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The missing capital for climate startups: more debt
- ▶ 36:09 Dimitri Gershenson Whether it's the GGRF or Brimstone, or you, you pick it as these, like, huge grants, especially those that were executed by the Biden administration the last year, right?
Open Circuit: Jigar, Katherine, and Stephen are back
- ▶ 37:24 Jigar Shah It's bad, and I think it's in direct, like I said before, I think it's in direct response to the Biden administration doing the same thing on the oil and gas side, and I think it needs to stop for both sides. 3 times in the scene
Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers
- ▶ 25:57 Chris Taylor Those, those batteries will all be in the country well before any tariffs were to, to kick in, but even with the Biden tariffs, there was a moment when those were announced, when 2 times in the scene
Why ditching aluminum is key to securing the US solar supply chain
- ▶ 18:02 Stephen Lacey So the Biden administration recently unveiled new tariffs that will cover about eighteen billion dollars worth of imports under section three oh one of the 1974 trade act. 4 times in the scene
The news quiz episode!
- ▶ 5:37 Stephen Lacey It is game over for the Biden administration's 2035 decarbonization goal.
- ▶ 26:11 Anne Bailey She was in town urging Biden administration officials and members of Congress to protect old growth forests.
- ▶ 30:04 Anne Bailey A posse of conservative leaders, from ranch owners to country music icons, have saddled up as geothermal gauchos to champion President Joe Biden's push for geothermal energy.
- ▶ 40:56 Stephen Lacey A recent CBS YouGov poll found that 45% of Americans said climate change is a very important issue, but what percentage of that group had heard nothing or not much about what the Biden administration had done to address climate change?
Political Climate: Is the IRA under political threat?
- ▶ 5:16 Julia Piper Earlier this month, the Biden administration also started a new component of the IRA, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:05 Julia Piper So the Biden administration claims the IRA will cost around
- ▶ 22:00 Emily Domenech Um, so I don't think it's going to be a binary, you know, if Biden wins, the IRA survives, and if Trump wins, the IRA is dead. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:49 Julia Piper So he says if Joe Biden is for EVs, we must be against them. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:47 Brandon Hurlbut Biden's two hundred billion dollar energy loan juggernaut faces a Trump-sized threat, and Senator Heinrich, longtime friend of the pod and guest, uh, said it will just die on the vine.
US power demand is set to boom. How will we meet it?
- ▶ 0:44 Stephen Lacey Bidenomics. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:40 Stephen Lacey Um, the Biden administration has pulled together a thirty billion dollars for potential grid upgrades.
- ▶ 49:48 Stephen Lacey Well, I have a quick update to a major story that got a lot of attention into the end of last year, and that is the impact of America's liquidified natural gas exports, and what the Biden administration is going to do about them. 4 times in the scene
The storylines of the energy transition in 2023
- ▶ 47:41 Maria Gallucci The Biden administration recently released guidance for tax credits for SAF.
- ▶ 50:52 Katherine Hamilton Now, of course, if, if Biden's the president and the Congress is all Democrat in both the Senate and the House, you could, you 2 times in the scene
LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’
- ▶ 12:29 Stephen Lacey In the second half of the show, I want to go a little bit more in detail into how those approvals work, but there's a lot of pressure now being applied on these agencies to factor in climate change and emissions impact, but this is putting… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:40 Bill McKibben Um, what it really does is create an immense political opportunity for the Biden administration at this point. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:55 Bill McKibben And, uh, I, that's why I'm pretty sure that the Biden administration will see reason and say, we're not going to approve.
- ▶ 24:48 Bill McKibben Will boost Joe Biden in significant ways, which is a good thing, because if we win this fight, but then lose the election in 2024, Donald Trump's already said day one of office will be will be a dictatorial day in office devoted to the… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:16 Jeremy Symons With the Biden administration, um, and that's the power given to them under the Natural Gas Act, um, this public interest determination, and with FERC not doing its job, all of it falls to DOE.
