Energy politics, reported at close range.
POLITICO Energy follows the people and decisions moving energy and climate policy. Recent episodes move quickly between oil markets, Iran, data center backlash, offshore regulation, EPA rollbacks, and the politics of affordability.
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POLITICO Energy is built for the place where energy policy becomes a political fight. The show follows oil, gas, electricity, climate regulation, data centers, permitting, and global energy security through the people making or resisting decisions. It does not treat energy as a background issue. It treats it as the machinery under prices, elections, diplomacy, and local development. Recent episodes show that range clearly. One story follows the White House pressing oil companies to raise production while industry figures worry about volatility, geopolitical risk, and whether more drilling would actually lower consumer prices. Another looks at how Iran and the Strait of Hormuz have become central to oil-industry lobbying and peace-plan anxieties. The show also follows institutional pressure, including the Trump administration's approach to the IMF and World Bank on fossil fuels and climate priorities. Domestic regulation gets the same attention. Episodes examine EPA rollbacks, offshore oversight changes, and the argument over whether faster project approvals weaken safeguards. The show also captures how national priorities run into local resistance. Its data center coverage turns a Wisconsin referendum into a broader case study about tax incentives, transparency, AI infrastructure, electricity demand, and environmental costs. Interviews add direct access to political actors, including conversations with Colorado Governor Jared Polis, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Doug Burgum. Reporter conversations add the explanatory layer around those interviews. The style is concise, deadline-aware, and grounded in what is being proposed, opposed, or negotiated. It suits listeners who want names, agencies, incentives, and consequences. The show can be dense, but it rarely drifts. Each episode asks what a specific energy fight means for policy, markets, voters, and the next round of political pressure.
Made for: For listeners who follow energy markets, climate regulation, infrastructure fights, or the politics of consumer prices. It also fits policy professionals who want concise context without losing the operational details.
What sets it apart: The show pairs Politico reporter analysis with direct conversations involving officials and policy players. Its edge is in tracing how energy decisions move through agencies, companies, local governments, and electoral pressure.
Each week, hosts Nirmal Mulaikal and Josh Siegel break down the stories and power players shaping energy politics and policy in the United States and around the world by featuring original interviews with key power players, alongside in-depth reporting and analysis from the largest energy policy newsroom in the world.
The EPA's gas-price assumption gets questioned, if that's your idea of a cliffhanger.
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A sharp look at why Big Oil is not rushing to answer the White House's call.
POLITICO Energy turns a White House pressure call into a clear look at the uneasy bargain between Washington and Big Oil. It works best when it shows why executives are not eager to promise much more production: U.S.
Wisconsin's referendum makes data centers look like a real political test.
POLITICO Energy frames Wisconsin's first-of-its-kind referendum as an early warning that data centers are becoming a political flashpoint before the 2026 midterm elections.
Doug Burgum grounds the administration's energy agenda in Germany's power mix and America's permitting bottleneck.
Doug Burgum's Politico Energy Podcast appearance turns the Trump administration's energy agenda into a clear argument about natural resources, power demand, and permitting.
A focused EPA interview weighs volatile fuel prices against Lee Zeldin's long-term case for energy expansion.
Lee Zeldin's EPA agenda comes into focus in a Politico Energy Podcast conversation about what volatile oil and gas prices mean for the agency's climate rules.
Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson debate Canadian politics, from Alberta separatism to Ottawa's bureaucracy.
Robert Evans, Katie Stoll, and Cody Johnston build fake conspiracies and mock right-wing media.
Jonah Goldberg's literate, dry-witted arguments about politics and ideas.
This episode features an exclusive interview with Senator Shelley Moore Capito discussing high energy prices, permitting reform legislation, and the impact of Trump's anti-renewable energy strategy on political and policy debates.
Politico Energy reports that America's oil industry is secretly lobbying the Trump administration ahead of U.S.-Iran peace talks to prevent Iran from gaining control of the Strait of Hormuz.
POLITICO Energy hosts an exclusive interview with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at CERA Week in Houston.
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has taken over the Solar Energy Industries Association as solar faces reduced tax credits and tougher permitting in Washington.
Politico Energy host Josh Siegel interviews Virginia State Senator L.
This episode examines the White House's push for increased oil production amid industry hesitation due to geopolitical risks and market volatility, with implications for gas prices and upcoming elections.
This episode examines how the Trump administration is pressuring the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to align with its energy policy goals during their spring meetings, and the implications for global energy strategies.
This episode examines how data centers are becoming a political flashpoint in the 2026 midterm elections, focusing on local resistance like a Wisconsin referendum and broader legislative efforts to restrict their construction due to energy and infrastructure concerns.
This episode discusses how the U.S.
This episode discusses the Trump administration's plan to restructure oversight of offshore energy projects by recombining two key agencies, exploring the implications for energy development and regulation.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis discusses Democratic messaging on energy and climate change ahead of the midterm elections, balancing affordability concerns with climate action in a state with a robust oil and gas industry.
This episode features an exclusive interview with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin discussing his agency's deregulatory agenda, climate policies, and energy priorities at the CERA Week conference.
Doug Burgum, the Secretary of the Interior and chair of the White House National Energy Dominance Council, sits down with Jonathan Martin at SARA Week in Houston to argue that President Trump’s energy policy is about abundance, not transition.
This episode discusses Project Vault, a $12 billion U.S.
This episode features an interview with Drew Maloney, CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, discussing the state of America's power grid, electricity affordability, data centers, and recent political actions by President Trump.