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Best of October 2026

Hosted byDavid Roberts

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Volts published eight conversations in October, which is a lot for anyone to listen to. We’ve rounded up the highlights into less than an hour. Enjoy!
Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
01:52 – Leah Stokes on passing the IRA
07:52 – Daniel Palken on the permitting bill
13:26 – Matt Traldi on local clean energy fights
19:38 – Kristian Jensen on Denmark’s utilities
24:56 – Nick Chaset on consumer protection
30:11 – Sam D’Amico on engineers and factories
35:41 – Tom Matzzie on the clean energy super PAC
41:19 – Ketan Joshi on data centers and climate