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.
Rooftop Solar Keeps Getting More Accessible Across Incomes. Here’s Why
By Dan Gearino
A Carbon Capture Project Faces a New Delay in a Year of Slow Progress for Coal Power Plants Looking for Retrofits
By Dan Gearino
This Low-Cost EV Battery (Kind of) Runs on Salt, and It’s Having a Moment
By Dan Gearino
As Illinois’ Governor Recruits Data Centers, Chicagoans’ Electricity Bills Are Getting More Expensive
By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino
Utilities Are Spending a Lot for Power Lines We May Not Need, and Spending Less on Ones We Do Need
By Dan Gearino
What Just Happened to the Idea of Progress?
By Dan Gearino
Katharine Hayhoe’s Post-Election Advice: Fight Fear, Embrace Hope and Work Together
By Dan Gearino
Talking About the Election With Renewable Energy Nonprofit Leaders: “I Feel Very Nervous”
By Dan Gearino
Competing Visions for U.S. Auto Industry Clash in Presidential Election, With the EV Future Pressing at the Border
By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino
A New Nonprofit Aims to Empower Supporters of Local Renewable Energy Projects
By Dan Gearino
A Data Center Fight Touches on a Big Question: Who Assumes the Financial Risk for the AI Boom?
By Dan Gearino
Florida Avoided the Worst of Milton’s Wrath, But Millions Are Suffering After the Second Hurricane in Two Weeks
By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Bob Berwyn, Dan Gearino, Kiley Bense
Five (and Soon, Maybe Six) of the Country’s 10 Largest Coal Plants Have Retirement Dates
By Dan Gearino
The Country’s Second-Largest Coal Plant May Get a Three-Year Reprieve From Retirement. Why?
By Dan Gearino
Why Isn’t the IRA More of a Political Winner for Democrats?
By Dan Gearino
Ohio Senate Candidates Downplay Climate Action in Closely Contested Race
By Dan Gearino
