Maria Virginia Olano

Maria Virginia Olano

Chief of Staff . .

Maria Virginia Olano is chief of staff at Canary Media. Before joining the Canary team, she worked on state-level climate policy advocacy, specifically focusing on communications strategies. She previously produced the podcast Political Climate and hosted and produced the podcast Cooler Earth. She grew up in Colombia and now lives in Boston.

Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Amy Francetic, managing general partner at Buoyant Ventures

Plus, climatetech career moves at Google, Fluence, OCI Solar, LineVision, Energize Ventures, Fifth Wall, Intersect Power and more.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 20 January 2023
Fossil fuels

Chart: Here’s why everyone is freaking out over gas stoves

The performative outrage over a nonexistent ban on gas stoves is overblown. The clear proof of the harmful health impacts of fossil gas isn't.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 13 January 2023
Electric vehicles

Charts: Tesla stock tanks even as it sets EV delivery record

The pioneering electric-vehicle maker shipped more cars in Q4 2022 than ever before, but its stock price is sliding ever lower. Elon Musk's Twitter side hustle isn't helping.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 6 January 2023
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Nicole Luckey, SVP at Invenergy

Plus, climatetech career moves at NuScale Power, WeaveGrid, Strata Clean Energy and Enel X Way — and some Nigerian Dwarf goats, too.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 5 January 2023
Clean energy

Top 10 most popular energy charts of 2022

From lithium prices to Russian oil to top EV countries, here's the data that our readers found most fascinating.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 30 December 2022
Solar

Chart: Which country dominates the solar supply chain?

China maintains an iron grip on every stage of solar manufacturing, from raw polysilicon to finished solar panels.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 23 December 2022
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Allison Wolff, CEO at Vibrant Planet

Plus, climatetech career moves at Microsoft, Pine Gate Renewables, Convergent Energy and Power, Schmidt Futures, SE Ventures, Meati, StoreDot and more.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 22 December 2022
Clean energy

Chart: What's the top source of electricity in your state?

Twelve states now generate the largest share of their power from zero-carbon sources — wind, hydro or nuclear. The rest still rely most heavily on fossil fuels.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 16 December 2022
Corporate procurement

Chart: These 10 US companies buy and build the most solar

Tech and retail giants are in a race to get solar to power their operations — but one is far ahead of the rest.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 9 December 2022
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Jess Brooks, chief development officer at Sunwealth

Plus, climatetech career moves at FreeWire, Prologis, Form, FERC, Fermata and 7-Eleven.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 8 December 2022