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.
Jennifer Granholm and the golden opportunities of clean energy jobs
The new Energy Secretary's nonprofit, The American Jobs project, looked at how regions could become world leaders in critical technologies. Read More
Industrial decarbonization picks up steam
The stars are aligning for three key reasons: demand for clean solutions is growing, technologies are maturing and the conditions for policy solutions are ripe. Read More
Electrifying everything should start with the masses
Relieving monthly expenses associated with inefficient and dirty energy is a natural way to uplift communities and help keep money local. Read More
Why energy efficiency is key to net-zero
Are we so busy looking to the future, we’re forgetting to do everything we can do today? Read More
The new mindset for industrial decarbonization
We may not have all the answers or technologies for addressing emissions from production and manufacturing, but there’s a lot we can do now. And it is advantageous to start. Read More
Biden and the future of clean energy politics
It’s a reflection of the growing, influential force of the clean energy sector itself that will be difficult for serious politicians to ignore forevermore. Read More
Q4 2020: Amazon, AT&T, McDonald's and Starbucks lead the way as clean energy procurement matures
It was a lockbuster fourth quarter, with more than 7.3 gigawatts of contracts inked — more than any other single quarter since the start of the GreenBiz deal tracker. Read More
Companies made climate commitments — now it's time to stop making climate chaos
From a purely self-interested perspective, ecological collapse is just bad for business. Climate action also plays well with the public and employees, and the falling price of technologies make decarbonizing a smart financial move. Read More
6 mind-bending energy moments of 2020
From negative oil prices to jaw-dropping valuations, even the experts were surprised by these market developments. Read More
How COVID brought down Big Oil
Prices dropped again this week as Americans hunker down for another round of shutdowns to curb the coronavirus. Read More
