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ICN reporter Dan Gearinoa

Dan Gearino

Reporter, Clean Energy

Dan Gearino covers the business and policy of renewable energy and utilities, often with an emphasis on the midwestern United States. He is the main author of ICN’s Inside Clean Energy newsletter. He came to ICN in 2018 after a nine-year tenure at The Columbus Dispatch, where he covered the business of energy. Before that, he covered politics and business in Iowa and in New Hampshire. He grew up in Warren County, Iowa, just south of Des Moines, and lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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Demonstrators wave signs during a protest against AI data center development in rural Imperial, Calif., on July 18. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

Where Opposition to Data Centers and Renewable Energy Projects Converge

By Dan Gearino

Equipment sits idle at the construction site of a 480,000-square-foot AI data center on July 24, 2025, in Lewis Center, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Pitchfork Populism’ Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio’s U.S. Senate Race

By Dan Gearino

Nikki Gerber, owner of Moondoggie Liveree in Adams County, Ohio, is campaigning against a propose data center because of concerns about effects on air, water and biodiversity. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

Inside Ohio’s Revolt Against Data Centers

By Dan Gearino

John Smillie speaks in support of a proposed utility-scale solar project at a Montgomery County Board of Commissioners meeting on Sept. 28 in Crawfordsville, Ind. Credit: Montgomery County, Indiana livestream

To Block Solar Energy Projects, One Community Lumped Them in With Junkyards and Adult Bookstores

By Dan Gearino

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), announces the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act during a press conference on Wednesday. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

Long-Awaited Senate Deal to Speed Permitting Faces Familiar Hurdles

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

Workers install solar panels on the roof of a house in Antipolo, Philippines. Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

All Hail Electrification. But Let’s Talk About the Hard Part.

By Dan Gearino

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Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the opening of the General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday. Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa via Getty Images

Climate Crisis Is No Longer a ‘Distant Warning,’ UN Leader Says

By Dan Gearino

Construction workers wire electricity lines at a data center under construction on March 4 in Garland, Texas. Credit: Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images

AI’s Meet-Cute With Climate Denial

By Dan Gearino

A sign marks the location of a polling place as residents vote in Wisconsin’s primary election on Aug. 11 in Madison. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

These State Elections Could Reshape Climate and Energy Policy

By Dan Gearino

A swath of coal is visible in front of the J.H. Campbell coal power plant in an aerial photo.

Court Rules Against Trump Order to Keep Costly Michigan Coal Plant Running

By Dan Gearino, Keerti Gopal, Marianne Lavelle

A solar farm is seen on June 17 near Rosamond, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

How California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit

By Dan Gearino

Sheep graze around solar panels in Saltillo, Texas, on May 28. Credit: Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images

These States Are Leading the Electricity Generation Boom

By Dan Gearino

A worker explains the features of a commercial rooftop solar project that was installed by GAI Energy of Flora, Ind. Credit: GAI Energy

Rooftop Solar Is Having a Rough One

By Dan Gearino

Rooftop solar and batteries are shown in a promotional image for Solrite, a company now entering the Illinois market for virtual power plants. Credit: Solrite

Notes from Illinois’ Virtual Power Plant Frontier

By Dan Gearino

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about clean energy initiatives during a news conference on May 14 in Ottawa. Credit: Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images

Canada Bets Big on Hydro and Wind Power

By Dan Gearino

Electric vehicles from Chinese automaker BYD are unloaded at a port in Zarate, Argentina, on Jan. 20. Credit: Luciano Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images

In South America, Chinese EVs Are Racing Ahead

By Dan Gearino, Katie Surma

Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, includes 400 megawatts of solar. Credit: rPlus Energies

So Much Solar: Digging Into the List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year

By Dan Gearino

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