The origin of Tesla was rooted in two goals: electrify transportation to drive down emissions that are warming the planet;... more

This week, we have something a little different: a news quiz. We recently took the stage with four investors at the... more

This week, we have a drop-in episode from our new podcast at Latitude Media: Political Climate. Since the Inflation Reduction Act... more

AI is suddenly in use everywhere – and it’s headed for the power sector.  New research from Latitude Intelligence and Indigo... more

John O’Donnell co-founded and ran two solar thermal companies. He watched as the technology shifted from being the most promising... more

Mark Gurman has been covering Apple since 2009. His reporting career is full of scoops about new products or strategic... more

The US green hydrogen industry is at a critical juncture.  After months of input and debate, the government put out draft... more

There are many forces that could hold back AI in the power system: computing infrastructure, power availability, regulation, and corporate... more

Early in her career, Amanda Li worked on many deals in solar and storage as part of a billion-dollar sustainable... more

When Brian Janous took charge of Microsoft’s clean energy strategy in 2011, the company’s data center demand was modest. He... more

In the early 2000s, Steve Cotton ran a company serving the fast-growing data center industry with backup battery systems. And when... more

Can a couple trillion dollars feel small? Global investments in the energy transition – from the buildout of factories and power... more

If we want any chance of affordably and reliably building a grid powered 100% by zero-carbon resources, we need to... more

The storage market is full of surprises. Last year, global storage installations were a third higher than expected, driven mostly... more

As President Biden’s green industrial policies reignite the US manufacturing base, AI computing workloads soar, and machines across the economy... more

Artificial intelligence is quickly accelerating drug discovery, healthcare services, product design, and manufacturing efficiency. Now it's here for materials development... more

Turbulent. Equilibrating. Those are the words that investors Gabriel Kra and Carly Anderson use to describe the last year for... more

When the numbers for 2023 are finalized, there could be another 320 to 413 gigawatts of solar installed around the... more

The competing trends in the energy transition from 2023 were stark: a looming peak in demand for oil, gas, and... more

In less than a decade, America has become the world’s biggest exporter of liquified natural gas.  In the mid-2000s, the US... more

The nuclear industry is grappling with several issues: high interest rates, rising commodity prices, limited supply chains, fuel availability, and... more

It took 12 years to triple global renewables – and now we need to do it in eight years.  As the... more

Weather forecasts for the grid depend on supercomputers to calculate the flow of heat, water, and radiation in the atmosphere,... more

This is a partner podcast episode, brought to you by Intersect Power. The U.S. grid is in trouble. It's old; it's... more

Microsoft was an early mover in integrating OpenAI’s LLM into its Azure cloud services. And now every part of Microsoft’s... more

Wind, solar and batteries have seen steady, fairly predictable cost drops over the last two decades. But a combination of... more

The industrial sector is set to overtake power generation and transportation as the biggest source of planet warming emissions in... more

There are a lot of quarterly ups and downs in venture dollars deployed across climatetech. But the trend is generally... more

California is at a crossroads. The state has already installed nearly 1.8 million rooftop solar systems, 5 gigawatts of batteries,... more

Just as the auto industry resolves supply chain problems from the Covid pandemic, a new disruptive force has emerged: labor... more

Renewables and electric vehicles are on a tear, and they’ll soon likely attract $2 trillion in yearly investment. But global... more

In the last few months, three major projects in Europe and America have been delayed or canceled, thanks to rapidly... more

As the carbon dioxide removal industry grows, engineered solutions like direct-air capture are getting more attention. According to the IPCC, novel... more

This is a partner podcast episode, brought to you by South32. Pat Risner spent 25 years as an engineer, general manager,... more

A year after it was passed, the Inflation Reduction Act is already reshaping the energy and automotive industries in the... more

In August, the US government is set to issue standards for hydrogen tax credits. Over the last year, a debate... more

For years, rooftop solar was overlooked as a reliability solution in New England. But in a very sudden reversal, the... more

For decades, we have wildly underestimated the growth of renewables. Now that cost curves and deployments have exceeded all expectations,... more

Mateo Jaramillo is the co-founder and CEO of the long-duration storage company Form Energy.  Mateo has spent the last two decades... more

Putin’s assault on Ukraine triggered an energy crisis that sent Europe’s economies into a tailspin and put the European energy... more

Last week, we started the show with a simple question: what do we want from the artificial intelligence systems advancing... more

We are at the start of a commercial arms race in artificial intelligence that has thrilled some, and alarmed others.... more

As we evaluate the Biden team's approach to building back domestic manufacturing and climate-positive infrastructure, we keep coming back to... more

Republicans dominate every part of government in Texas. It's been that way for two decades. It also happens to be a... more

We are at an inflection point for electric vehicles. The mass adoption phase is underway in many countries, including America.... more

This week, we’re running a bonus episode from our friends at Environmental Defense Fund and their podcast Degrees: Real talk... more

In the nine months since the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law, $28 billion in new manufacturing investments have... more

Are you a utility or climate tech startup looking to understand how artificial intelligence will shape your company? Come to... more

Are you a utility or climate tech startup looking to understand how artificial intelligence will shape your company? Come to... more

Over the last two years, we’ve created the foundation for a green industrial awakening in America — thanks to the... more

The landscape for peaker power plants in New York is changing. Over the next two years, dozens of aging oil-... more

Around the US, cities are passing laws to phase fossil gas out of buildings. But the culinary industry is pushing... more

We're sharing an episode of a podcast we love, Drilled from our friends over at Critical Frequency. Four years ago,... more

Up until six months ago, artificial intelligence might not have squeaked into the top five areas of climate tech for... more

In five years, we've tripled the amount of solar capacity connected to America's grid. Wind capacity has grown 60% in... more

In 2021, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s supercomputer found that Los Angeles can hit 100% clean power within a decade... more

Silicon Valley Bank was a mid-sized bank that catered to entrepreneurs in the tech sector. The bank was an early... more

A few weeks ago, TIME Magazine staff writer Alejandro de la Garza found himself on the floor of a hotel... more

Discarded is a series from Lemonada Media. If you like The Carbon Copy, then we think you’re going to enjoy... more

Come watch a live episode of The Carbon Copy! Canary Media and Post Script Media are hosting a live event... more

Come watch a live episode of The Carbon Copy! Canary Media and Post Script Media are hosting a live event... more

For the last 12 years, coal generation in America has been in steady decline. In 2022, wind, solar, and hydro... more

Last month, new research showing that 12 percent of childhood asthma can be linked to gas stoves took over the... more

Visions for the energy-smart home of the future haven’t panned out.  In the mid-2000s, the internet-enabled consumer dashboard was going to... more

Canary media senior reporter Maria Gallucci recently took a pretty unconventional road trip – shadowing a truck driver as he... more

Five years ago, venture investors, tech companies and automakers were pouring tens of billions of dollars into driverless cars. Tesla,... more

America enters 2023 faced with two opposing realities: greenhouse gas emissions are going up, but the opportunity to slash those... more

To decarbonize our economy, we need to electrify everything. That means installing millions of heat pumps, EV chargers, electric water... more

This week, Stephen provides some end-of-year updates on the new focus of The Carbon Copy. We’ll be taking a pause until... more

This is the final week of our listener survey. Fill it out for a chance to win a $100 Patagonia... more