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                            | Episode | Date | 
|---|---|
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                                                        Power Struggles: From DC to Beijing
                                                     | Oct 20, 2025 | 
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                                                        US vs China: Who's Winning the Energy Race?
                                                     | Sep 22, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Shutdowns and Shakeups: What's at Stake for US Energy
                                                     | Sep 08, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        What an 'Unapologetic Focus' on US Competitiveness Means for Climate Action
                                                     | Jul 28, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        The Big Bill Got Done. Now What?
                                                     | Jul 14, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        The Grid's 'All Hands on Deck' Moment
                                                     | Jun 26, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        BRB, Processing Senate Text
                                                     | Jun 17, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Unpacking Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda
                                                     | Jun 02, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Reconciliation Revs Up
                                                     | May 19, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        In recess, back soon!
                                                     | Apr 09, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Unpacking the EPA’s aggressive moves on energy and climate
                                                     | Mar 17, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Live from Winterfest: Rich Powell and Travis Kavulla talk GOP energy priorities
                                                     | Mar 03, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        High turbulence: What Trump’s first moves mean for clean energy
                                                     | Feb 10, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Fire-killing robots and executive orders galore
                                                     | Jan 24, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Will Biden’s 11th-hour climate strategy have lasting impact?
                                                     | Jan 13, 2025 | 
| 
                                                        Neil Chatterjee: “Make energy policy boring again!”
                                                     | Dec 20, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        A grab bag of climate conundrums: COP’s waning influence, Gov. Newsom’s Tesla troll, and more
                                                     | Dec 09, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman: What's next for permitting, geothermal, and the IRA?
                                                     | Nov 25, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Trump won. Now what?
                                                     | Nov 08, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Election showdown: Down-ballot drama, closing arguments, and more
                                                     | Oct 28, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Chips Ahoy: Unpacking the politics of microchip deregulation
                                                     | Oct 11, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Can Congress pull off a NEPA overhaul?
                                                     | Sep 27, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        DNC dispatches: Navigating America’s skyrocketing energy demand
                                                     | Sep 06, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        DNC dispatches: It’s the climate economy, stupid!
                                                     | Aug 30, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        John Podesta Celebrates the IRA for “Catalyzing a Clean Energy Boom”
                                                     | Aug 16, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        RNC dispatches: The fate of the IRA
                                                     | Aug 02, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        RNC dispatches: The GOP’s nascent climate pivot
                                                     | Jul 29, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Rep. Scott Peters on our “old, small and dumb” grid
                                                     | Jul 19, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Making sense of nuclear’s resurgence
                                                     | Jul 09, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Republican Garret Graves’ data-driven approach to the climate crisis
                                                     | Jun 21, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        The politics of carbon removal heat up
                                                     | Jun 07, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Biden’s Chinese EV and solar tariffs: Big boost or hot air?
                                                     | May 24, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Biden’s permitting plan: silver bullet or more red tape?
                                                     | May 10, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Taking stock of IRA wins and political threats
                                                     | Apr 25, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        Political Climate is back!
                                                     | Apr 12, 2024 | 
| 
                                                        The Most Pivotal Years for Climate Policy
                                                     | Dec 19, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Retooling Old, Polluting Infrastructure for the Clean Economy
                                                     | Dec 01, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        What a Divided Government Means for Climate Policy
                                                     | Nov 18, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        How Voting Rights and Redistricting Shape Climate Policy
                                                     | Nov 03, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Clean Energy Gatekeepers You’ve Never Heard Of
                                                     | Oct 27, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        What's Shaping the 2022 Midterms?
                                                     | Oct 13, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        How Clean Energy Can Strengthen Democracies
                                                     | Sep 29, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Newsflash: Private Sector Reactions to the Inflation Reduction Act
                                                     | Sep 22, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Feeling the Heat, California Amps Up Climate Action
                                                     | Sep 16, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Newsflash: Going Electric? The New Climate Law Can Help
                                                     | Aug 24, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        A New Era for US Energy Innovation
                                                     | Aug 18, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        The Inflation Reduction Act Roller Coaster
                                                     | Aug 11, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Rebooting America's Nuclear Supply Chain
                                                     | Jul 28, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Newsflash: A Powerful Way to Expand Solar Access
                                                     | Jul 20, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        What Comes After the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling?
