Dan Gearino
Columbus, Ohio.
About 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.
Don’t believe what you’ve heard — electric vehicle sales in the U.S. are zooming
While there are some serious challenges surrounding EVs — such as the need to build out the nation’s charging infrastructure — automakers are on track to continue on a path of substantial growth.
We went to the first EV charging station funded by the federal infrastructure law
The Ohio charging station signals the start of a wave of new projects paid for by the 2021 law.
What we Canadians can learn from the Danes
The country leads on climate policy, but grapples with disagreements over strategy and the pace of change.
Backlash in bike-friendly Berlin
The centre-right Christian Democratic Union has called for a moratorium on new bicycle lanes, saying “demonizing” cars is the wrong approach. The party tapped into resentment that people in the outskirts of the city feel about the difficulties of driving and parking in many neighbourhoods, and the sense that they were being made to feel bad about owning cars.
What will become of gas stations in an EV world?
With fast-charging systems set to skyrocket, the places we now go to fill ’er up are going to need to change.