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This Week in Cleantech (07/11/2025) - More handouts for big oil?
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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.
This week’s episode features special guest Mark Gongloff from Bloomberg, who wrote about how Senate Republicans are proposing nearly $18 billion in new subsidies for fossil-fuel companies over the next decade.
This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Mark Jacobs, co-founder of EVmath. Mark led marketing for the DOE-funded EMPOWER Project which helps workplaces install EV chargers for their employees.
This Week in Cleantech — July 11, 2025
- Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy has just begun — The Washington Post
- The Permitting Crisis for Renewables — Heatmap News
- How the Trump tax bill could help China win at A.I. — The Washington Post
- America invents. Others deploy. — Latitude Media
- The GOP Wants to Give Big Oil a Handout It Doesn’t Need — Bloomberg
Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com