Long-Haul Charging: Powering Heavy-Duty Trucks with Electricity
Electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are on the rise around the world as more businesses electrify their fleets and delivery vehicles —...
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Electrify This!
Electrify This! explores the movement to electrify everything as a core strategy to decarbonize and revitalize all sectors of our economy. Featuring diverse experts, the show examines the mo...
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20 of 36 episodesCongress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives! How to Act Before It’s Too Late
The One Big Beautiful Bill is a big bad deal for U.S. households, businesses, and the climate. The law repealed numerous clean energy, effic...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other federal repeals will crash America’s EV market
Federal lawmakers and the Trump Administration are trying to put the breaks on clean electric vehicles that save people money and clear the...
Repealing Inflation Reduction Act Harms America’s Economy and Costs Consumers
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 marked the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history, supporting homegrown cle...
Electrification Loves Grid Reliability
In this special valentine to the electric grid, Electrify This! host Sara Baldwin speaks with grid expert, Ric O’Connell of GridLab, about a...
The State of EV Charging for Multifamily Housing
Did you know that nearly a third of households in the U.S. face an uphill climb to drive and benefit from an EV simply because they live in...
An Action Plan For U.S. Industrial Heat Electrification (Part 3 of 3)
In the last installment of our three-part series on industrial decarbonization, we explore industrial sector decarbonization and the role el...
Clean Industry Needs Electrification: Can the Grid Manage the Demand? (Part 2 of 3)
Transitioning the industrial sector to run on clean energy through electrification is a critical strategy to decarbonize one of our economy’...
A Roadmap for the Zero-Carbon Industrial Transition (Part 1 of 3)
Did you know that industrial activity around the world is responsible for one-third of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions? In the U.S. al...
What’s really needed to cut U.S. emissions faster this decade?
Season 4 of Electrify This! kicks off the new year to unpack a big question: “What’s really needed to cut U.S. emissions faster this decade?...
An Electrifying Year: A 2023 Retrospective
2023 was an action-packed year for the clean energy transition and electrification. From the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act a...
Billions in New DOE Home Energy Retrofit Programs and Workforce Funding: What States Need To Know
A year after the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law, the federal government and states are moving quickly to deploy $8.8 bill...
States in the EV Driver Seat
States have been long-time leaders in the transportation electrification space, and more states than ever before are taking action to accele...
On the Move: Policy Accelerates the US EV Market
Federal and state policies are reshaping how people and goods travel, while cutting harmful greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants from car...
Making Energy Efficiency and Electrification Programs Work for People
The Inflation Reduction Act allocates billions for home and building upgrades over the next ten years; these rebates and incentives can cut...
National Leaders on the Future of Climate and Electrification
Three national climate policy stars kick off Season 3 to recap 2022 successes, predict what’s in store for 2023 on the policy front, and out...
From COP 27 to Corporations: Electrifying Industry to Meet U.S. Climate Goals
At the COP27 Climate Change Conference, governments representing more half of the global economy announced an action plan to speed the decar...
The Inflation Reduction Act: What it Means for the U.S. Workforce, Consumers, and Climate
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is the most significant climate legislation in United States history—$370 billion in climate and c...
Connecting the Dots: Cooking, Climate, and Clean Air
Did you know the gas that heats many of our buildings, cooks our food, and dries our clothes causes air pollution? Recent studies demonstrat...
Environmental Justice Impacts of the Hydrogen Economy
The hydrogen buzz is getting louder. Carbon-free hydrogen is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s strategy to achieve President Biden’s n...