                                                     | Jul 07, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Building the Arsenal of Clean Energy
                                                     | Jun 23, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Newsflash: What to Do With Clean Energy Waste?
                                                     | Jun 16, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        America's Clean Hydrogen Economy Gets a Jumpstart
                                                     | Jun 09, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Newsflash: EPA’s ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Opportunity
                                                     | May 26, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Is EV Adoption Turning a Corner?
                                                     | May 19, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        How to Boost American-Made Clean Energy
                                                     | May 05, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Rolling Out Historic Infrastructure Funding
                                                     | Apr 21, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Are Paris Climate Goals Still Within Reach?
                                                     | Apr 07, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Mineral Security and Implications for the Energy Transition
                                                     | Mar 24, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Russia's War Reshapes the Energy Transition
                                                     | Mar 10, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        How to Elect State Leaders on Climate
                                                     | Feb 24, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Senator Padilla on Climate, Equity & Partisanship
                                                     | Feb 10, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Biden's Climate Record, One Year In
                                                     | Jan 27, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Unpacking Newsom’s Bold $22B Climate Plan in the California Budget
                                                     | Jan 13, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        How States Powered Climate Policy in 2021
                                                     | Jan 06, 2022 | 
| 
                                                        Build Back Never? And Tackling Methane Emissions
                                                     | Dec 23, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        Amy Harder on Trends and Challenges in Getting to Net Zero
                                                     | Dec 09, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        10 Climate Stats You Need for Holiday Season
                                                     | Nov 24, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        COP26: Mobilizing Trillions in Climate Finance
                                                     | Nov 12, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        Is American Offshore Wind Becoming a Reality?
                                                     | Oct 28, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        David Roberts, Part 2: Winning Political Messages
                                                     | Oct 21, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        David Roberts, Part 1: Glimmers of Climate Optimism
                                                     | Oct 14, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        Big Climate Policies Hang in Limbo
                                                     | Sep 30, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        Senator Heinrich Is Not Compromising on Climate
                                                     | Sep 16, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        Crunch Time for Congress on Climate and Energy
                                                     | Sep 02, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        Political Climate Will Be Back!
                                                     | Aug 27, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        The Current Political Climate
                                                     | Jan 15, 2021 | 
| 
                                                        A Blueprint for American Climate Action and a Modern Clean Energy Economy
                                                     | Dec 31, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Saul Griffith on Mobilizing America to Fight Climate Change and Win the Future
                                                     | Dec 23, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: How Climate Fintech Is Disrupting Traditional Finance
                                                     | Dec 14, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        How the Energy Transition Accelerated in a Turbulent Year
                                                     | Dec 10, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: New York's Divest/Invest Commitments
                                                     | Dec 08, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Neil Chatterjee on FERC’s Role in Enabling the Energy Transition
                                                     | Dec 03, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: Why 2020 Could Be a Tipping Point for Fossil Fuels
                                                     | Dec 01, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Why America Needs a Climate-Resilient Recovery
                                                     | Nov 26, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: Oil Companies Under Pressure
                                                     | Nov 23, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Generation Green New Deal: The Pelosi Sit-In
                                                     | Nov 19, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: Greening the Banks
                                                     | Nov 16, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Biden's Climate Mandate
                                                     | Nov 12, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        What the Election Results (so far) Mean for Climate and Energy
                                                     | Nov 06, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        What to Watch for After Election Day
                                                     | Oct 29, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Environmental Voter Turnout and Tipping the Scales
                                                     | Oct 22, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        How a Group of Billionaire Donors Want to Reshape US Politics
                                                     | Oct 15, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Electing Climate Candidates
                                                     | Oct 08, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        'Crystal Clean': Takeaways From the Presidential Debate
                                                     | Oct 01, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        How to Reboot the US Clean Energy Industry
                                                     | Sep 24, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: A Dire Warning for Financial Markets
                                                     | Sep 22, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        What Conservative Climate Activists Want
                                                     | Sep 17, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: Dark Money and Political Influence
                                                     | Sep 15, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: How Financial Regulators Can Protect Against Climate Risk
                                                     | Sep 07, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Is There a Role for Oil and Gas in a Green Recovery?
