Episodes
Six years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
49 episodes in 2023
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54m The storylines of the energy transition in 2023
In this 2023 year-in-review episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and expert panelists Catherine Hamilton, Maria Gallucci, and Jeff St. John evaluate the defining breakthroughs, mar…
22 statements 8 featured 15 assessments
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49m LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’
Host Stephen Lacey and expert guests Bill McKibben, Jeremy Symons, and Nicole Pollack examine the rapid rise of U.S. LNG exports, exposing how massive lifecycle methane emissions, outdated f…
22 statements 8 featured 20 assessments
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53m Making sense of advanced nuclear’s stumbles
In this episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and energy experts Eric Wesoff and Laura Pierpoint analyze the economic, regulatory, and supply chain hurdles facing the advanced nucle…
22 statements 6 featured 12 assessments
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1h 1m How to triple renewables by 2030
Host Stephen Lacey, co-host Catherine Hamilton, and infrastructure investor Shalini Ramanathan examine the feasibility of tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030, analyzing financi…
11 statements 5 featured 9 assessments 1 contradicted
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58m AI in the real world: Solar forecasting, EVs, and virtual power plants
This episode examines how machine learning and artificial intelligence are transforming the power sector, from dramatically improving solar and weather forecasting to orchestrating distribut…
22 statements 6 featured 10 assessments 2 contradicted
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18m The future of the ‘broken’ grid [partner content]
Intersect Power CEO Sheldon Kimber explains why structural and regulatory gridlock prevents traditional expansion of the U.S. power grid, outlining a strategic pivot where heavy industrial l…
11 statements 3 featured 1 assessments
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33m For Microsoft, AI is an ‘unlock’ for decarbonization
Recorded live at Transition AI New York, Microsoft's Hannah Green joins Stephen Lacey to explore how generative AI, cloud-native DERMS, and modern data architectures can accelerate electric …
8 statements 5 featured 1 assessments 1 contradicted
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51m Inflation plagues clean energy. How bad is it?
In this episode of 'The Carbon Copy,' host Stephen Lacey and an expert panel examine how inflation, interest rate hikes, and supply chain bottlenecks are straining clean energy projects—espe…
24 statements 8 featured 16 assessments
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45m Tackling the tough stuff: steel, cement, and chemicals
Canary Media journalists examine the breakthrough technologies, economic realities, and policy mechanisms driving decarbonization across the heaviest industrial sectors, including steel, cem…
16 statements 4 featured 14 assessments
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56m Investors riff on the new era for climate investing
At a live Canary Media event in Berkeley, climate investors and a US Department of Energy official analyze how historic federal legislation, mature growth capital, and commercial deployment …
20 statements 6 featured 7 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 4m Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
Recorded live at Canary Live Bay Area, this episode examines whether California can overcome severe grid interconnection bottlenecks, contentious rooftop solar policy battles, and labor cons…
26 statements 8 featured 18 assessments 2 contradicted
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45m Why electric cars are driving the auto strikes
In this episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and co-hosts Maria Gallucci and Catherine Hamilton examine how the clean energy transition is disrupting the automotive sector through …
8 statements 3 featured 7 assessments
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1h 3m New frontiers of clean energy emerge
Journalists from Canary Media and Latitude Media convene for a roundtable discussion on the emerging frontiers of clean energy, analyzing commercial liftoff for long-duration energy storage,…
19 statements 5 featured 13 assessments
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19m Inflation headwinds for offshore wind
This episode of The Carbon Copy explores how post-pandemic inflation, rising interest rates, and supply chain bottlenecks are challenging offshore wind developments in the United States and …
8 statements 3 featured 4 assessments
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23m As debate over carbon removal swirls, America steps up funding
Host Stephen Lacey and carbon management expert Savvy Bowman unpack the international debate surrounding carbon dioxide removal, exploring its technological mechanics and highlighting how ma…
12 statements 4 featured 7 assessments
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20m America’s next-generation mining future [partner content]
Pat Risner, president of South32’s Hermosa Project, outlines how next-generation mining practices, advanced automation, and low-impact environmental engineering in Arizona are establishing a…
12 statements 5 featured 9 assessments 1 contradicted
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53m America’s historic climate law, one year on
Host Stephen Lacey and Canary Media journalists Maria Gallucci, Jeff St. John, and Julian Spector evaluate the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, analyzing its sweeping imp…
16 statements 4 featured 12 assessments
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20m The high stakes debate over green hydrogen
Host Stephen Lacey and BloombergNEF analyst Adi Basham analyze the high-stakes regulatory debate surrounding the Inflation Reduction Act's clean hydrogen tax credits, examining the balance b…
22 statements 6 featured 13 assessments
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28m A surprise benefit of rooftop solar in New England
Host Stephen Lacey and reporter Ben Storrow examine how behind-the-meter rooftop solar unexpectedly solved New England's winter grid reliability dilemmas, comparing these findings to Texas's…
18 statements 5 featured 11 assessments 1 contradicted
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50m What’s the next big trend in clean energy?
