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Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIf You Care About Food, You Have to Care About LandFood is a huge climate problem. It’s responsible for somewhere between a quarter and a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but it concerns a much smaller share of global climate policy. And what policy does exist is often … pretty bad.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk with Michael Grunwald, the author of the new book We Are Eating the Earth. It’s a book about land as much as it’s a book about food — because no matter how much energy abundance we ultimately achieve, we’re stuck with the amoun...2025-06-251h 07Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIf You Care About Food, You Have to Care About LandFood is a huge climate problem. It’s responsible for somewhere between a quarter and a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but it concerns a much smaller share of global climate policy. And what policy does exist is often … pretty bad.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk with Michael Grunwald, the author of the new book We Are Eating the Earth. It’s a book about land as much as it’s a book about food — because no matter how much energy abundance we ultimately achieve, we’re stuck with the amoun...2025-06-251h 07Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Trump Has All But Halted Offshore WindDonald Trump’s second term has now entered its second month. His administration is doing much to slow down renewables, and everything it can to slow down offshore wind. Jael Holzman is a senior reporter at Heatmap and the author of our newsletter, “The Fight,” about local battles over renewable permitting around the country. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk to Jael about the bleak outlook for offshore wind, the use of presidential authority to impede energy development, and why solar has been spared — so far. Shift Key is hosted by Jesse Je...2025-03-1245 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Trump Has All But Halted Offshore WindDonald Trump’s second term has now entered its second month. His administration is doing much to slow down renewables, and everything it can to slow down offshore wind. Jael Holzman is a senior reporter at Heatmap and the author of our newsletter, “The Fight,” about local battles over renewable permitting around the country. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk to Jael about the bleak outlook for offshore wind, the use of presidential authority to impede energy development, and why solar has been spared — so far. Shift Key is hosted by Jesse Je...2025-03-1245 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Talk to Your Friendly Neighborhood Public Utility RegulatorThe most important energy regulators in the United States aren’t all in the federal government. Each state has its own public utility commission, a set of elected or appointed officials who regulate local power companies. This set of 200 individuals wield an enormous amount of power — they oversee 1% of U.S. GDP — but they’re often outmatched by local utility lobbyists and overlooked in discussions from climate advocates. Charles Hua wants to change that. He is the founder and executive director of PowerLines, a new nonprofit engaging with America’s public utility commissions about how to deliver eco...2025-02-191h 08Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Talk to Your Friendly Neighborhood Public Utility RegulatorThe most important energy regulators in the United States aren’t all in the federal government. Each state has its own public utility commission, a set of elected or appointed officials who regulate local power companies. This set of 200 individuals wield an enormous amount of power — they oversee 1% of U.S. GDP — but they’re often outmatched by local utility lobbyists and overlooked in discussions from climate advocates. Charles Hua wants to change that. He is the founder and executive director of PowerLines, a new nonprofit engaging with America’s public utility commissions about how to deliver eco...2025-02-191h 08Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat Senator Brian Schatz Wants Climate Advocates to KnowThe first few weeks of the new Trump administration have seen an onslaught of anti-climate actions: an order punishing the wind industry, an attempted reversal of the Environmental Protection Administration’s climate authority, and a brazen — and possibly unconstitutional — attempt to freeze all spending under Biden’s climate laws. Democrats’ climate legacy seems to be under assault. How will they respond? Senator Brian Schatz has represented Hawaii in the U.S. Senate since 2010. He is the chief deputy whip for the Democratic Party. A self-described climate hawk, he helped shape what became the Inflation Reduction Act, and he has...2025-02-121h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat Senator Brian Schatz Wants Climate Advocates to KnowThe first few weeks of the new Trump administration have seen an onslaught of anti-climate actions: an order punishing the wind industry, an attempted reversal of the Environmental Protection Administration’s climate authority, and a brazen — and possibly unconstitutional — attempt to freeze all spending under Biden’s climate laws. Democrats’ climate legacy seems to be under assault. How will they respond? Senator Brian Schatz has represented Hawaii in the U.S. Senate since 2010. He is the chief deputy whip for the Democratic Party. A self-described climate hawk, he helped shape what became the Inflation Reduction Act, and he has...2025-02-121h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe U.S. Auto Industry Wasn’t Built for TariffsOver the past 30 years, the U.S. automaking industry has transformed how it builds cars and trucks, constructing a continent-sized network of factories, machine shops, and warehouses that some call “Factory North America.” President Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports will disrupt and transform those supply chains. What will that mean for the automaking industry and the transition to EVs?Ellen Hughes-Cromwick is the former chief economist at Ford Motor Company, where she worked from 1996 to 2014, as well as the former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She is now a seni...2025-02-051h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe U.S. Auto Industry Wasn’t Built for TariffsOver the past 30 years, the U.S. automaking industry has transformed how it builds cars and trucks, constructing a continent-sized network of factories, machine shops, and warehouses that some call “Factory North America.” President Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports will disrupt and transform those supply chains. What will that mean for the automaking industry and the transition to EVs?Ellen Hughes-Cromwick is the former chief economist at Ford Motor Company, where she worked from 1996 to 2014, as well as the former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She is now a seni...2025-02-051h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Trump Could Dent EVs in AmericaIt’s been a news-filled few weeks — so it’s time for a roundup. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk about what Trump’s cabinet selections might mean for his climate policy and whether permitting reform could still happen. Then Rob chats with Corey Cantor, senior EV analyst at BloombergNEF, about promising Q3 sales for U.S. automakers, General Motors’ turnaround, and how much the Trump administration might dent America’s EV uptake. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap, and Jesse Jenkins, a professor of en...2024-11-271h 05Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Trump Could Dent EVs in AmericaIt’s been a news-filled few weeks — so it’s time for a roundup. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk about what Trump’s cabinet selections might mean for his climate policy and whether permitting reform could still happen. Then Rob chats with Corey Cantor, senior EV analyst at BloombergNEF, about promising Q3 sales for U.S. automakers, General Motors’ turnaround, and how much the Trump administration might dent America’s EV uptake. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap, and Jesse Jenkins, a professor of en...2024-11-271h 05Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsTrump, China, and Climate Change: What Happens Next?The rollbacks are coming. Donald Trump’s incoming administration is expected to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, weaken the Environmental Protection Agency’s rules for power plants and tailpipe pollution, and — potentially — rewrite or repeal big swaths of the Inflation Reduction Act. Each of those actions would seem to provide an opening for the world’s No. 1 polluter — China — to assert global leadership and zip ahead in the next generation of clean energy technology.How will it respond? On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse chat with Jeremy Wallace, the A. D...2024-11-131h 04Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsTrump, China, and Climate Change: What Happens Next?The rollbacks are coming. Donald Trump’s incoming administration is expected to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, weaken the Environmental Protection Agency’s rules for power plants and tailpipe pollution, and — potentially — rewrite or repeal big swaths of the Inflation Reduction Act. Each of those actions would seem to provide an opening for the world’s No. 1 polluter — China — to assert global leadership and zip ahead in the next generation of clean energy technology.How will it respond? On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse chat with Jeremy Wallace, the A. D...2024-11-131h 04Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Inflation Reduction Act Is About to Be TestedLast night, Donald Trump secured a second term in the White House. He campaigned on an aggressively pro-fossil -fuel agenda, promising to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden’s landmark 2022 climate law, and roll back Environmental Protection Agency rules governing power plant and car and truck pollution.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob pick through the results of the election and try to figure out where climate advocates go from here. What will Trump 2.0 mean for the federal government’s climate policy? Did climate policies notch any wins at the state level...2024-11-0645 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Inflation Reduction Act Is About to Be TestedLast night, Donald Trump secured a second term in the White House. He campaigned on an aggressively pro-fossil -fuel agenda, promising to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden’s landmark 2022 climate law, and roll back Environmental Protection Agency rules governing power plant and car and truck pollution.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob pick through the results of the election and try to figure out where climate advocates go from here. What will Trump 2.0 mean for the federal government’s climate policy? Did climate policies notch any wins at the state level...2024-11-0645 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsAre Democrats the Party of Nuclear Now?Over the past two months, the country’s biggest tech companies have announced a flurry of deals with advanced and conventional nuclear companies. At the same time, Democratic candidates running for federal office — including Kamala Harris and a handful of Senate candidates — have touted their support of building new nuclear power plants. Has nuclear’s moment finally arrived?On this week’s episode of Shift Key, we have Josh Freed, the senior vice president of Third Way’s climate and energy program, discussing why nuclear might be about to boom, why Democrats are embracing nuclear, and whether a Tr...2024-10-231h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsAre Democrats the Party of Nuclear Now?Over the past two months, the country’s biggest tech companies have announced a flurry of deals with advanced and conventional nuclear companies. At the same time, Democratic candidates running for federal office — including Kamala Harris and a handful of Senate candidates — have touted their support of building new nuclear power plants. Has nuclear’s moment finally arrived?On this week’s episode of Shift Key, we have Josh Freed, the senior vice president of Third Way’s climate and energy program, discussing why nuclear might be about to boom, why Democrats are embracing nuclear, and whether a Tr...2024-10-231h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWant to Decarbonize Your Life? Here’s How.How can you fight climate change in your daily life? Last month, Heatmap published our attempt at answering that question: Called Decarbonize Your Life, it’s a series of stories and guides to help you make decisions that nudge the energy system away from fossil fuels. We consulted studies, ran our own analysis (with help from some friends), and used our expert judgment to arrive at six big, high-leverage actions you can take to fight climate change.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob speak with Heatmap’s deputy editor Jillian Goodman and fo...2024-10-091h 05Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWant to Decarbonize Your Life? Here’s How.How can you fight climate change in your daily life? Last month, Heatmap published our attempt at answering that question: Called Decarbonize Your Life, it’s a series of stories and guides to help you make decisions that nudge the energy system away from fossil fuels. We consulted studies, ran our own analysis (with help from some friends), and used our expert judgment to arrive at six big, high-leverage actions you can take to fight climate change.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob speak with Heatmap’s deputy editor Jillian Goodman and fo...2024-10-091h 05Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Climate Change Shaped Hurricane HeleneThis is a special Hurricane Helene edition of Shift Key. Our regular programming will resume next week.Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene made landfall, we are still coming to terms with the scale of its destruction. The storm killed at least 182 people, making it the deadliest cyclone to make landfall in the continental United States since Katrina. From Tampa Bay to Asheville, North Carolina, it caused the worst hurricane-related damage in a century.Why was Hurricane Helene so bad? Why did it cause such horrible flooding in western North Carolina, South Carolina...2024-10-0348 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Local Elections That Matter for DecarbonizationIn just over a month, America will elect hundreds of thousands of people to state, county, and municipal offices. While those elections might lack the splashiness of the race for the White House or Congress, they could shape how and whether the United States fights climate change. So which elections matter most?On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob speak with Caroline Spears, the executive director of Climate Cabinet, a group that tries to do ‘Moneyball for climate policy,’ analyzing the races that could matter most for the country’s decarbonization. A winner o...2024-10-0251 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Local Elections That Matter for DecarbonizationIn just over a month, America will elect hundreds of thousands of people to state, county, and municipal offices. While those elections might lack the splashiness of the race for the White House or Congress, they could shape how and whether the United States fights climate change. So which elections matter most?On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob speak with Caroline Spears, the executive director of Climate Cabinet, a group that tries to do ‘Moneyball for climate policy,’ analyzing the races that could matter most for the country’s decarbonization. A winner o...2024-10-0251 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Hardest Working $27 Billion in the IRAIt’s potentially one of the most important — but least understood — provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, and it’s finally out in the world. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency spent $27 billion to set up new green banks across the country. These new lending institutions could direct billions of dollars to supercharging decarbonization, financing new solar farms, geothermal projects, EV chargers, and more. They’ll also recycle their funding indefinitely, meaning they will likely last longer than any other provision in the law. On this week’s show, Rob and Jesse bring you a user’s g...2024-09-251h 11Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Hardest Working $27 Billion in the IRAIt’s potentially one of the most important — but least understood — provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, and it’s finally out in the world. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency spent $27 billion to set up new green banks across the country. These new lending institutions could direct billions of dollars to supercharging decarbonization, financing new solar farms, geothermal projects, EV chargers, and more. They’ll also recycle their funding indefinitely, meaning they will likely last longer than any other provision in the law. On this week’s show, Rob and Jesse bring you a user’s g...2024-09-251h 11Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhy Geothermal Is So Hot Right NowGeothermal is getting closer to the big time. Last week, Fervo Energy — arguably the country’s leading enhanced geothermal company — announced that its Utah demonstration project had achieved record production capacity. On the whole, enhanced geothermal — which borrows drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry — seems poised to become a player on America’s coming clean, 24/7 power grid. Why is geothermal so hot? How soon could it appear — and what advantages does it have other zero-carbon technologies don’t? On this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse speak with Sarah Jewett, the vice president of strategy at Fervo E...2024-09-181h 08Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhy Geothermal Is So Hot Right NowGeothermal is getting closer to the big time. Last week, Fervo Energy — arguably the country’s leading enhanced geothermal company — announced that its Utah demonstration project had achieved record production capacity. On the whole, enhanced geothermal — which borrows drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry — seems poised to become a player on America’s coming clean, 24/7 power grid. Why is geothermal so hot? How soon could it appear — and what advantages does it have other zero-carbon technologies don’t? On this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse speak with Sarah Jewett, the vice president of strategy at Fervo E...2024-09-181h 08Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Beginner’s Guide to the Interconnection QueueMaybe you’ve never heard of it. Maybe you know it too well. But to a certain type of clean energy wonk, it amounts to perhaps the three most dreaded words in climate policy: the interconnection queue. The queue is the process by which utilities decide which wind and solar farms get to hook up to the power grid in the United States. Across much of the country, it has become so badly broken and clogged that it can take more than a decade for a given project to navigate. On this week’s epis...2024-09-111h 09Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Beginner’s Guide to the Interconnection QueueMaybe you’ve never heard of it. Maybe you know it too well. But to a certain type of clean energy wonk, it amounts to perhaps the three most dreaded words in climate policy: the interconnection queue. The queue is the process by which utilities decide which wind and solar farms get to hook up to the power grid in the United States. Across much of the country, it has become so badly broken and clogged that it can take more than a decade for a given project to navigate. On this week’s epis...2024-09-111h 09Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat 2024 Will Mean for Clean Energy — in MegatonsYou don’t need us to say it: The 2024 election will have enormous stakes for America’s climate policy and the planet’s climate. But how well can we quantify those stakes? What would a Trump presidency — or a Harris presidency, for that matter — really mean for the country’s emissions trajectory?  On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob speak with Sonia Aggarwal, the chief executive officer of Energy Innovation, a climate policy think tank that operates across North America, Europe, and Asia. She was previously special assistant to the president for climate policy...2024-09-0453 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat 2024 Will Mean for Clean Energy — in MegatonsYou don’t need us to say it: The 2024 election will have enormous stakes for America’s climate policy and the planet’s climate. But how well can we quantify those stakes? What would a Trump presidency — or a Harris presidency, for that matter — really mean for the country’s emissions trajectory?  On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob speak with Sonia Aggarwal, the chief executive officer of Energy Innovation, a climate policy think tank that operates across North America, Europe, and Asia. She was previously special assistant to the president for climate policy...2024-09-0453 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow 2025 Could Reshape Climate Policy — No Matter Who Wins the ElectionIt’s time to start talking about a big year for climate politics and policy: 2025. No matter who wins this fall’s elections, next year’s executive and legislative climate policy will be huge for America’s decarbonization strategy. Congress is all but guaranteed to negotiate over key parts of the country’s tax code, and whoever controls the White House will have to finalize the Inflation Reduction Act’s last few big programs. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob are joined by Josh Freed, who leads Third Way’s climate and energy progra...2024-08-281h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow 2025 Could Reshape Climate Policy — No Matter Who Wins the ElectionIt’s time to start talking about a big year for climate politics and policy: 2025. No matter who wins this fall’s elections, next year’s executive and legislative climate policy will be huge for America’s decarbonization strategy. Congress is all but guaranteed to negotiate over key parts of the country’s tax code, and whoever controls the White House will have to finalize the Inflation Reduction Act’s last few big programs. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Jesse and Rob are joined by Josh Freed, who leads Third Way’s climate and energy progra...2024-08-281h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThis Isn’t the Same Kind of Climate ElectionDemocrats are gathering in Chicago this week for their quadrennial convention and to celebrate Kamala Harris’s nomination for president. This year’s convention will look different from 2020’s for many reasons — but one of them is that we’re likely to hear far less about climate change. Unlike in 2020, when President Joe Biden described global warming as one of “four overlapping crises” confronting the country, Harris has been more subtle when discussing it.So … is that a problem? Should we be freaked out? On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse discuss the modern elector...2024-08-2158 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThis Isn’t the Same Kind of Climate ElectionDemocrats are gathering in Chicago this week for their quadrennial convention and to celebrate Kamala Harris’s nomination for president. This year’s convention will look different from 2020’s for many reasons — but one of them is that we’re likely to hear far less about climate change. Unlike in 2020, when President Joe Biden described global warming as one of “four overlapping crises” confronting the country, Harris has been more subtle when discussing it.So … is that a problem? Should we be freaked out? On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse discuss the modern elector...2024-08-2158 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhy Treasury’s No. 2 Official Wants Permitting ReformTwo years ago this week, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in clean energy and climate mitigation in American history. It contained roughly two dozen new or expanded tax credits that will — if the forecasts bear out — provide hundreds of billions of dollars in funding over the next decade. The administration is now rushing to finalize those provisions before the November election. Perhaps