                                                     | Sep 03, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: ‘Not Your Grandpa’s Divestment Anymore’
                                                     | Aug 31, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Crafting California's Recovery Amid the Pandemic, Heatwave and Wildfires
                                                     | Aug 27, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: Origins of the Divest/Invest Movement
                                                     | Aug 24, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DITCHED: Fossil fuels, money flows and the greening of finance
                                                     | Aug 21, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Turning Texas Green (And Blue Too?)
                                                     | Aug 20, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Tony Seba On Rethinking Disruption and the Future of Humanity
                                                     | Aug 07, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Relief, Rescue, Rebuild: The Case for a Sustainable Recovery
                                                     | Jul 30, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        John Podesta on Fighting Climate Change and How to Win
                                                     | Jul 23, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Bonus: Charting a Sustainable Recovery
                                                     | Jul 18, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        How Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Stacks Up
                                                     | Jul 15, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Beginning of the End for New Oil and Gas Pipelines?
                                                     | Jul 09, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        The Path to a Net-Zero Economy: Where Do We Stand?
                                                     | Jul 02, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Saving the Planet for Sports and Craft Beer
                                                     | Jun 25, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        How Lyft Will Achieve 100% Electric Vehicles by 2030
                                                     | Jun 17, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Protests, Pollution, Pandemics and Solutions
                                                     | Jun 11, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        The Left Unites Around a Justice-Centered Climate Platform
                                                     | Jun 04, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        How to Jump-Start a Stalled Electric Vehicle Market
                                                     | May 28, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        'Need for Speed': Why Solving Climate Change Is About More Than CO2
                                                     | May 21, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        EU Ambassador: 'Green Growth Will Be the Key' to Europe’s Recovery
                                                     | May 14, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Julian Brave NoiseCat on Using Data for Climate Action
                                                     | May 07, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Fighting Energy Injustice and Coronavirus in African American Communities
                                                     | Apr 30, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        John Kerry: 'I Am Optimistic' but 'Angry' This Earth Day
                                                     | Apr 23, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Averting a Clean Energy Recession
                                                     | Apr 16, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Coronavirus and Clean Energy Investment: Four Expert Perspectives
                                                     | Apr 09, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Does Climate Change Still Matter in a Pandemic?
                                                     | Apr 02, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Aligning Labor and Climate in a Changing Economy
                                                     | Mar 26, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        What COVID-19 and Climate Change Have in Common
                                                     | Mar 19, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        What the Oil Price War Means for Cleantech
                                                     | Mar 12, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        The Winners: Super Tuesday and Decarb Madness Results
                                                     | Mar 06, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Decarb Madness! The Policy Bracket Competition
                                                     | Feb 27, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        DOE Renewables Chief on the Geopolitics of Cleantech
                                                     | Feb 21, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        How Climate’s Playing in the Democratic Primary
                                                     | Feb 13, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Iowa and What 'Innovation' Means to Republicans
                                                     | Feb 06, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        What Do We Need in Our Climate Toolkit?
                                                     | Jan 30, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        The Urgency of Reaching Net Zero
                                                     | Jan 23, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Why Arnold Schwarzenegger Backs Greta Thunberg and Bipartisanship
                                                     | Jan 16, 2020 | 
| 
                                                        Bonus: Full Interview With Emily Atkin of HEATED
                                                     | Dec 31, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        David Roberts on 'Radical' Climate Action and Political Tribalism
                                                     | Dec 19, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Where's the Action? COP25, Capitol Hill, and Insights From Sen. Ayotte
                                                     | Dec 12, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Big Oil on Trial
                                                     | Dec 05, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        'Say Something Nice' — Thanksgiving Edition!
                                                     | Nov 28, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Rep. Paul Tonko on the Landmark 100% Clean Economy Act
                                                     | Nov 22, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        One Year Out: Polls, Election Results and News 'Confetti'
                                                     | Nov 14, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Rep. Sean Casten on the New Democrat Path to Fighting Climate Change 
                                                     | Nov 08, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        A Climate Policy Firestorm in California
                                                     | Nov 01, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Can Cities Save Us?