In this episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey features a live discussion between David Roberts and Ramez Naam on the economic inflection points, technological wildcards, and permitt…
22 statements 12 featured 7 assessments
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39m A groundbreaking battery nears industrial scale
Host Stephen Lacey speaks with Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo and CorePower CEO Lindsay Gorrill to explore how multi-day iron-air batteries and domestic gigafactories are scaling up to revi…
19 statements 6 featured 8 assessments
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35m A new narrative series on the origins of Europe's energy crisis
Hosted by Dr. Melissa Lott, this documentary episode investigates how decades of postwar economic policies in Germany and Poland created deep European reliance on Russian fossil fuels, culmi…
15 statements 5 featured 11 assessments 1 contradicted
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52m Will poor data hold back the potential of AI on the grid?
Recorded at the Transition AI conference, this episode examines how data quality, ethical governance, and edge computing will determine the success of artificial intelligence in managing the…
15 statements 5 featured 3 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 4m How AI is being used in energy, right now
Recorded at the Transition AI conference, this episode of The Carbon Copy investigates the practical applications and operational challenges of artificial intelligence across power grids and…
13 statements 5 featured 4 assessments
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24m The fall of a battery maker still haunts America
Host Stephen Lacey and automotive journalist Gabrielle Coppola examine the rise, collapse, and foreign acquisition of battery manufacturer A123 Systems to derive essential industrial policy …
12 statements 3 featured 8 assessments
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26m Why Texas Republicans are trying to crush wind and solar
Host Stephen Lacey and Houston Chronicle columnist Chris Tomlinson analyze the political and legislative backlash against wind and solar in Texas. They examine the disinformation campaigns, …
18 statements 4 featured 13 assessments 3 contradicted
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21m EVs are a catalyst for broader electrification [partner content]
Annette Clayton, CEO of Schneider Electric North America, discusses how electric vehicle adoption serves as the primary catalyst for a broader, digital, and decentralized energy transition a…
9 statements 4 featured 4 assessments
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32m Degrees: The fastest electric vehicle fleet makeover in the West
This episode of 'Degrees' explores how sustainability leader Gilbert Bluefeather Rosas spearheaded record-breaking electric school bus transitions in California, demonstrating how local init…
13 statements 5 featured 11 assessments 2 contradicted
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21m How will we power all those green factories?
Host Stephen Lacey and clean infrastructure investor Shalini Ramanathan analyze the unprecedented boom in domestic clean tech manufacturing and evaluate the power siting, grid contracting, a…
12 statements 4 featured 4 assessments
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1h 0m Live: Is advanced nuclear ready for liftoff?
Recorded live at the Nuclear Energy Assembly, host Stephen Lacey leads an in-depth panel with DOE Loan Programs Office Director Jigar Shah and clean energy experts to assess whether advanced…
12 statements 4 featured 6 assessments
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29m The Big Switch: California’s climate czar on banning gas cars
In this episode of The Big Switch, host Dr. Melissa Lott speaks with former CARB chair Mary Nichols about California's historic 2035 ban on new gas-powered cars. Nichols details the regulato…
13 statements 5 featured 8 assessments 2 contradicted
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54m America’s green industrial strategy 2.0
Recorded live at the Prelude Ventures Climate Summit, this episode of The Carbon Copy convenes leading energy and policy experts to analyze the mechanics, successes, and challenges of Americ…
19 statements 6 featured 13 assessments
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15m Creating the ‘energy capitals’ of a decarbonized grid [partner content]
National Grid Ventures President Will Hazlip discusses the transformation of New York's energy landscape, detailing plans to repurpose retiring peaker plants into clean energy hubs. The conv…
9 statements 4 featured 3 assessments 1 contradicted
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31m Will America’s commercial kitchens go electric?