no official has been more central to setting up those tax credits than Wally Adeyemo, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. He is also the Treas...2024-08-1453 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhy Treasury’s No. 2 Official Wants Permitting ReformTwo years ago this week, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in clean energy and climate mitigation in American history. It contained roughly two dozen new or expanded tax credits that will — if the forecasts bear out — provide hundreds of billions of dollars in funding over the next decade. The administration is now rushing to finalize those provisions before the November election. Perhaps no official has been more central to setting up those tax credits than Wally Adeyemo, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. He is also the Treas...2024-08-1453 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHumanity’s Most Abundant Material Is a Huge Climate ProblemThe world uses about 30 billion tons of concrete every year — more than any other material except water. It is the most ubiquitous human-made substance in the global economy. It’s also a huge climate problem. Producing cement, which is the key ingredient in concrete, generates roughly 8% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions.Cody Finke has a plan to change that. He is the chief executive officer and cofounder of Brimstone, a startup that says it can cheaply produce ordinary Portland cement — the kind used in construction worldwide — without carbon emissions. This week, Rob chats with Finke about wh...2024-07-2444 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHumanity’s Most Abundant Material Is a Huge Climate ProblemThe world uses about 30 billion tons of concrete every year — more than any other material except water. It is the most ubiquitous human-made substance in the global economy. It’s also a huge climate problem. Producing cement, which is the key ingredient in concrete, generates roughly 8% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions.Cody Finke has a plan to change that. He is the chief executive officer and cofounder of Brimstone, a startup that says it can cheaply produce ordinary Portland cement — the kind used in construction worldwide — without carbon emissions. This week, Rob chats with Finke about wh...2024-07-2444 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Decarbonize the World’s Biggest ShipsShipping is the backbone of the modern economy. At least 80% of all goods worldwide are shipped as ocean cargo, and the global economy rises and falls on the free movement of gigantic ships across the sea. But container ships and bulk carriers burn what’s known as bunker fuel, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels. The international shipping industry generates 3% of global carbon emissions, a proportion that’s projected to rise through the century. Most proposals to decarbonize ocean freight have focused on using ammonia or other zero-carbon liquid fuels. But Fleetzero, a Bill Gates-backed startup, is tr...2024-07-1733 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Decarbonize the World’s Biggest ShipsShipping is the backbone of the modern economy. At least 80% of all goods worldwide are shipped as ocean cargo, and the global economy rises and falls on the free movement of gigantic ships across the sea. But container ships and bulk carriers burn what’s known as bunker fuel, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels. The international shipping industry generates 3% of global carbon emissions, a proportion that’s projected to rise through the century. Most proposals to decarbonize ocean freight have focused on using ammonia or other zero-carbon liquid fuels. But Fleetzero, a Bill Gates-backed startup, is tr...2024-07-1733 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat the Supreme Court’s Rulings Mean for Climate ChangeJesse is on vacation until August, so this is a special, Rob-only summer episode of Shift Key.Over the past few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court has profoundly changed how the federal government does its day-to-day work. In a series of landmark rulings, the high court sharply curtailed the ability of government agencies — including the Environmental Protection Agency — to write and enforce rules and regulations.That will change how the federal government oversees the products we buy, the air we breathe, and the water we drink. But it could also alter how the...2024-07-101h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat the Supreme Court’s Rulings Mean for Climate ChangeJesse is on vacation until August, so this is a special, Rob-only summer episode of Shift Key.Over the past few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court has profoundly changed how the federal government does its day-to-day work. In a series of landmark rulings, the high court sharply curtailed the ability of government agencies — including the Environmental Protection Agency — to write and enforce rules and regulations.That will change how the federal government oversees the products we buy, the air we breathe, and the water we drink. But it could also alter how the...2024-07-101h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Europe and America Are Weatherproofing Climate PolicyJesse is on vacation until August, so this is a special, Rob-only summer episode of Shift Key.—The far right is rising across Europe. The global order seems to be deteriorating. And American politics is careening toward a crisis. Where does climate policy go from here? On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob chats with two leaders at Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-funded climate venture capital and advocacy group. They are Ann Mettler, a former EU official who is now Breakthrough’s vice president for Europe, and Aliya Haq, it...2024-07-0340 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Europe and America Are Weatherproofing Climate PolicyJesse is on vacation until August, so this is a special, Rob-only summer episode of Shift Key.—The far right is rising across Europe. The global order seems to be deteriorating. And American politics is careening toward a crisis. Where does climate policy go from here? On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob chats with two leaders at Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-funded climate venture capital and advocacy group. They are Ann Mettler, a former EU official who is now Breakthrough’s vice president for Europe, and Aliya Haq, it...2024-07-0340 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsAmerica’s Nuclear Policy Is Getting … Pretty Good!Congress just passed perhaps its  biggest support for zero-carbon energy since the Inflation Reduction Act. The ADVANCE Act, which the Senate adopted overwhelmingly last week, aims to keep America at the cutting edge of the global nuclear industry by cutting regulatory fees, making it easier for U.S. companies to build nuclear power plants abroad, and reforming the agency that oversees it all, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk with Ryan Norman, a senior policy advisor at Third Way’s climate and energy program, about how Americ...2024-06-261h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsAmerica’s Nuclear Policy Is Getting … Pretty Good!Congress just passed perhaps its  biggest support for zero-carbon energy since the Inflation Reduction Act. The ADVANCE Act, which the Senate adopted overwhelmingly last week, aims to keep America at the cutting edge of the global nuclear industry by cutting regulatory fees, making it easier for U.S. companies to build nuclear power plants abroad, and reforming the agency that oversees it all, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk with Ryan Norman, a senior policy advisor at Third Way’s climate and energy program, about how Americ...2024-06-261h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow China’s EV Industry Got So BigChina’s electric vehicle industry has driven itself to the center of the global conversation. Its automakers produce dozens of affordable, technologically advanced electric vehicles that rival — and often beat — anything coming out of Europe or North America. The United States and the European Union have each levied