Dan Gearino
Clean Energy Reporter, Midwest, National Environment Reporting Network
Dan Gearino covers the midwestern United States, part of ICN’s National Environment Reporting Network. His coverage deals with the business side of the clean-energy transition and he writes 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.
Microgrids Can Bolster Creaky Electricity Systems, But Most States Do Little to Encourage Their Development
By Dan Gearino
Why Michigan’s Clean Energy Bill Is a Really Big Deal
By Dan Gearino
Michigan Poised to Join States Requiring 100 Percent Clean Electricity
By Dan Gearino, Aydali Campa
What to Make of the EV Market’s Topsy Turvy Year
By Dan Gearino
The 5 Best EVs on the Market Right Now, Plus a Cheaper One You’ll Have to Wait For
By Dan Gearino
This Number Helps Explain Why Rooftop Solar Is Becoming More Attractive in Many States
By Dan Gearino
A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste and the Effects on Human Health
By Dan Gearino
U.S. Battery Storage Had a Record Quarter. Here’s Why It Could Have—and Should Have—Been Much Better
By Dan Gearino
Some Rare, Real Talk From a Utility About Competition With Rooftop Solar
By Dan Gearino
Offshore Wind’s Rough Summer, Explained
By Dan Gearino
New Rules Help to Answer Whether Clean Energy Jobs Will Also Be Good Jobs
By Dan Gearino
Onshore Wind Is Poised to Grow, and Move Away from Boom and Bust Cycles
By Dan Gearino
On the Streets of Berlin, Bicycles Have Enriched City Life — and Stoked Backlash
By Dan Gearino
Behind the Scenes in the Senate, This Scientist Never Gave Up on Passing the Inflation Reduction Act. Now He’s Come Home to Minnesota
By Dan Gearino
Labor and Environmental Groups Have Learned to Get Along. Here’s the Organization in the Middle
By Dan Gearino
EV Sales Continue to Soar, But a Surge in Production Could Lead to a Glut for Some Models
By Dan Gearino
