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This Week in Cleantech (9/30/2024) - Interest rates and climate change


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This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

This week’s episode features Catherine Boudrea, a Business Insider reporter who wrote about Constellation Energy's plans to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania.

This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Robin Swanhuyser, the Executive Director of Twende Solar. Twende Solar empowers under-resourced communities with renewable energy systems. Their vision is to have renewable energy be the solution for eliminating poverty, strengthening economies, protecting ecosystems, and achieving a more equitable society. Congratulations, Robin!

This Week in Cleantech — September 30, 2024 

  1. Under a Texas sun, agrivoltaics offer farmers a new way to make money — The Washington Post
  2. America's Oil Country Increasingly Runs on Renewables — The New York Times
  3. What The Fed’s Interest Rate Cut Means For Climate Change — HuffPost
  4. From Norway to New York, electric ferries are taking over the globe — NY Post
  5. Tech bros and bankers rally around nuclear power to fuel AI's rapid rise — The Business Insider


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