Permitting Reform, Data Centers, and More With Senator Heinrich and Secretary Granholm
About this episode
Robinson Meyer discusses climate and energy policy with Senator Martin Heinrich and Jennifer Granholm amid current political challenges.
The Democratic Party’s climate and energy policy is at a difficult moment. Over the past year and a half, the Trump administration has attacked solar and wind energy, started an inflationary war, and repealed key parts of the Inflation Reduction Act. And about a year and a half from now, Democrats will pick a presidential candidate and pitch their energy and climate policies to voters again. How are key Democrats feeling at this moment? Rob recently had a chance to sit down with two of the party’s most important energy policy makers — Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, and former Energy Secretary and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm — for an in-person conversation in Washington, D.C. On this episode of Shift Key, Rob chats with Senator Heinrich and Secretary Granholm, about fuel prices, the state of permitting discussions, AI data centers, and what each learned from writing — and implementing — the Inflation Reduction Act. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap News. Subscribe to “Shift Key” and find this episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon , or…
People in this episode
Host: Robinson Meyer
Guests: Senator Martin Heinrich, Jennifer Granholm
Topics covered
- climate policy
- energy policy
- permitting reform
- data centers
- Inflation Reduction Act
- fuel prices
Keywords
- climate policy
- energy policy
- permitting reform
- data centers
- Inflation Reduction Act
- fuel prices
- Democratic Party
- Trump administration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Democratic Party, Trump administration, Inflation Reduction Act, Heatmap News
Places: Washington, D.C.
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