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.
Despite Federal Challenges, Two Leading Solar Advocates Are Continuing Their Forward Push
By Dan Gearino
Proposed Cuts to Energy and Environment Programs in Trump’s Budget Worry Advocates and Elected Officials
By Dan Gearino
Community Solar Plays Defense in Minnesota
By Dan Gearino
EV Sales Are Up in the US, But Tariffs Are a Storm Cloud for an Industry That Craves Stability
By Dan Gearino
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits
By Dan Gearino
Will US Tariffs Make World Leaders Value the Stability of Renewables?
By Dan Gearino
Solar Panel Prices Are Rising Again. Here’s Why, and What May Be Next
By Dan Gearino
How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt
By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino
As Offshore Wind Struggles Under Trump, There’s Still Room for Progress
By Dan Gearino
EPA Decimates Grant Program Aimed at Measuring and Reducing Construction Material Emissions
By Dan Gearino
What Does Tesla’s Slide Mean for the US Electric Vehicle Market?
By Dan Gearino
How Does Your State Produce Its Electricity? The Variations are Wild and Weird
By Dan Gearino
Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Generation by a Country Mile
By Dan Gearino
On a Test of Energy Democracy, Illinois Passes, Alabama Flunks and Everyone Else Is In-Between
By Dan Gearino
Conservatives Win in Germany, But New Chancellor Will Be Limited in Ability to Make Big Changes to Climate and Energy Policy
By Dan Gearino
EV Battery Manufacturing Capacity Will Rise When 10 New Plants Come Online This Year. But Can They Thrive in Chaos?
By Dan Gearino