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[upbeat music] Hey, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of This Week in Clean Tech, your favorite 15-minute roundup of the biggest stories in climate and clean energy every week.

This is Friday, August 7th, 2026.

We got a first-time guest in waiting, Heather Clancy from Trellis will be joining us shortly.

I'm Factor This Content Director, Paul Gerke, joined as always by Clean Tech commentator, Mike Casey of Tigercomm.

Mike, how are you on this fine Friday?

I, I could not be better, not be better, my friend.

Uh, well, first, for several reasons.

Um, I'm gonna love the stories that we're gonna cover in this episode, and two, it's really a pleasure to have Heather Clancy on.

Uh, she was part of our podcasters roundtable during the pandemic, and, um, it's good to have her back.

We covered a story of, of hers back in October, so it's nice to have her finally on the show.

All right, man.

Excited to get to it.

You sound excited too, just your normal chipper self this morning.

[laughs]

This is what happens when we do the show in the morning and not in the afternoons.

Let's go.

Everybody wake up.

We love to hear from the viewers, the listeners, the people that make this show possible.

If you got something to say to us, we want your two cents.

You can send it to us at T-W-I-C, twic@tigercomm with two Ms .us.

We'll find a way to make you a part of the program.

We also do five stories that are relevant to our viewers and listeners every week.

That's the core of the program, so let's dive into that.

Story number one, Mike, where are we starting?