Energy

Cooling vent fans are seen on the roof of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia. on November 12, 2025.

Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us: Ketan Joshi on how data centers are a climate justice issue.

Nov 27, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Solar panels built over aquaculture ponds for shrimp and crab farming in Qingdao West Coast New Area in Shandong Province, China, on August 11, 2025.

How China’s Renewables Push Upends Geopolitics How China’s Renewables Push Upends Geopolitics

On Tech Won't Save Us: Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay on the future of the global energy system.

Aug 28, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

The full moon rises over the cooling towers of the Trillo Nuclear Power Plant in Guadalajara, Spain.

Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands

Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Nov 28, 2024 Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, M.V. Ramana on the tech industry’s pus…

Nov 28, 2024 / Podcast

Union members picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.)

The UAW’s Historic Victory—Plus, Elon Musk and American Democracy The UAW’s Historic Victory—Plus, Elon Musk and American Democracy

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson analyzes the auto strike, and David Nasaw talks about Tesla and Twitter.

Oct 12, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Car Dealers Versus Electric Vehicles

Car Dealers Versus Electric Vehicles Car Dealers Versus Electric Vehicles

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Alexander Sammon on the political power of a reactionary car cartel.

Jun 7, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Central America’s Stalled Progress

Central America’s Stalled Progress Central America’s Stalled Progress

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Jeffrey Gould and Doug Bell discuss how the region is haunted by the counterrevolution of the 1980s.

Feb 15, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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