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.
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
Digging Deep to Understand Rural Opposition to Solar Power
By Dan Gearino
A Trump Debate Comment About German Energy Policy Leaves Germans Perplexed
By Dan Gearino
When Will the EV Sales Slump End? Here’s What the Experts Say
By Dan Gearino
As the UAW Moves Into Battery Plants, New Research Shows the Shift to EVs Doesn’t Lead to Job Losses
By Dan Gearino
Bigger and Less Expensive: A Snapshot of U.S. Rooftop Solar Power and How It’s Changed
By Dan Gearino
The US Appetite for Electricity Grew Massively in the First Half of 2024, and Solar Power Rose to the Occasion
By Dan Gearino
Want an EV With 600 Miles of Range? It’s Coming
By Dan Gearino