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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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Members of the House Ways and Means Committee participate in a markup hearing focused on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” in the Longworth House Building on May 13 in Washington, D.C.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With ‘Sledgehammer Approach’

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

Solar panels are seen on the roof of a home on Feb. 14, in Bandera, Texas. Credit: Christopher Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Despite Federal Challenges, Two Leading Solar Advocates Are Continuing Their Forward Push

By Dan Gearino

Russell Vought, director of Trump’s Office of Management and Budget, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Proposed Cuts to Energy and Environment Programs in Trump’s Budget Worry Advocates and Elected Officials

By Dan Gearino

A solar array in Blaine, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Community Solar Plays Defense in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

A Ford Mustang Mach-E charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

EV Sales Are Up in the US, But Tariffs Are a Storm Cloud for an Industry That Craves Stability

By Dan Gearino

Smoke emits from the James H. Miller Jr. Electrical Generating Plant in Jefferson County, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits

By Dan Gearino

President Donald Trump presents his global tariff plan during a trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Will US Tariffs Make World Leaders Value the Stability of Renewables?

By Dan Gearino

A worker checks solar panels before packaging at a production facility in the Gansu province of China on April 16, 2024. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Solar Panel Prices Are Rising Again. Here’s Why, and What May Be Next

By Dan Gearino

A freeze in a federal loan program affects nonprofits across the country, including one in Fort Wayne, Ind., where David de Leon is construction manager. His organization works to restore old houses for use by low-income families. Credit: Rachel Von Art/Inside Climate News

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

A wind turbine operates at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean off of Long Island, N.Y. on Dec. 7, 2023. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

As Offshore Wind Struggles Under Trump, There’s Still Room for Progress

By Dan Gearino

Workers smooth cement during the construction of the Sixth Street Bridge in Los Angeles on April 26, 2022. Credit: Gary Leonard/Getty Images

EPA Decimates Grant Program Aimed at Measuring and Reducing Construction Material Emissions

By Dan Gearino

People participate in a protest against Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealership on March 8 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

What Does Tesla’s Slide Mean for the US Electric Vehicle Market?

By Dan Gearino

Transmission lines connect power generated by water turbines at the Grand Coulee Dam to the grid in Washington state. Credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

How Does Your State Produce Its Electricity? The Variations are Wild and Weird

By Dan Gearino

A view of a wind farm in Papalote, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Generation by a Country Mile

By Dan Gearino

Employees of Sunrun install solar panels on a roof in Las Vegas, Nev. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

On a Test of Energy Democracy, Illinois Passes, Alabama Flunks and Everyone Else Is In-Between

By Dan Gearino

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, reacts after his speech during an election campaign stop on Feb. 20 in Berlin. Credit: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

Conservatives Win in Germany, But New Chancellor Will Be Limited in Ability to Make Big Changes to Climate and Energy Policy

By Dan Gearino

The construction site of BlueOval SK’s EV battery manufacturing facility in Stanton, Tenn. Credit: BlueOval SK

EV Battery Manufacturing Capacity Will Rise When 10 New Plants Come Online This Year. But Can They Thrive in Chaos?

By Dan Gearino

Chris Wright testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of Energy on Jan. 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Ting Shen/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance

By Dan Gearino

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