tariffs on its car exports in the past few months, hoping to avoid a “China shock” to their domestic car industries. Ilaria Mazzocco has watched China’s EV industry grow from a small regional experiment into a planet-reshaping juggernaut. She is now a senior fellow with the Trustee Chair in Chin...2024-06-1955 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow China’s EV Industry Got So BigChina’s electric vehicle industry has driven itself to the center of the global conversation. Its automakers produce dozens of affordable, technologically advanced electric vehicles that rival — and often beat — anything coming out of Europe or North America. The United States and the European Union have each levied tariffs on its car exports in the past few months, hoping to avoid a “China shock” to their domestic car industries. Ilaria Mazzocco has watched China’s EV industry grow from a small regional experiment into a planet-reshaping juggernaut. She is now a senior fellow with the Trustee Chair in Chin...2024-06-1955 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Fix Electricity Bills in AmericaHave you looked at your power bill — like, really looked at it? If you’re anything like Rob, you pay whatever number appears at the bottom every month and drop it in the recycling. But how everyone’s power bill is calculated — in wonk terms, the “electricity rate design” — turns out to be surprisingly important and could be a big driver of decarbonization.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk about why power bills matter, how Jesse would design electricity rates if he was king of the world, and how to fix rooftop sola...2024-06-1251 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Fix Electricity Bills in AmericaHave you looked at your power bill — like, really looked at it? If you’re anything like Rob, you pay whatever number appears at the bottom every month and drop it in the recycling. But how everyone’s power bill is calculated — in wonk terms, the “electricity rate design” — turns out to be surprisingly important and could be a big driver of decarbonization.On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk about why power bills matter, how Jesse would design electricity rates if he was king of the world, and how to fix rooftop sola...2024-06-1251 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow California Broke Its Electricity BillsRooftop solar is four times more expensive in America than it is in other countries. It’s also good for the climate. Should we even care about its high cost? Yes, says Severin Borenstein, an economist and the director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. In a recent blog post, he argued that the high cost of rooftop solar will shift nearly $4 billion onto the bills of low- and middle-income Californians who don’t have rooftop solar. Similar forces could soon spread the cost-shift problem across the cou...2024-06-051h 18Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow California Broke Its Electricity BillsRooftop solar is four times more expensive in America than it is in other countries. It’s also good for the climate. Should we even care about its high cost? Yes, says Severin Borenstein, an economist and the director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. In a recent blog post, he argued that the high cost of rooftop solar will shift nearly $4 billion onto the bills of low- and middle-income Californians who don’t have rooftop solar. Similar forces could soon spread the cost-shift problem across the cou...2024-06-051h 18Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Unlock Super Cheap Rooftop SolarWhy isn’t rooftop solar cheaper in America? In Australia in 2024, a standard rooftop system can cost as little as $0.90 per watt. In the U.S., a similar system might go for $4 per watt. If America could come even close to Australia’s rooftop solar prices, then we would be able to decarbonize the power system much faster than we are now.Mary Powell has the answers. She is the chief executive officer of Sunrun, a $2.6 billion company that is the largest rooftop solar and battery installer in the U.S. Sunrun has set up or mana...2024-05-2250 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow to Unlock Super Cheap Rooftop SolarWhy isn’t rooftop solar cheaper in America? In Australia in 2024, a standard rooftop system can cost as little as $0.90 per watt. In the U.S., a similar system might go for $4 per watt. If America could come even close to Australia’s rooftop solar prices, then we would be able to decarbonize the power system much faster than we are now.Mary Powell has the answers. She is the chief executive officer of Sunrun, a $2.6 billion company that is the largest rooftop solar and battery installer in the U.S. Sunrun has set up or mana...2024-05-2250 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIt Was a Big Week for the Power GridTransmission has been one of the biggest obstacles of decarbonizing the power grid in America. In the past week, however, the country has taken two big steps toward finally removing it.Last week, the Department of Energy published a list of 10 high-priority areas for grid development, called National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, designed to help accelerate some of the most annoying aspects of the siting process. Then on Monday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission passed a new rule directing grid planners to take a longer view on what America’s future electricity needs will look like....2024-05-1550 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIt Was a Big Week for the Power GridTransmission has been one of the biggest obstacles of decarbonizing the power grid in America. In the past week, however, the country has taken two big steps toward finally removing it.Last week, the Department of Energy published a list of 10 high-priority areas for grid development, called National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, designed to help accelerate some of the most annoying aspects of the siting process. Then on Monday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission passed a new rule directing grid planners to take a longer view on what America’s future electricity needs will look like....2024-05-1550 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsElon Musk Is Putting the EV Transition in PerilTesla is now facing its worst crisis in years. Last week, CEO Elon Musk laid off the automaker’s roughly 500-person Supercharger team and what remained of its policy and new vehicle teams. Before that, it reported its first-quarter financial results — and they were even worse than the lackluster performance that investors were expecting. Already this year, Tesla has cut around 10% of its employees. Now Musk is promising that it will shift toward becoming an “AI” company. Does Tesla, long a stalwart of America’s EV transition, now pose a danger to it? On this week...2024-05-0850 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsElon Musk Is Putting the EV Transition in PerilTesla is now facing its worst crisis in years. Last week, CEO Elon Musk laid off the automaker’s roughly 500-person Supercharger team and what remained of its policy and new vehicle teams. Before that, it reported its first-quarter financial results — and they were even worse than the lackluster performance that investors were expecting. Already this year, Tesla has cut around 10% of its employees. Now Musk is promising that it will shift toward becoming an “AI” company. Does Tesla, long a stalwart of America’s EV transition, now pose a danger to it? On this week...2024-05-0850 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe EPA’s Carbon Crackdown Is Finally HereOne of the most important pieces of the Biden administration’s climate policy has arrived: On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules restricting climate pollution from coal-fired plants and  natural gas plants that haven’t been built yet. The rules will eliminate more than a billion tons of greenhouse gas pollution by the middle of the century.They are the long-awaited “stick” in the Biden administration’s carrots-and-sticks climate policy. So how do the rules work? Why do they emphasize carbon capture so much? And is this the end of coal in America? On this specia...2024-04-2651 