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April 2, 2024

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October 31, 2017	A City Blazes Its Clean Energy Trail	Adam Agalloco	A growing number of U.S. cities have set aggressive clean energy and efficiency targets, but the complexity and cost of energy transition can be daunting. Philadelphia’s Energy Manager offers insights into his city’s new plan to go 100% renewable and cut energy use.
October 17, 2017	Building Resilient Coastlines	Billy Fleming, Ellen Neises	The U.S. government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars over the past decade to rebuild U.S. cities following hurricanes, yet coastlines remain vulnerable to repeat disaster. Two Penn urban policy experts discuss coastal resiliency and the process by which government allocates recovery funds.
October 5, 2017	The Future of the EPA and Clean Power	Gina McCarthy	Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy weighs in on the fate of the Clean Power Plan, and the EPA itself, under current Administrator Scott Pruitt.
September 19, 2017	Where Coal Mining Brings Environmental Benefits	Greg Driscoll, John Stefanko	Can tightly regulated coal mining help undo decades worth of environmental damage caused by the coal industry? A Pennsylvania DEP official, and a mining executive, discuss efforts to remediate water and land in the state’s Anthracite coal region.
September 5, 2017	The Road Forward for Electric Vehicles	John Paul MacDuffie	The electric vehicle market seems poised to take off, with high demand for Tesla’s Model 3 and growing attention from big automakers. Yet challenges that stalled EV growth in the past, namely sparse charging infrastructure and high costs, persist. A Wharton School expert looks at the role policymakers can take to support, or sink, the EV renaissance.
July 10, 2017	Balancing the Benefits and Costs of Environmental Regulation	Cary Coglianese , Alan Krupnick	The Trump Administration has framed regulation as a drag on the economy and jobs. Yet how much do we really understand about the true benefits and costs of protecting the environment? Two legal and regulatory experts weigh in.
June 13, 2017	Climate Change and the Future of Risk	Howard Kunreuther	The risk models that policymakers, insurers and communities rely on to predict the nature and frequency of weather-related disasters are becoming less reliable as climate change advances. A Wharton School climate risk expert examines how we might adequately, and equitably, prepare for future disasters.
May 30, 2017	The Economics of Climate Change	Per Krusell	How much should countries spend today to avoid climate change impacts that may be far into the future? A renown economist discusses the emerging discipline of climate economics and explores means of efficiently putting mitigation funds to work.
May 16, 2017	Carbon Capture’s Clean Coal Ambition	John Quigley	Carbon capture and storage has the potential to dramatically reduce the carbon emissions from the burning of coal. Yet the technology’s boosters need to overcome high costs, and major infrastructure challenges, if they’re to make a dent in emissions.
April 18, 2017	Without the U.S., Does Paris Climate Deal Collapse?	Andrew Light	A senior member of the U.S. State Department’s Paris negotiating team explores the implications of a Trump administration pullback from global climate deal.
April 3, 2017	The Many Fronts of Trump’s Environmental Deregulation Effort	Cary Coglianese	The Trump administration is leveraging an array of legal and political tools to roll back environmental protections. A U. Penn environmental law expert takes a look a Trump’s strategy, pitfalls that await, and the potential for protections to endure.
March 13, 2017	Clearing the Air: Carbon Tax or Cap and Trade?	James Hines	Carbon cap and trade and carbon taxation are two very different strategies to address the challenge of greenhouse gas emissions. A look at the political and economic issues that drive each.
February 14, 2017	How Alberta Overcame Discord to Enact Carbon Tax	Gitane De Silva	The only people not surprised when political parties, oil companies, and environmentalists came together to implement Alberta’s carbon tax were the Albertans themselves.
January 23, 2017	The Airline Industry Eyes Its Carbon Footprint	Megan Ryerson	Regulators have begun scrutinizing airlines for their outsized carbon emissions. The industry looks for ways to lower emissions and maintain profits.
January 11, 2017	Walking the Tightrope: Energy Development and the Environment	John Quigley	Former Pennsylvania DEP Secretary and coal-town mayor John Quigley discusses the challenge of balancing energy development with environmental protection at the state level.

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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.