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Grids, Gas, and AI: Can Washington Make a Deal?

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Is AI the Most Bipartisan Thing in Politics?

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The Copper Crunch— and How to Fix It. Checking In With Endolith

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How a Humble Rock Could Transform Industry

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The Climate Hushing Election

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The Politics of AI and Energy, with Phil Deutch

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The Future of Energy Investing, with Phil Deutch

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Inside Trump's Energy Affordability Strategy, with DOE's Alex Fitzsimmons

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Daniel Yergin: How Energy Made America a Superpower

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The Year of Permitting Reform? Sen. Armstrong Makes the Case

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Governors vs. Rising Power Bills

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Grid Utilization: Unlocking the Cheapest Megawatt in America

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Will EVs Surge Amid Iran Oil Shocks?

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Win or Learn: Shane Battier on Energy’s March Madness Moment

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Energy Shocks: Iran, AI, and the 2026 Midterms

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Unpacking a Volatile Year in Climate and Energy

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Inside the American Energy + AI Initiative

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America's Critical Minerals Crisis

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How FERC and Your Home Could Fast-Track AI Power

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Power Struggles: From DC to Beijing

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US vs China: Who's Winning the Energy Race?

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Shutdowns and Shakeups: What's at Stake for US Energy

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What an 'Unapologetic Focus' on US Competitiveness Means for Climate Action

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The Big Bill Got Done. Now What?

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The Grid's 'All Hands on Deck' Moment

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BRB, Processing Senate Text

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Unpacking Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda

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Reconciliation Revs Up

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In recess, back soon!

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Unpacking the EPA’s aggressive moves on energy and climate

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Live from Winterfest: Rich Powell and Travis Kavulla talk GOP energy priorities

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High turbulence: What Trump’s first moves mean for clean energy

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Fire-killing robots and executive orders galore

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Will Biden’s 11th-hour climate strategy have lasting impact?

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Neil Chatterjee: “Make energy policy boring again!”

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A grab bag of climate conundrums: COP’s waning influence, Gov. Newsom’s Tesla troll, and more

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U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman: What's next for permitting, geothermal, and the IRA?

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Trump won. Now what?

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Election showdown: Down-ballot drama, closing arguments, and more

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Chips Ahoy: Unpacking the politics of microchip deregulation

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Can Congress pull off a NEPA overhaul?

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DNC dispatches: Navigating America’s skyrocketing energy demand

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DNC dispatches: It’s the climate economy, stupid!

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John Podesta Celebrates the IRA for “Catalyzing a Clean Energy Boom”

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RNC dispatches: The fate of the IRA

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RNC dispatches: The GOP’s nascent climate pivot

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Rep. Scott Peters on our “old, small and dumb” grid

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Making sense of nuclear’s resurgence

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Republican Garret Graves’ data-driven approach to the climate crisis

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The politics of carbon removal heat up

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Biden’s Chinese EV and solar tariffs: Big boost or hot air?

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Biden’s permitting plan: silver bullet or more red tape?

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Taking stock of IRA wins and political threats

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Political Climate is back!

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The Most Pivotal Years for Climate Policy

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Retooling Old, Polluting Infrastructure for the Clean Economy

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What a Divided Government Means for Climate Policy

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How Voting Rights and Redistricting Shape Climate Policy

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Clean Energy Gatekeepers You’ve Never Heard Of

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What's Shaping the 2022 Midterms?

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How Clean Energy Can Strengthen Democracies

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Newsflash: Private Sector Reactions to the Inflation Reduction Act

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Feeling the Heat, California Amps Up Climate Action

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Newsflash: Going Electric? The New Climate Law Can Help

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A New Era for US Energy Innovation

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The Inflation Reduction Act Roller Coaster

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Rebooting America's Nuclear Supply Chain

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Newsflash: A Powerful Way to Expand Solar Access

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What Comes After the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling?

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Building the Arsenal of Clean Energy

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Newsflash: What to Do With Clean Energy Waste?

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America's Clean Hydrogen Economy Gets a Jumpstart

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Newsflash: EPA’s ​‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Opportunity

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Is EV Adoption Turning a Corner?

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How to Boost American-Made Clean Energy

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Rolling Out Historic Infrastructure Funding

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Are Paris Climate Goals Still Within Reach?

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Mineral Security and Implications for the Energy Transition

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Russia's War Reshapes the Energy Transition

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How to Elect State Leaders on Climate

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Senator Padilla on Climate, Equity & Partisanship

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Biden's Climate Record, One Year In

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Unpacking Newsom’s Bold $22B Climate Plan in the California Budget

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How States Powered Climate Policy in 2021

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Build Back Never? And Tackling Methane Emissions

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Amy Harder on Trends and Challenges in Getting to Net Zero

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10 Climate Stats You Need for Holiday Season

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COP26: Mobilizing Trillions in Climate Finance

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Is American Offshore Wind Becoming a Reality?

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David Roberts, Part 2: Winning Political Messages

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David Roberts, Part 1: Glimmers of Climate Optimism

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Big Climate Policies Hang in Limbo

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Senator Heinrich Is Not Compromising on Climate

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Crunch Time for Congress on Climate and Energy

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Political Climate Will Be Back!

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The Current Political Climate

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A Blueprint for American Climate Action and a Modern Clean Energy Economy

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Saul Griffith on Mobilizing America to Fight Climate Change and Win the Future

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DITCHED: How Climate Fintech Is Disrupting Traditional Finance

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How the Energy Transition Accelerated in a Turbulent Year