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe EPA’s Carbon Crackdown Is Finally HereOne of the most important pieces of the Biden administration’s climate policy has arrived: On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules restricting climate pollution from coal-fired plants and  natural gas plants that haven’t been built yet. The rules will eliminate more than a billion tons of greenhouse gas pollution by the middle of the century.They are the long-awaited “stick” in the Biden administration’s carrots-and-sticks climate policy. So how do the rules work? Why do they emphasize carbon capture so much? And is this the end of coal in America? On this specia...2024-04-2651 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Jigar Shah Thinks About RiskJigar Shah might have more control over America’s new wave of industrial policy — not to mention its climate policy — than anyone not named Joe Biden. And he’s not even a Cabinet-level official. As director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, which is akin to its in-house bank, Shah oversees how roughly $400 billion in lending authority will be spent. That money will help finance new EV factories, geothermal wells, carbon capture sites, and more.On this week’s episode, Rob sits down with Shah to discuss the philosophy that he brings to his role. Wh...2024-04-2440 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHow Jigar Shah Thinks About RiskJigar Shah might have more control over America’s new wave of industrial policy — not to mention its climate policy — than anyone not named Joe Biden. And he’s not even a Cabinet-level official. As director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, which is akin to its in-house bank, Shah oversees how roughly $400 billion in lending authority will be spent. That money will help finance new EV factories, geothermal wells, carbon capture sites, and more.On this week’s episode, Rob sits down with Shah to discuss the philosophy that he brings to his role. Wh...2024-04-2440 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe U.S. Has a Tesla ProblemIt isn’t just bad vibes: Electric vehicle sales are slumping in the United States. Fewer than 300,000 EVs were sold nationwide during the first three months of 2024 — although it could be more than 350,000, depending on how you count and whose data you trust. That’s a slight decline from last quarter at a time when EV sales need to be accelerating.What caused the slump, and what can be done about it? And could hybrids or plug-in hybrids help solve the problem? In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse chat with Corey Cantor, an EV analyst...2024-04-171h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe U.S. Has a Tesla ProblemIt isn’t just bad vibes: Electric vehicle sales are slumping in the United States. Fewer than 300,000 EVs were sold nationwide during the first three months of 2024 — although it could be more than 350,000, depending on how you count and whose data you trust. That’s a slight decline from last quarter at a time when EV sales need to be accelerating.What caused the slump, and what can be done about it? And could hybrids or plug-in hybrids help solve the problem? In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse chat with Corey Cantor, an EV analyst...2024-04-171h 02Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIs This a New Era of ‘Climate Capitalism’?Can capitalism solve climate change? Wrong question, argues the author and journalist Akshat Rathi: In fact, you can’t solve climate change without capitalism. Look around the world, as Rathi does in his new book Climate Capitalism, and he says you’ll find companies and leaders who are proving that cutting carbon emissions is not just possible, but also profitable. The venture capitalist Sophie Purdom, the founder of Planeteer Capital, spends her days looking for those profitable climate companies. She says that a newer, smarter generation of climate startups is on the way.In th...2024-04-101h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIs This a New Era of ‘Climate Capitalism’?Can capitalism solve climate change? Wrong question, argues the author and journalist Akshat Rathi: In fact, you can’t solve climate change without capitalism. Look around the world, as Rathi does in his new book Climate Capitalism, and he says you’ll find companies and leaders who are proving that cutting carbon emissions is not just possible, but also profitable. The venture capitalist Sophie Purdom, the founder of Planeteer Capital, spends her days looking for those profitable climate companies. She says that a newer, smarter generation of climate startups is on the way.In th...2024-04-101h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Skeptic’s Take on AI and Energy GrowthWill the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence break the climate system? In recent months, utilities and tech companies have argued that soaring use of AI will overwhelm electricity markets. Is that true — or is it a sales pitch meant to build more gas plants? And how much electricity do data centers and AI use today?In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse talk to Jonathan Koomey, an independent researcher, lecturer, and entrepreneur who studies the energy impacts of the internet and information technology. We discuss why AI may not break the electricity system and...2024-04-031h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Skeptic’s Take on AI and Energy GrowthWill the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence break the climate system? In recent months, utilities and tech companies have argued that soaring use of AI will overwhelm electricity markets. Is that true — or is it a sales pitch meant to build more gas plants? And how much electricity do data centers and AI use today?In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse talk to Jonathan Koomey, an independent researcher, lecturer, and entrepreneur who studies the energy impacts of the internet and information technology. We discuss why AI may not break the electricity system and...2024-04-031h 03Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhy a Climate Startup Is Building the World’s Biggest AirplaneRadia is a $1 billion climate tech startup with an unusual pitch: It is trying to build the world’s largest airplane. Its proposed aircraft, the Radia Wind Runner, would be as long as a football field, nearly as wide as a New York city block, and capable of carrying 12 times the volume of a Boeing 747. Such a plane could ferry massive wind-turbine blades, unlocking what the company calls “gigawind” — the ability to build offshore-sized wind farms on land. In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse talk to Radia’s chief executive officer, Mark Lundstrom. (Jesse’s consulting fi...2024-03-2758 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhy a Climate Startup Is Building the World’s Biggest AirplaneRadia is a $1 billion climate tech startup with an unusual pitch: It is trying to build the world’s largest airplane. Its proposed aircraft, the Radia Wind Runner, would be as long as a football field, nearly as wide as a New York city block, and capable of carrying 12 times the volume of a Boeing 747. Such a plane could ferry massive wind-turbine blades, unlocking what the company calls “gigawind” — the ability to build offshore-sized wind farms on land. In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse talk to Radia’s chief executive officer, Mark Lundstrom. (Jesse’s consulting fi...2024-03-2758 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat the New Rivians Say About the Future of EVsEarlier this month, the electric-car maker Rivian announced its new SUV, the R2 — a $45,000 family hauler that will get more than 300 miles in range. It also debuted the R3 and R3X hatchbacks, which entranced online car nerds. These new Rivian models are sleek and important, but they won’t go on sale until 2026 at the earliest. Can Rivian last that long? In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse discuss Rivian’s quest to survive, how electrification is changing car design, and the coolest EVs coming down the pike. