Julia Pyper is the creator and host of Political Climate, a biweekly podcast on energy and environmental issues in America and around the world, presented by Canary Media and the USC Schwarzenegger Institute. She is vice president of communications and policy at GoodLeap, America’s leading financier of sustainable home solutions. She also leads communications for the GivePower Foundation, an international nonprofit organization committed to extending the environmental and social benefits of clean, renewable energy around the globe.

Julia recently served as the inaugural storyteller in residence for cleantech startup accelerator New Energy Nexus. Previously, she was a senior editor for Greentech Media, where she covered the global energy transition. Prior to that, she reported for E&E News, where she conducted several international projects, including in Haiti, Germany and India. Her writing has also been published in HuffPost, Scientific American and The New York Times.