                                                     | Oct 24, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Burning Political Questions on the California Wildfires
                                                     | Oct 17, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Introducing Climate 2020
                                                     | Oct 10, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Climate Strikes, the UN Summit and What They Mean for US Politics
                                                     | Oct 04, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        How States Are Leading the Way on Climate Policy
                                                     | Sep 28, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Youth v. Climate Crisis
                                                     | Sep 18, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        What Conservatives and Climate Hawks Learned From the CNN Town Hall
                                                     | Sep 11, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        How 2020 Presidential Candidates Stack Up on Climate (So Far)
                                                     | Aug 30, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Harry Reid on Why Democrats Need to End the Filibuster
                                                     | Aug 23, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Astronaut Scott Kelly: "What Are We Doing to This Planet?"
                                                     | Aug 16, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Climate Sees Some Legitimate Debate. Did Anyone Care?
                                                     | Aug 08, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        The Environmental Voter Problem
                                                     | Aug 01, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Tom Steyer on Why He's Running for President
                                                     | Jul 27, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Climate Action or Climate Distraction?
                                                     | Jul 20, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Candidates and Climate in the First Democratic Debates
                                                     | Jul 04, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        The Invisible Killer
                                                     | Jun 28, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Will Republicans Ever Really Embrace Climate Action?
                                                     | Jun 21, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        UN Chief Guterres: "The Status Quo Is a Suicide"
                                                     | Jun 07, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Greta Thunberg on the Climate Crisis, Schwarzenegger, and Schnitzel
                                                     | May 31, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        The Troubling Geopolitics of a Melting Arctic
                                                     | May 25, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Curbelo's Cancelled Climate Testimony and the 'Middle Ground'
                                                     | May 17, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Sunrise, Inslee, Paris and the Grim Reaper
                                                     | May 09, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Beto O'Rourke and Keeping Up With the Greens
                                                     | May 03, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Origins of the Green New Deal ... and Lil Dicky
                                                     | Apr 27, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Arnold Schwarzenegger on Terminating Pollution
                                                     | Apr 18, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        A New Era in Climate Politics
                                                     | Apr 08, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Back in Session Next Week
                                                     | Apr 03, 2019 | 
| 
                                                        Global Warming Solutions for a Polarized Political Climate
                                                     | Dec 11, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        The Sunrise Movement and a Blue Wave
                                                     | Nov 21, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Midterm Results: Was Climate a Winner?
                                                     | Nov 08, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        LIVE: A Green Wave Election?
                                                     | Oct 31, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        California’s Clean Air Czar on the Fight for Fuel Economy
                                                     | Oct 26, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        No Planet, No Politics
                                                     | Oct 15, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Finding (Politically Viable) Climate Solutions
                                                     | Oct 10, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        The Business Case for Carbon Pricing
                                                     | Oct 03, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        California's Quest for Deep Decarbonization
                                                     | Sep 19, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Taking 100% From 'Radical' to Reality
                                                     | Sep 05, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Senator Heinrich's 100% Clean Energy Vision
                                                     | Aug 21, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Too Alarmist? Not Alarmist Enough?
                                                     | Aug 17, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        LIVE: 'What's So Upsetting?'
                                                     | Aug 06, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Millennials Seek Bipartisan Action on Climate
                                                     | Jul 25, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Top EPA Official Talks Policy Post Pruitt
                                                     | Jul 11, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Fossil Fuel Dollars and Democrats
                                                     | Jun 20, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        The Hypocritical Politics of Gas Prices
                                                     | Jun 05, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        The 2018 Election Preview
                                                     | May 29, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        LIVE: 'The Only Way to Save Ourselves'
                                                     | May 04, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Winners and Losers in Trump's America
                                                     | Apr 27, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        Paul Ryan Bows Out, Scott Pruitt in Hot Water
                                                     | Apr 16, 2018 | 
| 
                                                        The Inaugural Episode 
                                                     | Apr 12, 2018 |