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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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Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist and author, speaks during the Citizen's Climate Lobby conference on June 10, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Katharine Hayhoe’s Post-Election Advice: Fight Fear, Embrace Hope and Work Together

By Dan Gearino

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris debate during the presidential election campaign at the National Constitution Center on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Talking About the Election With Renewable Energy Nonprofit Leaders: “I Feel Very Nervous”

By Dan Gearino

Paulina Hernández takes time to learn about her new BYD King plug-in hybrid sedan from sales rep Veronica Montoya at the BYD Santa Fe showroom in Mexico City. Credit: Natasha Pizzey

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 view of the Brighton Solar field on May 23 in Pueblo, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A New Nonprofit Aims to Empower Supporters of Local Renewable Energy Projects

By Dan Gearino

People walk through the hallways at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va., on May 9. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A Data Center Fight Touches on a Big Question: Who Assumes the Financial Risk for the AI Boom?

By Dan Gearino

People ride bicycles through storm debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on Thursday in Englewood, Fla. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

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

Emissions from the James M. Gavin power plant are seen in Cheshire, Ohio. Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Five (and Soon, Maybe Six) of the Country’s 10 Largest Coal Plants Have Retirement Dates

By Dan Gearino

Power transmission towers run along the Indiana-Illinois border in Hammond, Ind. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

The Country’s Second-Largest Coal Plant May Get a Three-Year Reprieve From Retirement. Why?

By Dan Gearino

Construction workers on Feb. 29 erected the final structural steel beam at the battery plant being built for Honda and LG near Jeffersonville, Ohio. Credit: Honda

Why Isn’t the IRA More of a Political Winner for Democrats?

By Dan Gearino

Republican Bernie Moreno challenges incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown in the Ohio race for U.S. Senate. Credit: Bill Clark and Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

Ohio Senate Candidates Downplay Climate Action in Closely Contested Race

By Dan Gearino

An array of solar panels is seen near a dairy farm in St George, Vermont. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Digging Deep to Understand Rural Opposition to Solar Power

By Dan Gearino

Former President Donald Trump debates Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time during the presidential election campaign at the National Constitution Center on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

A Trump Debate Comment About German Energy Policy Leaves Germans Perplexed

By Dan Gearino

The new Honda Prologue is displayed at the New York International Auto Show on March 27 in New York City. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

When Will the EV Sales Slump End? Here’s What the Experts Say

By Dan Gearino

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19. He spoke about Lordstown, Ohio, where an auto assembly plant closed during the Trump administration and a battery manufacturing plant opened during the Biden administration. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

As the UAW Moves Into Battery Plants, New Research Shows the Shift to EVs Doesn’t Lead to Job Losses

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of solar panels on the roof of a home in San Rafael, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Bigger and Less Expensive: A Snapshot of U.S. Rooftop Solar Power and How It’s Changed

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of the MCE Solar One utility-scale solar farm on April 25 in Richmond, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The US Appetite for Electricity Grew Massively in the First Half of 2024, and Solar Power Rose to the Occasion

By Dan Gearino

QuantumScape of San Jose, Calif., is developing a solid-state battery. Credit: QuantumScape

Want an EV With 600 Miles of Range? It’s Coming

By Dan Gearino

Workers monitor grid conditions in the main control room at PJM Interconnection in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

Consumers—and the Environment—Are Going to Pay for Problems With the Nation’s Largest Grid Region

By Dan Gearino

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