Clean electricity technologies are here and they’re affordable. So why does most of our power in the U.S. still come from fossil fuels? Daniel Cohan, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Rice University and a Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar, joined Baker Briefing to explain how bureaucratic bottlenecks have led to a backlog of wind, solar, and battery storage power projects that could, if built, revolutionize the grid and greatly reduce the emissions that contribute to climate change and air pollution.
Subscribe and listen to Baker Briefing on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. For more on this topic, read “Prioritize Reforms to Accelerate the Shift to Clean Electricity,” written by Cohan for “Election 2024: Policy Playbook,” a series by Rice University and the Baker Institute to inform U.S. and Texas policymaking before and after the election.
This conversation was recorded on Nov. 1, 2024. A transcript of this episode is available here. This text was AI-generated and has not been through editorial review.
Discussants
Daniel S. Cohan, Ph.D.
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
The Honorable David M. Satterfield
Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy
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