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This Week in Cleantech (03/07/2025) - Trump's tariffs make things complicated
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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.
This week’s episode features Lisa Martine Jenkins from Latitude Media, who wrote about how Trump's tariffs will complicate the U.S. energy supply chain.
This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Dhruv Patel, COO of Renewable Energy at McCarthy. He celebrated National Energy Efficiency Day with his team at McCarthy on Wednesday and shared his experience on LinkedIn with the quote, “But what really sticks with me isn’t just the megawatts we build—it’s the impact we leave behind.”
This Week in Cleantech — March 7, 2025
- Justin Peterson, The D.C. Power Broker Embroiled in a Global Hacking Scandal — The Wall Street Journal
- Tumbling Tesla Shares Leave Investors Bracing for More Losses — Bloomberg
- Column: Time for California to get serious about cheaper, cleaner energy — LA Times
- Zero: Why (Almost) Everyone Hates ESG Right Now — Bloomberg
- Tariff havoc begins, complicating energy supply chains — Latitude Media
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