ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
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 listeners a deep understanding of the solutions to climate change.
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Update frequency:
every 18 days
Average audio length:
28 minutes
English
United States
46 episodes
since June 4, 2021
episodic
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This is the final episode of a five-part series exploring the lithium-ion battery supply chain. If you haven't listened to the first four episodes, we recommend you start there.
So far over this season we've traced the global lithium-ion battery supply chain from mining to processing to manufact…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
This is the fourth episode of a five-part series exploring the lithium-ion battery supply chain. If you haven't listened to the first three episodes, we recommend you start there.
China has been the world's biggest battery manufacturer for over a decade. Chinese companies got in the game early,…
This is the third episode of a five-part series exploring the lithium-ion battery supply chain. If you haven't listened to the first two episodes, we recommend you start there.
Batteries can replace gasoline in our cars, or diesel in our generators, with electricity. But batteries and petroleum-…
This is the second episode of a five-part series exploring the lithium-ion battery supply chain. If you haven't listened to the first episode, we recommend you start there.
To produce enough batteries to reach global net-zero goals, the International Energy Agency says we'll need to increase pro…
We need to electrify much of the global economy in order to hit net-zero emissions by 2050. That means installing a lot of batteries in our cars, buildings, and across the grid to balance vast amounts of wind and solar.
The supply chain behind all those batteries could be worth nearly half a tri…
Batteries are finding their way into everything – from cars to heavy equipment to the electric grid.
But scaling up production to meet the demands of a net-zero economy is complicated and contentious. In this 5-episode season, we're digging into the ways batteries are made and asking: what gets m…
This week, we're running an episode of Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers, from our friends at Environmental Defense Fund: "The fastest electric vehicle fleet makeover in the west".
Degrees is an action hub for green job seekers to find career guidance and connect to a community of me…
This is the fifth episode of a five-part series exploring the European energy crisis in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. If you haven't listened to the first four episodes, we recommend you start there.
In March of 2022, European officials unveiled a plan to push their energy transition m…
This is the fourth episode of a five-part series exploring the European energy crisis in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. If you haven't listened to the first three episodes, we recommend you start there.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Germans and Poles installed heat pumps a…
This is the third episode of a five-part series exploring the European energy crisis in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. If you haven't listened to the first two episodes, we recommend you start there.
Even with a plan to phase down fossil fuel use, Poland still gets 70% of its electricit…
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