- ▶ 32:06 Nicole Pollack So, ultimately, Manchin refused to vote for Biden's renomination of Glick to the commission, um, and Glick ended up having to leave at the end of 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:30 Jeremy Symons I think there's an awfully good case to be made that politics aside, just good governance here is that analysis needs to be done based on the current global goals, the president's commitments on climate change, the president's commitments… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:22 Nicole Pollack Something that I've found really interesting is that the Biden administration really hasn't said much about LNG.
- ▶ 45:47 Nicole Pollack We might start seeing the Biden administration have to start taking a stronger stance and explaining its actions, um, and explaining why it's continued to authorize these projects when it's, for example, committing to not using coal… 2 times in the scene
How to triple renewables by 2030
- ▶ 50:08 Katherine Hamilton 88% of the time, he voted with Biden and the other Democrats on a range of issues, not having to do with energy.
- ▶ 54:57 Stephen Lacey The Biden administration and environmentalists are making Americans pay more with its electrification strategy. 2 times in the scene
Inflation plagues clean energy. How bad is it?
- ▶ 4:02 Stephen Lacey Biden's big climate bill eventually turned into the Inflation Reduction Act, and it was branded and designed to combat energy inflation.
- ▶ 13:27 Michael Boyle Along Biden's 2030 and 20 35 goals, but the need for high energy production by renewable energy is going to continue as we electrify transportation buildings and industry sort of into the middle of the century.
- ▶ 45:41 Katherine Hamilton Yeah, so this week, the, uh, Biden administration issued an artificial intelligence executive order, which is super interesting.
Tackling the tough stuff: steel, cement, and chemicals
- ▶ 14:45 Julian Spector A few days ago when, uh, President Biden announced these, uh, hydrogen hubs where the DOE is, is putting a total of seven billion dollars into these regional clusters of hydrogen production and use and, and transportation and distribution,…
Investors riff on the new era for climate investing
- ▶ 11:27 Elaine Hsieh 10 trillion dollars by 20 50 in order to do decarbonize, to, to, to zero, to reach, to reach, right, so the president, yes, so the president's goals are to be carbon free electricity by 2035 and net zero economy by 20 50 in order to…
Why electric cars are driving the auto strikes
- ▶ 5:41 Stephen Lacey In fact, just this week, Ford said it would halt development of this 3.5 billion dollar battery plant in Michigan on the same day that Biden joined the picket line to support striking workers. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:37 Katherine Hamilton President Biden has focused on climate change as a priority, got two huge pieces of legislation, plus the CHIPS Act, so like you could really say three big pieces of legislation that were very climate-focused, and so everything is going to… 3 times in the scene
Inflation headwinds for offshore wind
- ▶ 5:50 Stephen Lacey President Biden wants 30 gigawatts of offshore wind farms installed by 2030, but that goal is looking increasingly unlikely.
As debate over carbon removal swirls, America steps up funding
- ▶ 15:18 Stephen Lacey The Inflation Reduction Act expanded tax credits for the technology, and this month the Biden administration unveiled 1.2 billion dollars in funding for hubs to support direct air capture projects, plus thirteen million dollars for 23…
The high stakes debate over green hydrogen
- ▶ 10:50 Stephen Lacey I mean, what, what are indications are you getting about where the Biden administration will land on this?
The fall of a battery maker still haunts America
- ▶ 0:17 Stephen Lacey The green part stretches back a couple of decades, and as we evaluate the Biden team's approach to building back domestic manufacturing and building up climate positive infrastructure, I keep coming back to this question.
How will we power all those green factories?
- ▶ 2:38 Stephen Lacey Biden said hell no to that one.
- ▶ 5:45 Stephen Lacey A few weeks ago, we had a show about Biden's green industrial strategy.
America’s green industrial strategy 2.0
- ▶ 0:07 Stephen Lacey So President Biden made an unsurprising but big announcement last week that he is running for a second term, and he will undoubtedly be talking up his legislative wins in supporting domestic industry. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:06 Stephen Lacey Here's Brian Dees, who's Biden's former top economic advisor, outlining the strategy in a speech in Cleveland last fall.
