Tisha Schuller welcomes Arnab Datta, managing director of policy implementation at Employ America and director of infrastructure policy at the Institute for Progress (IFP), to the Energy Thinks podcast.

Arnab brought his expertise in policy and law to Employ America starting in 2020 and joined IFP in 2023. Prior to this, he served as a legislative fellow for Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), where he focused on housing policy. He also served as a law clerk with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Arnab has worked as both a teacher and a school leader in Bombay, India.

He received a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School where he was Articles Editor on the George Washington Law Review and also received a M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Mentioned in the episode:

Arnab’s New York Times opinion piece published December 8, 2024: Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump.

Tisha’s Both of These Things Are True newsletters, Practical Environmentalism Is Inevitable and The 3 T’s of Energy Realism.

Watch the video on YouTube to see Tisha and Arnab discuss The Moment.

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Follow all things Adamantine Energy at www.energythinks.com.

Thanks to Kayla Chieves who makes the Energy Thinks podcast possible.

[Interview recorded on January 23, 2024]

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