This Week in Cleantech
Top five cleantech stories.
Fifteen minutes. Every week.
Fifteen minutes. Every week.
Featured Guests
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Ivan Penn
Energy Correspondent
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Justin Worland
Senior Correspondent
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Kelly Livingston
Reporter
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Jon Chesto
Business Reporter
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Maxine Joselow
Climate and Environmental Reporter
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Michael Grunwald
Author
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Claire Hao
Reporter
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Jack Ewing
Electric Vehicles Business Reporter
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Valerie Volcovici
Correspondent
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Camila Domonoske
Correspondent
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Tim De Chant
Senior Climate Reporter
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Jon Reed
Managing Editor
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Catherine Boudreau
Senior Sustainability Reporter
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Jeff Young
Environment and Sustainability Reporter
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Alexander Kaufman
Senior Reporter
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Quillian Robinson
Contributor
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Casey Crownhart
Senior Climate and Energy Reporter
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Nichola Groom
Correspondent
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Ivan Penn
Energy Correspondent
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Justin Worland
Senior Correspondent
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Kelly Livingston
Reporter
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Jon Chesto
Business Reporter
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Maxine Joselow
Climate and Environmental Reporter
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Michael Grunwald
Author
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Claire Hao
Reporter
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Jack Ewing
Electric Vehicles Business Reporter
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Valerie Volcovici
Correspondent
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Camila Domonoske
Correspondent
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Tim De Chant
Senior Climate Reporter
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Jon Reed
Managing Editor
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Catherine Boudreau
Senior Sustainability Reporter
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Jeff Young
Environment and Sustainability Reporter
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Alexander Kaufman
Senior Reporter
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Quillian Robinson
Contributor
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Casey Crownhart
Senior Climate and Energy Reporter
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Nichola Groom
Correspondent
March 23, 2026
Paul Gerke (00:05.624)Hey everybody and welcome back to a fresh edition of This Week in Cleantech, our 15-minute-ish roundup of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy every week.You’re listening to this on Friday, March 20th, 2026. We are deep in March Madness—I’ve got basketball games on all around me right now, Mike Casey.We’ve also got a returning guest in the lobby—Jennifer McDermott from the Associated Press will be joining us shortly.I’m Factor This content director Paul Gerke, joined as always by cleantech commentator Mike Casey of Tigercomm. Mike, how are ya?Mike Casey...
March 13, 2026
Paul Gerke (00:02.634) Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of This Week in Cleantech, your favorite 15-minute roundup with some of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy each week. Today, if you're keeping score at home, is Friday, March 13th, 2026. We have a special guest in waiting—Chuck McCutcheon from Axios will be joining the program shortly. If you don't know me by now, I'm Factor This content director Paul Gerke, joined as always by cleantech commentator Mike Casey of Tigercomm. Mike, how are we? Mike Casey (00:28.005) We are fine, and I am fine. And I want to give two...
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March 6, 2026
Paul Gerke (00:02.078) Hey everybody, time must fly when we're having fun because it's already time for a fresh edition of This Week in Cleantech, your favorite 15-minute-ish roundup with the biggest stories in climate and clean energy every week. Today is Friday, March 6th, 2026. We've got a returning guest in the lobby—Evan Halper from the Washington Post will be joining us shortly. Always great to have a familiar face on the program. If you don't know mine by now, I'm Factor This content director Paul Gerke, joined as always by cleantech commentator—and the real brains behind this show, I...
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February 27, 2026
Paul Gerke (00:00.912) Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of This Week in Cleantech. Another day, another dollar, another Friday, another 15-minute-ish roundup of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy every week. This is being recorded for Friday, February 27th, 2026. We’re recording it on a Thursday in case anything crazy happens in the interim—don’t blame us. If you don’t know my face and voice by now, I’m Factor This content director Paul Gerke, joined as always by cleantech commentator Mike Casey of Tigercomm. We also have a recurring guest on the show—I think it lends...
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February 20, 2026
Paul Gerke (00:01.784) It says it’s recording now. I think we’re good, Brian. All right, here we go. Three, two. Hey everybody, and welcome to another edition of This Week in Cleantech, your favorite 15-minute roundup of some of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy each week. If you’re keeping score at home—which I hope you are, have a calendar of some capacity—it’s Friday, February 20th, 2026. We’ve got a first-time guest on the show today—Arcelia Martin from Inside Climate News is waiting in our digital lobby. I’m Factor This content director Paul Gerke, joined as always by...
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