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Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. I've been reporting on and explaining clean-energy topics for almost 20 years, and I love talking to politicians, analysts, innovators, and activists about the latest progress in the world's most important fight. (Volts is entirely subscriber-supported. Sign up!)
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Clean electrification is inevitable
https://www.volts.wtf/p/clean-electrification-is-inevitable
Published: November 21, 2025 17:02
Energy strategist Kingsmill Bond joins me to explain why the transition to “electrotech” is unstoppable, whether or not politicians care about climate change. It’s not the reduced emissions, it’s physics (electrotech is more efficient) and economics (it’s…
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-deal-with-indoor-air-quality
Published: November 19, 2025 17:02
Environmentalism has typically focused on outdoor air quality, but climate change is pushing more people indoors more of the time, even as airborne pathogens and wildfire smoke challenge indoor air quality. I discuss the fight for better indoor air with…
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
https://www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-make-a-market-for-distributed
Published: November 12, 2025 17:02
Distributed energy resources are everywhere, but connecting buyers and sellers is a coordination nightmare; I talk with James Johnston, whose company Piclo is tackling that problem head-on. He explains how they’ve built a transparent, open marketplace…
So, there were some elections. How'd they go?
https://www.volts.wtf/p/so-there-were-some-elections-howd
Published: November 10, 2025 17:02
In this episode, I welcome back Caroline Spears from Climate Cabinet for a post-election debrief that, unlike last year’s, is full of good news. We explore how a slate of pro-climate candidates defied expectations in tough districts across the country,…
Octopus extends its tentacles into America
https://www.volts.wtf/p/octopus-extends-its-tentacles-into
Published: November 7, 2025 17:02
In this episode, I chat with Nick Chaset, CEO of Octopus Energy US, about bringing the company’s customer-focused, tech-forward model to America. We get into the details of how Octopus simplifies home energy management for its retail customers and its plan…
Hey governors: you can salvage sustainable transportation, but you need to do it quick!
https://www.volts.wtf/p/hey-governors-you-can-salvage-sustainable
Published: November 5, 2025 17:02
With the White House actively dismantling clean transportation policy, what can states do to salvage progress? I talk with former DOT policy advisor Liya Rechtman about a little-known authority that lets states transfer highway dollars to fund transit, EV…
Michael Liebreich on a "pragmatic climate reset"
https://www.volts.wtf/p/michael-liebreich-on-a-pragmatic
Published: October 31, 2025 16:02
Lately, everyone from Tony Blair to Daniel Yergin is calling for a “climate reset,” so I brought on clean-energy analyst Michael Liebreich to discuss his own, very different version. While others push expensive distractions, Liebreich argues that the…
The escalating battle over renewable energy certificates (RECs)
https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-escalating-battle-over-renewable
Published: October 29, 2025 16:02
In this episode I’m joined by Wilson Ricks and Killian Daly, who are involved in the process of updating the Greenhouse Gas Protocol that governs (among other things) corporate clean-energy procurement. We explore the proposed shift to requiring hourly,…
Can "second life" EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage?
https://www.volts.wtf/p/can-second-life-ev-batteries-work
Published: October 22, 2025 16:02
Redwood Materials has long dominated EV battery recycling, but what if they could drain every last drop of energy from those batteries before recycling them? I talk with the company’s CTO, Colin Campbell, about Redwood Energy, a new division doing just…
Yes, you weenies: a war on cars
https://www.volts.wtf/p/yes-you-weenies-a-war-on-cars
Published: October 20, 2025 18:22
I chat with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the hosts behind the unapologetic podcast “The War on Cars,” about their new book and the fight to reveal our car-dominated world as a political choice, not an inevitability. We explore the many ways automobiles…