Air Date: 7-12-2024

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From solar scams to controversial congestion pricing and the smart grid that's needed to connect it all, we look at the messy and difficult path to a low-carbon future.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: When solar power leaves you feeling burned - Today, Explained - Air Date 1-2-24

KP 2: How can we develop new energy technologies and get them deployed at scale - The Energy Gang - Air Date 3-5-24

KP 3: This is what's REALLY holding back wind and solar - DW Planet A - Air Date 6-2-23

KP 4: How to fix clean energy’s storage problem - VOX - Air Date 4-27-23

KP 5: How can we develop new energy technologies and get them deployed at scale Part 2 - The Energy Gang - Air Date 3-5-24

KP 6: The Lost Subways of North America - 99% Invisible - Air Date 5-21-24

KP 7: NYC Congestion Pricing Advocates Slam Hochul for Halting Plan to Reduce Emissions, Fund Transit - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-25-24

KP 8: Comptroller on Congestion Pricing's Indefinite Pause - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 6-17-24

(54:25) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On how to make the case to Biden to step aside

DEEPER DIVES

(1:01:35) SECTION A: ENERGY POLICIES

A1: When solar power leaves you feeling burned Part 2 - Today, Explained - Air Date 1-2-24

A2: How can we develop new energy technologies and get them deployed at scale Part 3 - The Energy Gang - Air Date 3-5-24

A3: This is what's REALLY holding back wind and solar Part 2 - DW Planet A - Air Date 6-2-23

(1:20:31) SECTION B: THE INTENTIONAL SOLAR SCAM

B1: The Solar-Powered Scammer - Scamfluencers - Air Date 2-5-24

B2: The Solar-Powered Scammer Part 2 - Scamfluencers - Air Date 2-5-24

(1:36:14) SECTION C: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

C1: The Lost Subways of North America Part 2 - 99% Invisible - Air Date 5-21-24

C2: Comptroller on Congestion Pricing's Indefinite Pause Part 2 - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 6-17-24

C3: The Lost Subways of North America Part 3 - 99% Invisible - Air Date 5-21-24

MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)

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Description: Photo of a smoggy traffic jam on a highway, taken from the middle of the lane behind the cars. Cars' brake lights are visible.

Credit: “World Class Traffic Jam: Jersey Turnpike Version” by b k, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Slight crop

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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