Is the US about to enter a new era of energy inflation? Can technological progress outpace political regression? And are we witnessing the permanent end of America's climate ambitions?
This week on Cleaning Up, Michael sits down with Ethan Zindler, former Climate Counselor to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, now head of countries and policy research at BloombergNEF, to dissect the dramatic shifts in US energy policy.
Fresh from the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Zindler reveals how recent legislation in the US could set back clean energy development by years, potentially undermining investments in wind, solar and electric vehicles.
There are a couple of brighter spots too, with costs in some technologies falling so rapidly that they might escape the drag of the current administration, and other technologies — like advanced geothermal and nuclear — seeing an uptick in support.
Zindler brings the latest analysis from BloombergNEF to Cleaning Up to help unpack the One Big Beautiful Bill, and what it means for the future of US energy and climate policy.
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