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David Roberts

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463 - The (climate) case against (AI) data centers

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463 - The (climate) case against (AI) data centers
Fri, 30 Oct 2026
462 - The PAC taking out clean energy opponents
Wed, 28 Oct 2026
461 - Building our piece of the electric stack
Fri, 23 Oct 2026
460 - Can distributed energy work around American utilities?
Wed, 21 Oct 2026
459 - What’s up with Denmark?
Fri, 16 Oct 2026
458 - Checking back in with Greenlight America
Wed, 14 Oct 2026
457 - What’s up with the new federal permitting reform bill?
Fri, 09 Oct 2026
456 - The grueling fight to pass the Inflation Reduction Act
Wed, 07 Oct 2026
455 - Best of September 2026
Fri, 02 Oct 2026
454 - What’s up with heat-pump water heaters?
Wed, 30 Sep 2026
453 - Do small residential batteries make sense?
Wed, 23 Sep 2026
452 - How energy politics work inside DC
Fri, 18 Sep 2026
451 - How to build a more flexible, quieter, less obnoxious data center
Wed, 16 Sep 2026
450 - Building a big, abundant, clean grid
Fri, 11 Sep 2026
449 - Is there way more conventional geothermal than we thought?
Wed, 09 Sep 2026
448 - Best of August 2026
Fri, 04 Sep 2026
447 - How to respond to disinformation about clean energy, at scale
Wed, 02 Sep 2026
446 - Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?
Fri, 28 Aug 2026
445 - Making data centers flexible so they can serve the grid rather than stress it out
Wed, 26 Aug 2026
444 - Why can't utilities innovate?
Fri, 21 Aug 2026
443 - He helped Uruguay decarbonize. Can he help other countries do the same?
Wed, 19 Aug 2026
442 - Can public EV chargers be as reliable as gas stations?
Fri, 14 Aug 2026
441 - Another bipartisan housing miracle, this time in Idaho
Wed, 12 Aug 2026
440 - Grid cybersecurity: how big is the threat & what should we do about it?
Fri, 07 Aug 2026
439 - What should state policymakers do about data centers?
Wed, 05 Aug 2026
438 - Best of July 2026
Sun, 02 Aug 2026
437 - Silicon anodes for batteries unlock greater energy density and faster charging times
Fri, 31 Jul 2026
436 - Should we feel good about the trajectory of clean energy post-Trump?
Wed, 29 Jul 2026
435 - The US is terrible at building public transit. Here's how to get better.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026
434 - Making sense of the data center backlash
Mon, 20 Jul 2026
433 - Spreading the good news about electrification
Wed, 15 Jul 2026
432 - Want less sprawl and more urban infill? Try a land value tax!
Fri, 10 Jul 2026
431 - Forcing utilities to justify their distribution-system spending
Wed, 08 Jul 2026
430 - A key Arizona race will test clean energy's electoral power
Wed, 01 Jul 2026
429 - How to keep people cool without making the planet even hotter
Wed, 24 Jun 2026
428 - America's flagship automaker enters the home energy market
Fri, 19 Jun 2026
427 - Can the UK stay the course with its climate plans?
Wed, 17 Jun 2026
426 - Why is NERC so worried about data centers?
Wed, 10 Jun 2026
425 - This oil shock won't be like the others
Fri, 05 Jun 2026
424 - Are plug-in DERs going to spark a grid revolution?
Wed, 03 Jun 2026
423 - Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own
Fri, 29 May 2026
422 - A limited defense of Biden's everything-bagel industrial policy
Wed, 27 May 2026
421 - How to phase out residential gas equitably
Fri, 22 May 2026
420 - Sooner than you think, electricity is going to be cheap, abundant, and boring
Wed, 20 May 2026
419 - Telling the story of the grid
Fri, 15 May 2026
418 - Electrifying industrial steam with heat pumps
Wed, 13 May 2026
417 - The case for using prices rather than VPPs to coordinate distributed energy
Fri, 08 May 2026
416 - Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits
Wed, 06 May 2026
