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.
Unfamiliar Ground: Bracing for Climate Impacts in the American Midwest
By Dan Gearino
As Climate Change Threatens Midwest's Cultural Identity, Cities Test Ways to Adapt
By Dan Gearino
Coal Giant Murray Energy Files for Bankruptcy Despite Trump’s Support
By Dan Gearino
Utilities Are Promising Net Zero Carbon Emissions, But Don't Expect Big Changes Soon
By Dan Gearino
Government Delays First Big U.S. Offshore Wind Farm. Is a Double Standard at Play?
By Dan Gearino, Phil McKenna
Ohio Governor Signs Nuclear and Coal Bailout at Expense of Renewable Energy
By Dan Gearino
As Rooftop Solar Grows, What Should the Future of Net Metering Look Like?
By Dan Gearino
Ohio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Adds Coal (while Killing Renewables Rules)
By Dan Gearino
Replacing Coal with Renewable Energy Will Save This Utility Billions. The Coal Industry Is Fighting It.
By Dan Gearino
Entrepreneurs Built Iowa’s Solar Economy. A Utility’s Push for Solar Fees Could Shut Them Down.
By Dan Gearino
Trump's Budget Cuts Could Have a Chilling Effect on U.S. Clean Energy Leadership
By Dan Gearino
New Wind & Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal in Much of the U.S., New Analysis Finds
By Dan Gearino
Ohio Weighs a Nuclear Bailout at FirstEnergy's Urging. Will It Boost Renewables, Too?
By Dan Gearino
100% Renewable Energy Needs Lots of Storage. This Polar Vortex Test Showed How Much.
By Dan Gearino
U.S. Solar Jobs Fell with Trump’s Tariffs, But These States Are Adding More
By Dan Gearino
Michigan's New Governor Puts Climate Change at Heart of Government
By Dan Gearino
