Eight Minute Climate Fix | Clean Energy & Climate Policy Insights
Eight Minute Climate Fix delivers concise, expert-driven coverage of climate action, clean energy, and the global energy transition — in 8 minutes or less. Host Paul Schuster cuts through the complexity of decarbonization, climate policy, and the net-zero economy so anyone can stay informed, fast.
Each episode tackles the biggest stories shaping the energy transition: from renewable energy legislation and corporate climate commitments to carbon emissions accounting and energy independence. Guests have included senior leaders from Salesforce, UNEP, and beyond.
Whether you're a sustainability professional, business leader, or engaged citizen, Eight Minute Climate Fix gives you the signal without the noise. New episodes every season. Also available: More Than Eight Minutes, our extended interview series for listeners who want to go deeper.
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Latest Episodes
Why Data Centers Are Raising Your Electricity Bill — And "Bring Your Own Power" Isn't Fixing It - Episode 125
Your electricity bill is going up — and data centers are a big reason why. In this episode, Paul cuts through the PR and misinformation to explain exactly how the AI data center boom is driving residential utility rate increases, even when hype...
Space-Based Data Centers: Understanding the Hype Behind SpaceX's IPO - Episode 124
SpaceX just went public at a $1.7 trillion valuation — and a big chunk of that bet is on orbital AI compute. Space-based data centers: GPUs in orbit, powered by unlimited solar, cooled by the vacuum of space, free from earthly permitting headac...
The Hidden Carbon Cost of Enterprise AI: 5 Ways to Cut Emissions Without Cutting Usage - Episode 123
AI is quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing sources of corporate greenhouse gas emissions — yet not a single Fortune 500 sustainability report specifically calls it out. In this episode, Paul exposes the growing gap between AI's real emis...
Distributed Resources and the AI Data Center Build (Sachu Constantine - Vote Solar) - Episode 122
AI data centers are overwhelming the power grid — but the fastest, cheapest, and cleanest solution may already be sitting on rooftops. In this episode, Paul sits down with Sachu Constantine, Executive Director of Vote Solar, to explore why dist...
The Climate Insurance Crisis: Why Insurers Are Abandoning California, Florida, and Beyond - Episode 121
In this episode, Paul explains why catastrophic weather events are becoming uninsurable: broken risk models, a stressed reinsurance market, rising rebuild costs from inflation and tariffs, and the dangerous concentration of homes and commercial...
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