This Week in Cleantech (05/09/2025) - Are Trump's cleantech cuts undermining his mineral plans?

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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 Alex Kaufman, who wrote for the The Atlantic about how Trump’s administration is fast-tracking domestic mining projects, pushing executive orders and green-lighting new rare earth and mineral ventures to reduce reliance on foreign sources like China.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Meredith Connolly, who shared a story from her first road trip in an electric vehicle. Charging her car cost just $22, but the station was in front of a Target so she ended up spending more inside the store than she did on charging. Her point: businesses should want EV chargers, because they bring in more customers.

This Week in Cleantech — May 6, 2025

1. Why Going Nuclear Is the Only Good Choice: Merryn Talks Money — Bloomberg
2. Republicans say EVs don’t pay their fair share. Here’s the math. — The Washington Post
3. India Sees a Future Making Solar Panels for Itself, and Maybe the World — The New York Times
4. United Bets on Photosynthesis and Limestone to Fuel Net-Zero Flight Path — The Wall Street Journal
5. The Missing Part of Trump’s Minerals Math — The Atlantic

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