- ▶ 10:59 Stephen Lacey So, so Jigar, when, when, uh, the president gets up and makes a speech about bringing more domestic manufacturing here, what is different in terms of the outcome you think will happen
- ▶ 18:34 Sonia Aggarwal I think that Jigar's point is incredibly important here, because, ah, one of the first things that President Biden did when he, ah, came into office was to, ah, issue an executive order on America's supply chains, under which a bunch of…
- ▶ 25:55 Stephen Lacey And, uh, earlier this month, President Biden was at a Cummins factory in Minnesota where they're going to be producing electrolyzers for green hydrogen production.
- ▶ 50:48 Stephen Lacey Um, this has been a very, you know, serious conversation, but I want to liven it up a little bit and play a game that I call Biden or Bot. 6 times in the scene
A bank collapse threatens climate startups
- ▶ 25:58 Gabriel Kra And, and the reason we are is because, uh, the Fed and the FDIC, uh, working with President Biden, they did a pretty good job
A surprising history of gas stove pollution
- ▶ 21:35 Brady Seals So I think this, this sort of fear that people were going to come into your house or Joe Biden was going to come into your house and take the gas stove was just
The make-or-break moment for America’s energy transition
- ▶ 1:02 Stephen Lacey Biden said he didn't support a federal ban, but the story dominated the news cycle anyway.
- ▶ 7:16 Stephen Lacey Biden didn't get the half trillion dollars he asked for in his initial plan, Build Back Better, but the three hundred and seventy billion dollars from the IRA is a huge deal. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:49 Jigar Shah Bill went under, and Vice President Biden at the time was in charge of making sure everything happened exactly that it was.
Gas stations vs utilities: battle for the future of charging
- ▶ 1:00 Stephen Lacey Biden's infrastructure bill included seven and a half billion for building out those charging stations.
The Ike Dike: the biggest civil engineering project in US history
- ▶ 6:48 Alexandria Herr It's still waiting to go to Joe Biden's desk, but once it's fully authorized, then the hard part starts.
Should we eat bugs, farmed fish, or soy?
- ▶ 14:24 Michael Grunwald The Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden just signed does, in fact, have a little mention of promoting these feed additives, so hopefully seaweed will, will be available soon.
America is finally doing something big on climate
- ▶ 1:22 Stephen Lacey Just a few weeks ago, a massive piece of climate legislation looked like it was on the brink of ruin, potentially crippling President Biden's climate agenda. 2 times in the scene
Are Biden’s climate ambitions in Congress dead?
- ▶ 0:08 Stephen Lacey The hits to Joe Biden's climate ambitions keep on coming. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:05 unnamed speaker That are a key part of President Joe Biden's agenda.
- ▶ 5:30 Stephen Lacey The window of opportunity for legislation is nearly closed, and it could bring a painful end to Biden's stalled agenda.
- ▶ 5:50 Stephen Lacey You were on this show earlier in the year, and we talked about how Biden's signature legislative package, Build Back Better, fell apart, and it fell apart because West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who we're talking about, the…
- ▶ 13:13 Sam Ricketts There are clearly things the administration, uh, has been intending to do that they need to get a move on with, uh, using their existing authorities to confront climate pollution, to confront Americans' energy costs, to confront pollution… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:42 Stephen Lacey So, what does the president need to do to reinvigorate his climate agenda to the degree that executive action is inspiring? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:52 Stephen Lacey If this doesn't happen, and even if we lean into executive authority, how badly are we falling short of President Biden's greenhouse gas reduction goals? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:23 Stephen Lacey Joe Biden came into office riding high on his climate pledges. 4 times in the scene
How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?
- ▶ 2:14 News Reporter / Anchor The ruling is a loss for the Biden administration and will limit its ability to meet his climate goals.
- ▶ 5:00 Nina Farah What the DC Circuit ruling did was basically give the Biden administration a clean slate to start over and craft its own regulation.
- ▶ 11:12 Stephen Lacey President Obama and now President Biden have really relied on administrative action to try to implement their climate plans. 3 times in the scene
One weird trick to decarbonize your home
- ▶ 3:59 Stephen Lacey President Joe Biden has used the Defense Production Act, this law that gives him executive authority to marshal industrial resources for national security reasons, to support COVID vaccines, baby formula, and in early June, solar panels…
- ▶ 11:16 Stephen Lacey And the president himself says he'll use the Defense Production Act to ramp up heat pump production.
