“Scope 3” greenhouse gas emissions — those that companies are indirectly responsible for, via supply chain, product disposal, investments, etc. — are an imprecisely measured but significant source of impact. In this episode, Laura Draucker of the nonprofit Ceres shares her expertise on all things scope 3, including the recent decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission to drop the requirement that companies disclose them.
Making carbon-free steel with clean electricity
FERC's new rule and other exciting transmission news
Using a Moneyball approach to elect state & local climate champions
Making heat pumps better, easier, and a little sexier
Envisioning a more democratic, bottom-up energy system
How climate change is portrayed in popular culture
What you need to know about the new EPA power plant standards
The energy transition's 5 supervillains and 5 superheroes
Making geothermal heat pumps work for big buildings
Rising electricity demand requires new gas plants? Not so fast.
Why "transferable" tax credits are such a big deal
What's going on with China these days?
Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it
How much can urban land use policy do for the climate?
How the EPA will spend $27 billion in carbon-reduction funds
Now is the time for distributed energy
Biden sets out to supercharge industrial decarbonization
What's the deal with these methane satellites?
Getting ready for IRA 2
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