Why the Iran War Is a Warning for Natural Gas
The United States and Israel have launched a devastating new war on Iran. What has happened so far, when could it end, and what could it mean for oil, gas, and the global energy shift?Rob is joined by...
2 Maalis 28min
The Peril of Talking About Electricity Affordability
As electricity affordability has risen in the public consciousness, so too has it gone up the priority list for climate groups — although many of their proposals are merely repackaged talking points f...
27 Helmi 35min
Data Centers Are Creating a New Kind of Battery Monster
Just a handful of tech companies plan to spend nearly $700 billion combined this year investing in artificial intelligence — and much of that money will go to data centers and the energy used to keep ...
25 Helmi 57min
What the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Means for the Energy Transition
The Supreme Court just struck down President Trump’s most ambitious tariff plan. What does that ruling mean for clean energy? For the data center boom? For America’s industrial policy?On this emergenc...
21 Helmi 29min
The Outdated Economics Driving Trump’s Car Standards Rollback
President Donald Trump has essentially killed all fuel economy rules on cars and trucks in the United States. By the end of the year, automakers will face virtually no limits on how many huge gas guzz...
20 Helmi 39min
Trump’s Assault on the Clean Air Act and What Happens Next
Rob is joined by Jody Freeman, the director of the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School, to discuss the Trump administration’s war on the endangerment finding. They chat about ho...
16 Helmi 42min
The Power Grid Just Passed Its Biggest Test in Years
On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse announce some news about the show — and also debrief on how the Northeastern U.S. power grid performed during the past few weeks of unusually intense...
13 Helmi 46min
What Senator Martin Heinrich Needs to See in a Permitting Deal
Rob talks to Senator Martin Heinrich about whether Republicans and Democrats will reach a permitting reform deal this year. They chat about what Democrats would need to see in such a deal, how it coul...
9 Helmi 32min