Veteran science journalist Miles O'Brien and Chef Chris Galarza join Stephen Lacey to explore the decarbonization of commercial kitchens through induction technology while reflecting on the …
16 statements 5 featured 7 assessments
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28m From Drilled: The Boom
This episode of the investigative podcast Drilled examines ExxonMobil's massive offshore oil discovery in Guyana, tracking how local journalists and citizens confront corporate power, politi…
8 statements 3 featured 5 assessments 1 contradicted
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55m Live: How AI could supercharge climate tech
Recorded live at Greentown Labs, host Stephen Lacey and an expert panel examine how artificial intelligence and digital technologies can realistically accelerate clean energy deployment whil…
15 statements 5 featured 3 assessments
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33m What’s driving a surge in renewables opposition?
In this episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and investigative journalists expose the coordinated forces stifling the US renewable energy transition, from viral social media disinf…
19 statements 4 featured 17 assessments
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26m Live: The most ambitious city energy transition in America
In this live podcast recorded at Intersolar North America, host Stephen Lacey interviews LADWP General Manager and Chief Engineer Marty Adams about the technical, financial, and equitable st…
20 statements 8 featured 13 assessments
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28m A bank collapse threatens climate startups
This episode of The Carbon Copy investigates the dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and examines its profound near-term panic and long-term financing ramifications for the climate tech…
17 statements 7 featured 7 assessments
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22m A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
In this investigative episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and Time reporter Alejandro de la Garza examine Make Sunsets, an amateur startup conducting unauthorized solar geoenginee…
15 statements 3 featured 6 assessments 1 contradicted
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48m Introducing Discarded: Episode 1, David vs. Goliath
The premiere episode of Lemonada Media's 'Discarded' investigates Louisiana's Cancer Alley, spotlighting Sharon Lavigne's grassroots battle through Rise St. James to halt Formosa Plastics' m…
13 statements 6 featured 11 assessments
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48m Are oil & gas majors abandoning clean energy?
In this episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and co-hosts Jigar Shah and Katherine Hamilton analyze why oil and gas supermajors are scaling back climate targets to operate as cash …
24 statements 6 featured 12 assessments 4 contradicted
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23m Stunning new data on coal vs renewables
Host Stephen Lacey and Energy Innovation's Michael Boyle discuss research showing that 99% of US coal plants are now more expensive to run than building new renewables, examining the financi…
13 statements 4 featured 10 assessments
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23m A surprising history of gas stove pollution
Host Stephen Lacey and RMI researcher Brady Seals examine the science, politics, and health risks surrounding gas stoves, exploring how decades of research on indoor air pollution collided w…
16 statements 5 featured 14 assessments
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25m A new catalyst for the smart home: electrify everything
In this episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and Canary Media reporter Julian Spector examine how building electrification and virtual power plants are transforming smart homes fro…
12 statements 4 featured 7 assessments
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18m The greasy truth behind sustainable aviation fuels
This episode of The Carbon Copy examines how waste restaurant grease is refined into sustainable aviation fuel, exposing the severe feedstock supply limits, lifecycle emissions complexities,…
9 statements 4 featured 8 assessments
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25m The autonomous car bubble has popped
Host Stephen Lacey and automotive journalist Ed Niedermeyer examine the collapse of the autonomous vehicle hype bubble, analyzing why multi-billion-dollar bets like Argo AI failed. They expl…
14 statements 4 featured 7 assessments 1 contradicted
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37m The make-or-break moment for America’s energy transition
Host Stephen Lacey reunites with clean energy leaders Jigar Shah and Katherine Hamilton to examine the logistical, regulatory, and workforce challenges of executing the Inflation Reduction A…
14 statements 4 featured 7 assessments
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25m The great electrician shortage
This episode investigates the critical shortage of licensed electricians threatening the United States' clean energy transition, examining the educational bottlenecks, contractor training co…
14 statements 4 featured 7 assessments 1 contradicted