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Checking back in with Greenlight America
On this episode, recorded live at Climate Week NYC, I talk with Matt Traldi. He’s the founder and CEO of Greenlight America, which finds the local meetings where clean energy’s fate is being decided and recruits supporters to attend. Traldi...
Volts community thread #31: Postcard from Denmark
David’s Notes
- 🇩🇰 As promised in last month’s note, I flew straight from Climate Week NYC — where I found the sideline conversations quite doomy — to Denmark, where I was immersed in thoughtful, cooperative, successful green infras...
What’s up with the new federal permitting reform bill?
The proposed bipartisan federal permitting bill is 417 pages filled with extremely consequential provisions that have left the climate community some mix of excited, infuriated, and confused. In an attempt to bring some clarity, I asked Dan...
The grueling fight to pass the Inflation Reduction Act
On September 14, I sat down with Leah Stokes in front of a live audience at Seattle’s Town Hall to talk about her new book, The Carbon Wave. It’s an insider account of how the Inflation Reduction Act got made, braided with the story of the...
Best of September 2026
Highlights from the seven conversations released last month.
Volts published seven conversations in September, which is a lot for anyone to listen to. We’ve rounded up the highlights into less than an hour. Enjoy!
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