Sarah Golden
Sarah Golden brings more than a decade of experience in climate, clean energy and politics. Golden is a columnist at Trellis and a frequent speaker at industry events and podcasts. She also leads Trellis' flagship event, VERGE, focusing on how organizations are deploying climate tech to reduce emissions. Golden holds bachelor's degrees in politics and environmental studies from Whitman College, and was an Annenberg Dean’s Scholar at the University of Southern California, where she earned a master's degree in broadcast journalism. She also studied Financing and Deploying Clean Energy at Yale University, where she continues to serve as an Ambassador. She loves rivers, dogs and boats.
Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin on learning from community development
Purpose Built Communities, co-founded by Warren Buffet, works with 28 communities across the United States, all of which suffer from poverty and lack of opportunities. Read More
Wind deals are becoming even more popular with corporate renewables buyers
Not only have costs have fallen around 70 percent since 2009, it's also tough to beat the massive capacity of wind farms. Read More
How racism manifests in clean energy
Getting the people in the room who understand the black experience is key to finding policies that untangle the systems of injustice. Read More
Residential energy is becoming companies' business
Are businesses responsible for the home energy use of their employees? A look at five companies with updated offerings tailored to the COVID-19 era. Read More
3 lessons COVID-19 is teaching us about emissions reductions
The pandemic could result in a record decline in emissions this year but to sustain them will take an intentional commitment to systems transformation. Read More
4 reasons clean energy jobs are key to economic recovery
We have an unprecedented opportunity to write a new future. It would be criminal for our path forward not to include robust support. Read More
What Engie's tax equity deal tells us about financing renewables
So far, money is still flowing into utility-scale deals but it's harder to come by for residential, distributed solar, commercial and industrial, and community solar projects. Read More
Google redefines what it means to be '100% renewable'
The company's new carbon-intelligent software can switch loads between its data centers depending on the availability of clean power. Read More
Has green hydrogen’s time finally come?
Los Angeles is behind a two-phase, first-of-its-kind transformation that will turn a coal-fired power plant in Utah into one powered by green hydrogen by 2045. Read More
Corporate renewable energy in the age of COVID-19
Will this upheaval slow clean energy goals? There's strong reason for optimism. Read More