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, ex...2024-03-2057 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWhat the New Rivians Say About the Future of EVsEarlier this month, the electric-car maker Rivian announced its new SUV, the R2 — a $45,000 family hauler that will get more than 300 miles in range. It also debuted the R3 and R3X hatchbacks, which entranced online car nerds. These new Rivian models are sleek and important, but they won’t go on sale until 2026 at the earliest. Can Rivian last that long? In this week’s episode, Rob and Jesse discuss Rivian’s quest to survive, how electrification is changing car design, and the coolest EVs coming down the pike. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, ex...2024-03-2057 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Conversation With Biden’s Former Top Economic Advisor, Part 2Few people have shaped Bidenomics more than Brian Deese. From 2021 to 2023, Deese led the National Economic Council at the White House, serving as President Joe Biden’s top economic aide. He’s now an Innovation Fellow at MIT, where he helps lead the new Clean Investment Monitor project.In part two of Shift Key’s conversation with Deese, we discuss electric vehicles, the future of U.S.-China trade relations, and whether the Big Three automakers can survive. Shift Key is hosted by Heatmap Executive Editor Robinson Meyer and Princeton Professor Jesse Jenkins.Mentio...2024-03-1536 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Conversation With Biden’s Former Top Economic Advisor, Part 2Few people have shaped Bidenomics more than Brian Deese. From 2021 to 2023, Deese led the National Economic Council at the White House, serving as President Joe Biden’s top economic aide. He’s now an Innovation Fellow at MIT, where he helps lead the new Clean Investment Monitor project.In part two of Shift Key’s conversation with Deese, we discuss electric vehicles, the future of U.S.-China trade relations, and whether the Big Three automakers can survive. Shift Key is hosted by Heatmap Executive Editor Robinson Meyer and Princeton Professor Jesse Jenkins.Mentio...2024-03-1536 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Conversation With Biden’s Former Top Economic Advisor, Part 1Few people have shaped Bidenomics more than Brian Deese. From 2021 to 2023, Deese led the National Economic Council at the White House, serving as President Joe Biden’s top economic aide during such events as the post-pandemic recovery, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. Before that, Deese was global head of sustainable investing for Blackrock and a senior political advisor to President Barack Obama. He’s now the Institute Innovation Fellow at MIT, where he helps lead the Clean Investment Monitor, a project that tracks investment in climate...2024-03-1344 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsA Conversation With Biden’s Former Top Economic Advisor, Part 1Few people have shaped Bidenomics more than Brian Deese. From 2021 to 2023, Deese led the National Economic Council at the White House, serving as President Joe Biden’s top economic aide during such events as the post-pandemic recovery, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. Before that, Deese was global head of sustainable investing for Blackrock and a senior political advisor to President Barack Obama. He’s now the Institute Innovation Fellow at MIT, where he helps lead the Clean Investment Monitor, a project that tracks investment in climate...2024-03-1344 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsDoes Rooftop Solar Actually Help the Climate?For a few weeks now, Heatmap’s staff writer, Emily Pontecorvo, has been trying to figure out if installing rooftop solar panels on your home actually reduces carbon pollution in a systematic way. In other words: If you own a home, and install solar panels on it, are you doing anything to change how much fossil fuel gets burned in your region or around the world? Or — somewhat counterintuitively — will your panels just increase the cost of electricity near you while shifting demand for those fossil fuels around? On this week’s episode, we try to answer th...2024-03-0648 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsDoes Rooftop Solar Actually Help the Climate?For a few weeks now, Heatmap’s staff writer, Emily Pontecorvo, has been trying to figure out if installing rooftop solar panels on your home actually reduces carbon pollution in a systematic way. In other words: If you own a home, and install solar panels on it, are you doing anything to change how much fossil fuel gets burned in your region or around the world? Or — somewhat counterintuitively — will your panels just increase the cost of electricity near you while shifting demand for those fossil fuels around? On this week’s episode, we try to answer th...2024-03-0648 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Next Big Climate Tool: Little Chunks of RockWhen we talk about carbon removal, we often focus on “direct air capture” facilities — big factories that suck carbon dioxide out of the ambient air.  But a simpler and easier way to remove carbon from the atmosphere may exist. It’s called “enhanced rock weathering” — grinding up rocks, spreading them out, and exposing them to the ambient air — and it works, essentially, by speeding up the Earth’s carbon cycle. Enhanced rock weathering recently got a major vote of confidence from Frontier, a consortium of tech and finance companies who have teamed up to support new and experimental car...2024-02-2854 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Next Big Climate Tool: Little Chunks of RockWhen we talk about carbon removal, we often focus on “direct air capture” facilities — big factories that suck carbon dioxide out of the ambient air.  But a simpler and easier way to remove carbon from the atmosphere may exist. It’s called “enhanced rock weathering” — grinding up rocks, spreading them out, and exposing them to the ambient air — and it works, essentially, by speeding up the Earth’s carbon cycle. Enhanced rock weathering recently got a major vote of confidence from Frontier, a consortium of tech and finance companies who have teamed up to support new and experimental car...2024-02-2854 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIs Biden’s Climate Law Actually Working?A year and a half ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate law in American history — and arguably in world history. But is it actually working? A new report from a coalition of major energy analysts — including our cohost Jesse Jenkins’ lab at Princeton — looks at data from the power and transportation sectors and concludes that yes, the law is starting to decarbonize the American economy. But it isn’t working in the way many people might expect. Robinson Meyer, the executive editor of Heatmap News, and Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems expert and...2024-02-2151 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsIs Biden’s Climate Law Actually Working?A year and a half ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate law in American history — and arguably in world history. But is it actually working? A new report from a coalition of major energy analysts — including our cohost Jesse Jenkins’ lab at Princeton — looks at data from the power and transportation sectors and concludes that yes, the law is starting to decarbonize the American economy. But it isn’t working in the way many people might expect. Robinson Meyer, the executive editor of Heatmap News, and Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems expert and...2024-02-2151 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHas Offshore Wind Finally Hit Rock Bottom?It has been a catastrophic 12 months for offshore wind in the U.S. Large projects have been canceled, and Orsted, the world’s biggest offshore wind developer, has laid off hundreds of employees. Is the industry dying? Maybe it’s actually about to turn a corner. In this episode, Robinson Meyer, the executive editor of Heatmap News, and Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems expert and professor at Princeton University, discuss the future of the sector.Mentioned: Orsted’s troubles: FT A wind farm powers up: Heatmap. New offshore...2024-02-1448 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsHas Offshore Wind Finally Hit Rock Bottom?It has been a catastrophic 12 months for offshore wind in the U.S. Large