This Week in Cleantech (06/06/2025) - Trump wants to repurpose Biden's green bank

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features special guest Ari Natter from Bloomberg, who wrote about how the Trump administration plans to repurpose Biden’s $400 billion green bank to fund loans for nuclear, geothermal, and critical mineral projects

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Mayor Mondale Robinson of Enfield, North Carolina. He led a plan to build a solar farm, resilience hub, and weatherization center in Enfield, cutting $650 monthly energy bills, replacing crumbling grid infrastructure, and using clean energy to bring jobs and economic independence to a historically Black, underserved rural community.

This Week in Cleantech — June 6, 2025

1. The Supreme Court Just Started a Permitting Revolution — Heatmap
2. U.S. Oil Companies Are ‘Battening Down the Hatches’ — The New York Times
3. Why Wind And Solar Make Grids More Vulnerable to Blackouts — The Wall Street Journal
4. Chinese battery glut plugs into solar boom to power Pakistan — The Financial Times
5. Trump Plans to Tap Biden’s Green Bank to Make Billions in Loans — Bloomberg

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