415 - Enabling ordinary people to invest in renewable energy projects
Wed, 29 Apr 2026
414 - Tom Steyer wants to be California's climate governor
Mon, 27 Apr 2026
413 - The big stories from the last year in electricity
Wed, 22 Apr 2026
412 - Life as a clean energy journalist in an age of madness
Mon, 20 Apr 2026
411 - Climate finance, interrupted
Fri, 17 Apr 2026
410 - Doing data centers the not-dumb way
Wed, 15 Apr 2026
409 - Ruggedized solar power for the hard places
Fri, 10 Apr 2026
408 - Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta
Wed, 08 Apr 2026
407 - Rethinking climate regulation from the ground up
Fri, 03 Apr 2026
406 - Using more of the grid we’ve already built
Wed, 01 Apr 2026
405 - Should we block some sunlight to cool the planet?
Fri, 27 Mar 2026
404 - For data centers, a little flexibility goes a long way
Wed, 25 Mar 2026
403 - The high-stakes battle over energy affordability in New York
Fri, 20 Mar 2026
402 - A Tesla vet tries to master the VPP market
Wed, 18 Mar 2026
401 - How to design a brand-new city
Fri, 13 Mar 2026
400 - Is the brand new city in California for real?
Wed, 11 Mar 2026
399 - The fate of fossil fuel systems in the "mid-transition"
Wed, 04 Mar 2026
398 - Volts/Catalyst pod crossover: the biggest questions in clean energy
Wed, 25 Feb 2026
397 - What is PJM and why is everyone so mad about it?
Fri, 20 Feb 2026
396 - Can fake meat help solve climate change?
Wed, 18 Feb 2026
395 - Are utilities making too much money?
Wed, 11 Feb 2026
394 - So, how's the climate doing?
Fri, 06 Feb 2026
393 - Taiwan's energy dilemma
Wed, 04 Feb 2026
392 - All about "reactionary centrism"
Fri, 30 Jan 2026
391 - How to make rooftop solar power as cheap in the US as it is in Australia
Wed, 28 Jan 2026
390 - Let's dig a little deeper into virtual power plants (VPPs)
Wed, 21 Jan 2026
389 - Making the electricity grid work like the internet
Wed, 14 Jan 2026
388 - What's the deal with closed-loop geothermal?
Fri, 09 Jan 2026
387 - NYC's congestion pricing has been running for a year now. How's it doing?
Wed, 07 Jan 2026
386 - Sen. Brian Schatz wants permitting reform, but not like this
Wed, 31 Dec 2025
385 - What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Fri, 26 Dec 2025
384 - The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Fri, 19 Dec 2025
383 - Sen. Ruben Gallego has a new energy plan
Wed, 17 Dec 2025
382 - Advocating for decarbonization in 2026
Fri, 12 Dec 2025
381 - California warms up to a larger Western energy market
Wed, 10 Dec 2025
380 - How Illinois passed its third big clean-energy bill in a decade
Wed, 03 Dec 2025
379 - What's going on in electricity world?
Fri, 28 Nov 2025
378 - What's the deal with balcony solar?
Wed, 26 Nov 2025
377 - Clean electrification is inevitable
Fri, 21 Nov 2025
376 - What's the deal with indoor air quality?
Wed, 19 Nov 2025
375 - How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
Wed, 12 Nov 2025
374 - So, there were some elections. How'd they go?
Mon, 10 Nov 2025
373 - Octopus extends its tentacles into America
Fri, 07 Nov 2025
372 - Hey governors: you can salvage sustainable transportation, but you need to do it quick!
Wed, 05 Nov 2025
371 - Michael Liebreich on a "pragmatic climate reset"
Fri, 31 Oct 2025
370 - The escalating battle over renewable energy certificates (RECs)
Wed, 29 Oct 2025
369 - Can "second life" EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage?
Wed, 22 Oct 2025
368 - Yes, you weenies: a war on cars
Mon, 20 Oct 2025
367 - How to get New York back on track toward its climate targets
Fri, 17 Oct 2025
366 - Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson on governing a blue city in 2025
Wed, 15 Oct 2025
365 - Super-deep geothermal drilling ... with microwaves
Fri, 10 Oct 2025
364 - Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025
Wed, 08 Oct 2025

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