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Dan Gearino

Clean Energy Reporter, Midwest, National Environment Reporting Network

Dan Gearino covers the midwestern United States, part of ICN’s National Environment Reporting Network. His coverage deals with the business side of the clean-energy transition and he writes 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.

Steel is produced at ArcelorMittal Gent on Sept. 5, 2007 in Ghent, Belgium. Credit: Mark Renders/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: A Steel Giant Joins a Growing List of Companies Aiming for Net-Zero by 2050

By Dan Gearino

One of the smokestacks at the Gavin power plant in Cheshire, Ohio, which is now owned by Lightstone Generation LLC, an independent power producer. It continues to operate while many others have closed or are scheduled to close as utilities announce plans

Inside Clean Energy: Net Zero by 2050 Has Quickly Become the New Normal for the Largest U.S. Utilities

By Dan Gearino

Luminalt solar installers install solar panels on the roof of a home on May 9, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: In South Carolina, a Happy Compromise on Net Metering

By Dan Gearino

Afternoon commuter traffic streams northward from Los Angeles on the State Route 14 freeway on May 13, 2020 in Newhall, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

In a Bold Move, California’s Governor Issues Ban on Gasoline-Powered Cars as of 2035

By Dan Gearino

Aerial view of a wind-solar hybrid photovoltaic power station on September 12, 2020 in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province of China. Credit: Li Zongxian/VCG via Getty Images

Get to Net-Zero by Mid-Century? Even Some Global Oil and Gas Giants Think it Can Be Done

By Dan Gearino

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Google I/O 2017 Conference on May 17, 2017 in Mountain View, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Google Ups the Ante With a 24/7 Carbon-Free Pledge. What Does That Mean?

By Dan Gearino

Steam billows from the cooling towers at Exelon's nuclear power generating station in Byron, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Illinois Faces (Another) Nuclear Power Standoff

By Dan Gearino

Firefighters monitor flames as they approach a residence in the valley area of Vacaville, northern California during the LNU Lightning Complex fire on August 19, 2020. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: What We Could Be Doing to Avoid Blackouts

By Dan Gearino

Joe Biden listens to a question from the media after delivering a speech at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center, on July 28, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Biden’s Climate Plan Shows Net Zero is Now Mainstream

By Dan Gearino

Volunteers for the nonprofit Grid Alternatives install solar panels on a house in Farmersville, California. Credit: Grid Alternatives

Inside Clean Energy: What’s a Virtual Power Plant? Bay Area Consumers Will Soon Find Out.

By Dan Gearino

Electric vehicle. Credit: Open Grid Scheduler/Grid Engine/Flickr

Inside Clean Energy: How Soon Will An EV Cost the Same as a Gasoline Vehicle? Sooner Than You Think.

By Dan Gearino

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. Credit: State of Ohio

Illinois and Ohio Bribery Scandals Show the Perils of Mixing Utilities and Politics

By Dan Gearino

Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder. Credit: State of Ohio

Inside Clean Energy: Ohio’s Bribery Scandal is Bad. The State’s Lack of an Energy Plan May Be Worse

By Dan Gearino

PacifiCorp provides lease payments to local landowners for use of their land for wind turbines. Credit: Pacific Power/Flickr

Inside Clean Energy: The Coal-Country Utility that Wants to Cut Coal

By Dan Gearino

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Chase Center July 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden delivered remarks on his campaign's 'Build Back Better' clean energy economic plan. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Im

Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan Promotes Union Jobs, Electric Cars and Carbon-Free Power

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Ilana Cohen, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys

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Inside Clean Energy: Sunrun and Vivint Form New Solar Goliath, Leaving Tesla to Play David

By Dan Gearino

The decline of coal is accelerating as coal-fired power plants, which are expensive to run, sit idle or even shut down. Credit: NREL

Inside Clean Energy: Fact-Checking the Energy Secretary’s Optimism on Coal

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are the States Where You Save the Most on Fuel by Choosing an EV

By Dan Gearino

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