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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week's episode features special guest Elizabeth Weise from USA Today, who wrote about how clean energy bans are "skyrocketing" under the second Trump administration.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Gonzalo Castro de la Mata, Executive Director at Earthna, who recently published an op-ed about how the climate conversation is now shifting from goals to implementation, focused on energy security, finance, and scalable solutions, especially as surpassing 1.5°C appears more likely. He pushes for us to move faster from climate agreements to execution.

This Week in Cleantech — February 27, 2026 

1. Data centers done right? Xcel and Form Energy team up to power Google operation in Minnesota — Factor This
2. US particle accelerators turn nuclear waste into electricity, cut radioactive life by 99.7% — Interesting Engineering
3. Clean Energy Manufacturers Set to Muddle Through Fresh Tariff Turmoil — The Wall Street Journal
4. Data Center Outlook: Half of 2026 Pipeline May Not Materialize — Sightline Climate
5. Clean energy bans skyrocket under Trump, USA TODAY analysis finds — USA Today

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