160: Shara Mohtadi & The State-Level Push for Clean Energy

Matt is joined by Shara Mohtadi, co-founder of S2 Strategies and former Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Shara shares how witnessing humanitarian crises in her youth sparked her interest in the link between climate change, migration, and conflict, eventually leading her to work in clean energy policy. She discusses the role of state governments in accessing federal clean energy resources, especially after the Inflation Reduction Act, and highlights Minnesota as a model for effective clean energy initiatives. You can follow Shara’s work on by visiting www.S2Strategies.org Want to help us reach our goal of planting 30k trees? Visit www.aclimatechange.com/trees to learn how. You can also find us on Apple, Spotify, or whenever you get podcasts.A Climate Change With Matt Matern is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so Check out our most downloaded episodes:

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