Climate justice
Newsletter: Want to pass a 100% clean grid law? Don't pick too many fights
Oregon built broad support for its clean grid law. Can other places learn from the example?
By Julian Spector .
Julian is a senior reporter at Canary Media, where he covers batteries and emerging technologies to store clean energy and unlock a carbon-free grid. He also reports on the budding clean hydrogen industry, and chases down clean energy breakthroughs in far-flung locales.
Prior to the launch of Canary Media in 2021, Julian covered the rise of the grid storage industry for much-loved industry news outlet Greentech Media. Previously he covered clean energy and transportation for CityLab at The Atlantic, and conducted grant-funded climate journalism in Bangladesh. His stories have appeared in The Guardian, HuffPost, Al Jazeera America, and other outlets. He speaks regularly at energy-related events and on podcasts. He graduated from Duke University and still misses Carolina barbecue, but enjoys investigating local cuisine wherever his reporting takes him.
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Climate justice
From climate justice organizing to legislating: How Rep. Khanh Pham helped pass Oregon's 100% clean grid law
A Q&A with Pham on how building a wide-ranging coalition and sitting down with affected industries led to a clean energy victory.By Julian Spector .
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Transmission
Newsletter: Texas outages made transmission upgrades look cheap
Can framing grid investment as a way to prevent disasters convince more people to support it?By Julian Spector .
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Energy storage
Newsletter: The wait is over for Form Energy's secret recipe
Now we know the answer to one of the long-standing mysteries of the clean energy industry.By Julian Spector .
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Long-duration energy storage
Stealthy storage contender Form Energy reveals secret formula: Iron and air
And it raised another $200 million to get to market.By Julian Spector .
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Energy storage
Newsletter: Postcards of the energy future from South America
Today's newsletter is all about growth and change.By Julian Spector .
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Solar
Newsletter: Nature abhors a vacuum, carbon accounting edition
Startups are jumping in to fill a policy gap when it comes to business-sector carbon tracking.By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Newsletter: Dude, where's my battery?
Supply and demand are out of whack in the surging energy storage industry.By Julian Spector .
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Climatetech finance
Newsletter: A win for the slow-and-steady school of cleantech investing
What's a decade of investing experience worth in today's heady market?By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
The grid battery boom has triggered a supply shortage
Storage developers large and small are grappling with what to do when there aren't enough batteries to go around.By Julian Spector .
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