projects have been canceled, and Orsted, the world’s biggest offshore wind developer, has laid off hundreds of employees. Is the industry dying? Maybe it’s actually about to turn a corner. In this episode, Robinson Meyer, the executive editor of Heatmap News, and Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems expert and professor at Princeton University, discuss the future of the sector.Mentioned: Orsted’s troubles: FT A wind farm powers up: Heatmap. New offshore...2024-02-1448 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Messy Truth of America’s Natural Gas ExportsLast month, President Biden announced the federal government would temporarily stop approving new export terminals for liquified natural gas. The move was hailed as a victory by climate activists and lamented by fossil-fuel companies. But what will the pause mean for the climate — really? Will it stop exports from rising in the near-term, and can we say with any certainty whether it will make carbon emissions go up or down? In this inaugural episode of Shift Key, Robinson Meyer, the executive editor of Heatmap News, and Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems expert and professor at Princeton Uni...2024-02-071h 13Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsThe Messy Truth of America’s Natural Gas ExportsLast month, President Biden announced the federal government would temporarily stop approving new export terminals for liquified natural gas. The move was hailed as a victory by climate activists and lamented by fossil-fuel companies. But what will the pause mean for the climate — really? Will it stop exports from rising in the near-term, and can we say with any certainty whether it will make carbon emissions go up or down? In this inaugural episode of Shift Key, Robinson Meyer, the executive editor of Heatmap News, and Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems expert and professor at Princeton Uni...2024-02-071h 13Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWelcome to Shift Key, a new climate podcast from Heatmap NewsEvery week, Heatmap News Executive Editor Robinson Meyer and Princeton University Professor and energy systems expert Jesse Jenkins, make sense of the biggest shift of our time -- navigating the energy transition away from fossil fuels. Drawing on their years of experience reporting on and researching climate change and decarbonization, Meyer and Jenkins unpack the most important issues of the week and how the impacts of climate change and efforts to address it are transforming our economy, politics, and society at large. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-02-0501 minShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsShift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse JenkinsWelcome to Shift Key, a new climate podcast from Heatmap NewsEvery week, Heatmap News Executive Editor Robinson Meyer and Princeton University Professor and energy systems expert Jesse Jenkins, make sense of the biggest shift of our time -- navigating the energy transition away from fossil fuels. Drawing on their years of experience reporting on and researching climate change and decarbonization, Meyer and Jenkins unpack the most important issues of the week and how the impacts of climate change and efforts to address it are transforming our economy, politics, and society at large. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-02-0501 minHEATMAPHEATMAPKAPITÁNY MÁTÉ A DONDÁRÓLKapitány Máté Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Z3ar2v1UZV7rR8R4qZMTn Kapitány Máté Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kptnymtstvn Kapitány Máté Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kptnymtstvn/?hl=hu Heatmap Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialheatmap/?hl=hu2021-09-0350 minHEATMAPHEATMAP2ROO INTERJÚ2roo-t kérdeztük a Rage című EP-jéről és, hogy hosszú távon tervez-e a zenével. Tracklist:  2roo - Joker 2roo ft. VV Pampi - Mr. Bean 2roo Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6U2kBPAageXZDddMvPkygY 2roo Soundcloud: @2roo 2roo Instagram: @turooooooo www.instagram.com/turooooooo/?hl=hu Heatmap Instagram minden nap megújuló tartalommal: @officialheatmap www.instagram.com/officialheatmap/?hl=hu2021-08-1937 minHEATMAPHEATMAPGRASA ÉS YBS INTERJÚGrasa mesél az új, Szalaival és gyurissal közös EP-jükről, aztán megjelenik YBS, és együtt nosztalgiáznak. POWERPUFF EP OUT NOW: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ibbiganggyurisgrasa/power-puff SPORT klip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r44i4IUZW8 Tracklist: 1. Grasa, Szalai, gyuris - SPORT, 2. Grasa - Ktsz Grasa Insta: @coolbaby_legendary https://www.instagram.com/coolbaby_legendary/?hl=hu  Grasa Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7roOHVUjZASn8tsyBoyn7C YBS Insta: @01ybs https://www.instagram.c...2021-08-0532 minHEATMAPHEATMAPTEKU INTERJÚTekuék beszéltek a magyar hyperpop közösségről, a kastélyról és, hogy hogyan készül el egy Teku dal.  TRACKLIST:  TEKU - VÉGE**6249--- (+VERYRAREDOME) VERYRAREDOME - KAHONI MASZK DEMO (+TEKU) Teku Soundcloudon: https://soundcloud.com/nag-yteku Teku Instagramon: @7teku https://www.instagram.com/7teku/?hl=hu Fuzgoz Soundcloudon: https://soundcloud.com/fuzgoz Domos  Heatmap Instagramon: @officialheatmap https://www.instagram.com/officialheatmap/?hl=hu2021-07-2945 minHEATMAPHEATMAPGYURIS INTERJÚ *EXKLUZÍV LEAK*A második évadunk záró epizódjára Gyuris volt a  vendégünk, vele beszélgettünk a régi szép időkről, valamint megosztunk  egy eddig soha nem hallott leaket is (prod. Heatmap). GYURIS SPOTIFY: spoti.fi/2P9Q4ri GYURIS SOUNDCLOUD: bit.ly/3sFDMog GYURIS IG: instagram.com/gyurisbence/ TRACKLIST: GYURIS - KARAMBOL GYURIS - TALÁLKOZTUNK ÁLMOMBAN (*LEAK* PROD. HEATMAP) Kövessétek be az Instagram oldalunkat! @officialheatmap instagram.com/officialheatmap?igshid=1kuzud5xwdsmk2021-04-2232 minHEATMAPHEATMAPHEATMAP RADIO 4: A$APHEATMAP RADIO YAMSDAY SPECIAL!!! TRACKLIST: A$AP MOB - YAMBORGHINI HIGH A$AP MOB - BAHAMAS A$AP ROCKY - FUCKIN’ PROBLEMS A$AP ROCKY - PESO   A$AP ROCKY - 1 TRAIN A$AP MOB - FEELS SO GOOD A$AP NAST - TRILLMATIC A$AP FERG - ILOVEYOURAUNT A$AP FERG - HOOD POPE   A$AP FERG - HUMMER LIMO   A$AP FERG - MAD MAN A$AP ROCKY - A$AP FOREVER A$AP ROCKY - PRETTY FLACKO 2021-01-1853 minHEATMAPHEATMAPBARA INTERJÚA HEATMAP PODCAST VENDÉGE BARA VOLT, AKIVEL ZENÉRŐL, AZ IPARRÓL ÉS AZ ÉLETRŐL BESZÉLEGETTÜNK! BARA ÚJ SZÁMA A "CREEP WALK" MÁR ELÉRHETŐ! TRACKLIST: BARA - WOAH BARA & SHYBALENCI - PINK  BARA - CREEP WALK BARA ELÉRHETŐSÉGEI: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barayuppp/ Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/barayup KÖVESSÉTEK AZ ÚJ INSTAGRAM OLDALUNKAT: ...2021-01-1437 minHEATMAPHEATMAPZORZ INTERJÚHEATMAP második felvonás! ZORZ közreműködésével! ZORZ új kislemeze, az IDENTITY már elérhető! ZORZ elérhetőségei: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoiszorz/?hl=hu Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/whoiszorz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4B9sGGc12dJU5PZUa6Eku5 Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/zorz/1338842267 Bandcamp: https://whoiszorz.bandcamp.com/ TRACKLIST: ZORZ x KHAARO - Lotus ZORZ x KHAARO - Megfulladok2020-12-1540 minHEATMAPHEATMAPHEATMAP RADIO 3TRACKLIST:  Migos - Slippery ft. Gucci Mane Migos - Pop Shit   Migos - Ice Tray ft. Lil Yachty   Quavo & Travis Scott - Black & Chinese  Quavo - Lose It ft. Lil Baby   Offset & Metro Boomin - Ric Flair Drip  Marlo & City Girls & Offset - Soanking Wet  Takeoff - Last Memory    Instagramon elértek minket:  Dani: @yunggingah  Ádám: @farkasadam852020-12-0928 minHEATMAPHEATMAPHEATMAP RADIO 2TRACKLIST: TRAVIS SCOTT - PULL UP GUNNA - MINI BRAIN FIVIO FOREIGN - MILITANT YOUNG THUG X JUICE WRLD - BLUE CASH PLAYBOI CARTI - CAN'T RELATE GUNNA X YOUNG THUG X MIGOS - SPIDER CHIEF KEEF X PLAYBOI CARTI - UH UH OFFSET X LIL BABY - RUN IT UP LIL DURK - FOR MY DNA Instagramon elértek minket: Dani: @yunggingah Ádám: @farkasadam852020-10-2500 minHEATMAPHEATMAPHEATMAP RADIO 1TRACKLIST: TRAVIS SCOTT - THE PRAYER   A$AP ROCKY - KISSIN’ PINK   MAC MILLER - DIABLO   KANYE WEST - I KILL FOR FUN   DRAKE - BIG MOOD   TRAVIS SCOTT - UNTITLED  POP SMOKE - LIGHT IT UP  P LAYBOI CARTI - NEON   KID CUDI - PIMPIN’ Instagramon elértek minket:  Dani: @yunggingah  Ádám: @farkasadam852020-10-1600 min