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The Big Switch

The Big Switch

46 Episodes By Dr. Melissa Lott thebigswitch.libsyn.com/
To slow climate change, we need to transform our homes, buildings, cars, and economy quickly. "The Big Switch" explains how to rebuild the energy systems all around us. Dr. Melissa Lott of Columbia University brings together historical examples, current events, and incisive analysis to give listener ...more
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Part 5: The Battery Recycling Dilemma
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Mar 27 2024 33m
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Part 4: The Great Battery Manufacturing Race
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Mar 20 2024 45m
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Part 3: The High Stakes for Battery Ingredients
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Mar 13 2024 40m
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Part 2: The mining conundrum for critical minerals
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Mar 6 2024 38m
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Part 1: Are Batteries the New Oil?
We need to electrify much of the global economy in... more
Feb 28 2024 44m
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A preview of season 4: Batteries are taking over the world
Batteries are finding their way into everything – fr... more
Feb 5 2024 2m
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Degrees: The fastest electric vehicle fleet makeover in the West
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Oct 25 2023 32m
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Part 5: A Crisis Reshapes the Energy Transition
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Jun 28 2023 46m
Europe's Shift Away From Russian Gas
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Part 1: An Energy Crisis in the Making
Putin’s assault on Ukraine triggered an energy crisi... more
Jun 28 2023 33m
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
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Part 2: Inside Germany’s Race for Renewables
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Jun 28 2023 34m
Germany's Power Sector and Electrification Plans
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Part 3: Poland’s Coal Legacy and Nuclear Future
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Jun 28 2023 24m
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Part 4: Heat Pumps for Peace
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Jun 28 2023 23m
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A preview of season 3: Europe’s energy crisis
Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked supply shortage... more
Jun 6 2023 4m
Russia's Energy Weapon
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In Kenya It’s Geothermal for the Win
Geothermal energy doesn’t get near the attention tha... more
Nov 23 2022 25m
Kenya's Geothermal Success Story.
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California’s Climate Czar on Banning Gas Cars
There’s been a pretty major shake-up in the world of... more
Nov 9 2022 26m
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From Landfill to Solar Farm in a Black Houston Neighborhood
In this episode, a former oil-and-gas man named Efre... more
Oct 26 2022 28m
Dory Wolf in Efraim's STEM Foundation
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Taking Co(a)l out of Colorado
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Oct 17 2022 23m
Inclusion is intentional
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EV charging stations have an equity problem
Frogs. Bees. Finicky software. There are a lot of th... more
Oct 3 2022 25m
Maintaining Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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Clean heat for all
We’re switching things up a bit for the next few wee... more
Sep 15 2022 23m
Zero Building Modification Heat Pumps
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Cookin' with Electrons
Building codes: they might sound boring, but they’re... more
Jul 27 2022 22m
Natural Gas Stoves
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1-800-DECARBONIZE-MY-BUILDING
There are 5.5 million commercial buildings in the U.... more
Jul 14 2022 25m
Green Banks and Retrofits
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Who Gets AC in a Heatwave?
It’s officially summer in North America, and that me... more
Jun 29 2022 21m
The Big Switch
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Retrofitting Homes for Net Zero
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Jun 16 2022 20m
Decarbonizing Residential Buildings.
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A road map to net zero buildings
This week on the show, we meet someone on a mission:... more
Jun 2 2022 21m
Solar Rise Brownsville
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The Hydrogen Rainbow
Ninety-five. That’s the number of times we've mentio... more
May 20 2022 20m
The Many Uses of Hydrogen.
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