Catalyst: Will the bear market hurt clean energy?
- ▶ 4:52 Shayle Kann Oh, and she was the CFO of the Biden presidential campaign in 2020.
The battery recycling boom
- ▶ 8:51 Julian Spector Building more robust domestic supplies for our critical minerals, um, was a good idea, but, uh, seeing what happened to nickel prices, um, seeing the way global energy markets have been roiled by the Ukraine invasion has really drawn a…
The tension over Puerto Rico’s energy future
- ▶ 14:08 Stephen Lacey And the Biden administration is directing another twelve billion dollars toward modernizing the island's grid.
The obscure federal agency hindering climate legislation
- ▶ 2:46 Stephen Lacey It played out in a very real way at the end of last year, when Joe Biden's signature climate plan, Build Back Better, was up for debate.
- ▶ 3:31 Bret Baier Senator, you're at the center of this, uh, negotiation with the president over his social spending and tax bill, a bill, the Build Back Better bill that is not coming up, uh, in the Senate before the new year, in part, largely because of…
How one company could crush the US solar industry
- ▶ 5:00 Stephen Lacey And it's creating yet another headache for the Biden White House, which just can't catch a break on its climate agenda.
- ▶ 8:04 Eric Wesoff We've seen them enacted during the Obama administration, we've seen them during the Trump administration, and we've seen them continued under the Biden administration.
- ▶ 13:34 Stephen Lacey It's yet another threat to Biden's plans to grow the clean energy economy.
- ▶ 14:26 Stephen Lacey And this is putting the Biden administration in a very tough spot. 8 times in the scene
The ‘profound change’ from today’s energy crisis
- ▶ 20:33 Stephen Lacey There's a real serious consideration inside the Biden administration to use wartime powers to boost heat pump production and then to send those heat pumps over to Europe to for heating to reduce natural gas consumption.
A historic climate rule from America’s financial regulator
- ▶ 11:00 Kathleen Brophy And we're seeing that with the Biden administration.
- ▶ 11:08 Stephen Lacey When President Biden takes office, he indicates that disclosure is going to be an important part of his climate agenda, a broad base focused on the financial sector. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:15 unnamed speaker Well, Biden's regulatory octopus reaching into the SEC is, of course, waging war on fossil fuels. 5 times in the scene
Why ‘maladaptation’ is getting so much attention
- ▶ 12:32 Stephen Lacey The Biden administration has earmarked, you know, billions of dollars to help with adaptation efforts, and the hope was that under the Biden administration, we would see, you know, decades of 2 times in the scene
Russia’s war hits energy markets hard
- ▶ 2:27 Stephen Lacey Joe Biden is probably going to spend the coming months talking about increasing fossil fuel supply to moderate high prices at a point when he really wanted to talk about cutting it to address climate change. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:16 Stephen Lacey At the moment, right here in the U.S., it looks like a major distraction from President Biden's climate agenda.
The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California
- ▶ 14:46 Stephen Lacey The Biden team calls lithium supply a national security issue. 2 times in the scene
The risk of ‘unforced error’ in Hawaii’s coal transition
- ▶ 5:02 Julian Spector Now it's maybe a dozen states and even Congress, you know, Joe Biden pushing for a hundred percent clean electricity across the U.S.
Elon Musk is person of the year. What's his Tesla legacy?
- ▶ 1:46 Stephen Lacey Musk was there on screen, and he was asked whether Congress should pass Joe Biden's climate package.
Our oil addiction is worse than ever
- ▶ 1:34 Stephen Lacey And as world leaders gathered this month for climate talks in Scotland to discuss lowering fossil fuel use, there were calls to increase production of oil to stabilize prices, including from President Joe Biden. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:41 Stephen Lacey It's why President Joe Biden can talk boldly about America's plan to decarbonize electricity, but simultaneously call for OPEC countries to increase their oil supply.