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Every week, Heatmap News Executive Editor Robinson Meyer and a guest 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 his partners 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. Music by Adam Kromelow.

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S3 · E55
June 24 · 55 min
How China Saved the World From Trump’s Energy Crisis
Rob checks in with Commodity Context’s Rory Johnston as the Iran War (hopefully) draws to a close.
S3 · E54
June 17 · 32 min
Anthropic and the Future of the Buzzy Carbon Removal Buyer's Club
Rob talks with Hannah Bebbington Valori, head of Frontier Climate, about the group’s new $915 million fund.
S3 · E53
June 11 · 36 min
The Other, Other Big Race in Georgia This Year
Rob talks with Georgia Public Service Commissioner-slash-candidate Peter Hubbard.
S3 · E52
June 2 · 31 min
Affordability Politics Took On New York’s Climate Law — and Won
Rob gets into the latest state-level policy developments with Heatmap’s own Emily Pontecorvo.
S3 · E51
May 26 · 48 min
Nvidia’s Case for Why AI Will Cut Emissions
Rob sits down with the Josh Parker, head of sustainability at America’s world-leading chip designer.
S3 · E50
May 22 · 49 min
How Los Angeles Cleaned Up the World’s Air Pollution
Rob talks with UCLA law professor Ann Carlson about her fascinating new book, Smog and Sunshine: The Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air.
S3 · E49
May 15 · 47 min
This Year’s Beijing Auto Show Has a Lesson for Trump
Fresh off the plane back, Kate Logan and Jeremy Wallace talk with Rob about their impressions on the state China’s EV market.
S3 · E48
May 13 · 48 min
What’s Truly Baffling About the Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis
With markets surging and the crucial waterway still closed, Rob seeks clarity from the founding director of Columbia’s Center for Global Energy Policy, Jason Bordoff.
S3 · E47
May 11 · 36 min
What Has All This Back-and-Forth Climate Legislating Bought Us?
Rob takes stock of both Biden and Trump’s climate legacies with John Bistline and Ryna Cui.
S3 · E46
May 6 · 58 min
The Big Interview: John Arnold
Rob chats with the billionaire and clean energy investor about permitting reform and the Iran energy crisis.
S3 · E45
May 1 · 40 min
Some Great News About the Global Electricity System
Rob chats with Ember’s Nicolas Fulghum about the think tank’s newest report.
S3 · E44
April 23 · 44 min
Everything We Didn't Know About the World’s Buzziest Geothermal Startup
Rob dives into Fervo’s S-1 filing with Princeton professor Jesse Jenkins and Heatmap’s Matthew Zeitlin.
S3 · E43
April 15 · 33 min
Why Microsoft’s Carbon Removal Pullback Is Such a Big Deal
Rob follows up on his scoop with Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.
S3 · E42
April 9 · 48 min
Why the Iran Ceasefire Hasn’t Ended the Energy Crisis
Rob talks through what could happen next in the Strait of Hormuz with Commodity Context’s Rory Johnston.

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