their Post-Coal Future	Heidi Binko	Heidi Binko, Executive Director of the Just Transition Fund, discusses the challenges coal communities face in adapting to a post-coal future, and strategies for economic transition.
May 18, 2021	Powering Women’s Economic Development Through Equal Access to Energy	Sheila Oparaocha	Sheila Oparaocha of the International Network on Gender and Sustainability discusses the global effort to ensure gender equality in energy access, as an essential foundation for economic development and public health.
May 4, 2021	The Potential, and Risks, of Nature-Based Climate Solutions	Nathalie Seddon	Nature-based climate solutions can play a major role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. But biodiversity risks, and community impacts, loom large.
April 20, 2021	Combating Energy Poverty in the U.S.	Tony Reames	One-third of American households struggle to pay for their basic energy needs. University of Michigan’s Tony Reames explores the role of policy in overcoming energy poverty.
April 6, 2021	How Big a Threat Is the Supreme Court to Biden’s Climate Agenda?	Cary Coglianese	President Biden will rely upon regulatory agencies like the EPA to push his ambitious clean energy and climate agenda. Yet increasingly conservative courts could stand in the way of Biden’s plans.
March 23, 2021	A Primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal	Erica L. Belmont, Jeremy Freeman, Noah McQueen, Peter Psarras, Toly Rinberg	Carbon Dioxide Removal is an industrial-scale strategy to hold climate change in check. Five experts weigh in on CDR’s potential, challenges and moral hazards.
March 9, 2021	What’s Driving Corporate America’s Big Bets on Clean Energy?	Miranda Ballentine, Bryn Baker	Corporate renewable energy deals were equal to a quarter of total U.S. electric power additions in 2020. The Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance talks policies to accelerate clean energy purchasing.
February 23, 2021	The U.S. Is Back in Paris. Will It Regain Its Role as Climate Leader?	Joanna Lewis	The U.S. forfeited leadership in the global effort to combat climate change when it left the Paris Agreement. Now back, will the U.S. resume its former role?
February 9, 2021	What Motivates People to Take Action on Climate Change?	Matto Mildenberger	New research disproves the assumption that exposure to climate-related natural disasters motivates people to support climate policy.
January 26, 2021	Janet Yellen and the Treasury Take on Climate Change	Joe Aldy	New Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been tasked with combating climate change. What climate action is the Treasury likely to take under her leadership?
January 12, 2021	Europe Maps Out Its Hydrogen Energy Strategy	Kirsten Westphal	Hydrogen energy is a key part of Europe’s plan to zero out carbon emissions by mid-century. But can the bloc build hydrogen capacity, and demand, in time to reach its goal?
December 15, 2020	Energy Storage’s Seasonal Challenge	Oscar Serpell	Electricity storage technologies have proven their worth in balancing daily fluctuations in wind and solar output. But can storage address the challenges presented by the decarbonized grid of the future?
November 25, 2020	How Georgia’s Runoff Election Will Shape Joe Biden’s Clean Energy Strategy	Bethany Davis Noll, Richard Revesz	Georgia’s runoff election will determine the balance of power in the Senate, and the degree to which Joe Biden will count on Congress to back his ambitious clean energy agenda.
November 10, 2020	Offshore Wind Presents Big Challenge for the Electric Grid	Brandon Burke	Large scale offshore wind development will require a rethink of how America’s electric grid is designed, and paid for.

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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.