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This Week in Cleantech (08/14/2026) - Can Trump's new solar tariffs help the domestic supply problem?

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Hey everybody and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Cleantech. It's that show where we do all the big stories in climate and clean energy in about 15 minutes, depending on how rambly we get. We're shooting for Friday, August 14th, 2026. We have a returning guest in waiting. Mark Chediak will be joining us shortly to talk about his story this week. I'm Factor This content director Paul Gerke, joined as always by Cleantech commentator Mike Casey of TigerCom.

Mike, I noticed you were giving Mark a little grief in the green room, if you will, before the show trying to figure out if he's even the best guest from his own outlet. No, I asked Gemini a very simple question. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the better This Week in Cleantech guest from Bloomberg News, Mark Chediak or Akshat Rathi?

And it showed clear conflict aversion. It said, declaring a definitive winner between Mark Chediak and Akshat Rathi on This Week in Cleantech is like choosing between a high voltage transformer and a global energy policy blueprint. Both are essential, but they serve different functions.

So, and then it ends. It gets a side-by-side comparison on these frequent guests. It ends by saying, ultimately, Chediak gives you the grid, Rathi gives you the globe, and the real winner is a listener getting talked to. Wow. You have trained that thing to tell you exactly what you want to hear. We always love hearing what you, the listeners, have to say so Mike doesn't have to listen to the machines.

This Week in Cleantech (08/14/2026) - Can Trump's new solar tariffs help the domestic supply problem?

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This Week in Cleantech (08/14/2026) - Can Trump's new solar tariffs help the domestic supply problem?

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.