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This Week in Cleantech (2/9/24) — The NIMBY stat that clean energy can't ignore

February 09, 2024 Season 1 Episode 88
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This Week in Cleantech (2/9/24) — The NIMBY stat that clean energy can't ignore
Show Notes

This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less. Produced by Renewable Energy World and Tigercomm, This Week in Cleantech will air every Friday in the Factor This! podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts.

This week’s episode features USA Today national correspondent Elizabeth Weise, who reported on overwhelming local opposition to clean energy projects.

This Week in Cleantech  — February 9, 2024

This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Tom Matzzie, CEO of CleanChoice Energy.

1. Summer Has Long Stressed Electric Grids. Now Winter Does, Too. — New York Times
2. ‘Gold’ hydrogen: The next clean fuel? — E&E News
3. How bad is Tesla’s hazardous waste problem in California? — The Verge
4. EV Slowdown Turns the Table for Leaders and Laggards — Bloomberg
5. Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they're being built — USA Today

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