This Week in Cleantech (04/10/2026) - Federal permits are slowing down clean energy development

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week's episode features special guest Kelsey Tamborrino from POLITICO, who wrote a story in E&E News about a new survey of renewable energy developers that found federal permitting requirements are significantly slowing clean energy deployment.

This week's “Cleantechers of the Week” are Sam and Juliana Bendek, co-founders of Elastic Energy. The company developed a new tech that stores energy using natural tree sap. Congratulations Sam and Juliana!

This Week in Cleantech — April 10, 2026

1. Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum — POLITICO
2. Exclusive: Record funding for fusion power lands as Trump eyes cuts — Axios
3. State Climate Laws Targeted Around US as Iran War Spikes Gas Prices — Bloomberg
4. Will the Iran war derail the energy transition? — The Financial Times
5. Federal permitting obstructs clean energy deployment, survey finds — E&E News

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