Legal

Climate finance, interrupted

Beth Bafford on Climate United, the green fund she designed & ran before Trump killed it -- and the legal fight to revive it.

Apr 17 • David Roberts

59:34

What's the deal with balcony solar?

Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.

Nov 26, 2025 • David Roberts

1:07:20

Volts podcast: Abigail Hopper on the trade case that is crushing the US solar industry

The Department of Commerce is investigating a trade complaint that could result in substantial new tariffs on solar imports. It has thrown the US solar…

May 25, 2022 • David Roberts

1:04:42

Volts podcast: Doug Thompson defends the deep state

Why is the conservative movement is so consumed with, in Steve Bannon's words, "deconstructing the administrative state"? What exactly is the…

May 13, 2022 • David Roberts

Volts podcast: Jack Lienke & Kirti Datla on the ridiculous (but extremely important) EPA case before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing a case against EPA that is both absurd and terrifyingly significant. At stake is the agency's ability to regulate…

Mar 11, 2022 • David Roberts

1:22:26

Volts podcast: rampant environmental rule-breaking and how to fix it, with Cynthia Giles

Most people don't know it, but US environmental rules & regulations are routinely violated, in some cases at rates higher than 50%. An expert in…

Jul 14, 2021 • David Roberts

1:15:30

A few interesting bits of news

The Biden administration vows to come out swinging, a federal court strikes down one of Trump's key climate rollbacks, and Manchin is being Manchin…

Jan 20, 2021 • David Roberts

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