The BREAK—DOWN
Podcast
Issue

Public Energy No. 1

Breaking down how public ownership can transform our energy system, providing a faster and cheaper path to 100% clean energy.

With Chris Hayes, Melanie Brusseler

Followers of the BREAK—DOWN may remember our very first episode, in which Adrienne spoke to the brilliant Brett Christophers about the many and varied reasons why — despite all the hype about how cheap renewables have become — the transition to renewable energy cannot be left to the market and the profit motive. What that interview didn't leave us with, however, was an answer to the obvious question: if not the market, then what?

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