Life as a clean energy journalist in an age of madness
About this episode
David Roberts and Robinson Meyer discuss the current news landscape and its implications for clean energy.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.volts.wtf Heatmap’s Robinson Meyer joins me to unpack the sheer madness of the current news landscape. We discuss the energy implications of the Iran war, the vexed politics of permitting reform, Microsoft’s retreat from carbon dioxide removal, the lessons of the IRA, the lingering pastoralism of the environmental movement, and much more.
People in this episode
Host: David Roberts
Guest: Robinson Meyer
Topics covered
- clean energy journalism
- news landscape
- energy implications
- politics of permitting reform
- carbon dioxide removal
- environmental movement
Keywords
- clean energy
- journalism
- Iran war
- permitting reform
- carbon removal
- environmental politics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, IRA
Places: Iran
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