Catherine Boudreau
Catherine Boudreau is a senior reporter at Latitude Media. She’s spent a decade covering, energy, climate and agriculture issues at the intersection of business and policy. Her stories have taken her from a solar manufacturing plant in rural Georgia to global climate summits in Egypt and Dubai.
Catherine was previously a senior sustainability reporter at Business Insider, focusing on how climate change and the energy transition affect the economy. Before that, she worked at POLITICO, where she launched a newsletter on corporate climate accountability. She received a James Beard Award for an investigation into federal nutrition research. Her reporting has also been featured on CBS News, WAMU’s 1A, WBUR’s On Point, Marketplace, and C-SPAN.
Catherine is a native Vermonter and carries pure maple syrup to her favorite brunch spots in D.C., her current home. Contact Catherine at catherine@latitudemedia.com or on Signal at @cboudreau.37.
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Virginia is becoming the nation’s grid utilization test bed
Gov. Spanberger is poised to sign a bill to maximize the existing grid. Stakeholders are already looking to replicate the effort.
Catherine BoudreauMar 11, 2026 -
Is a renewables slowdown coming?
U.S. renewables hit a 50 GW milestone in 2025, but the project pipeline is plateauing.
Catherine BoudreauMar 9, 2026 -
From green hydrogen to data centers: Why Monarch Energy pivoted
When the founders decided electrolyzers weren’t the right market, they decided to repurpose the land they’d spent years securing.
Catherine BoudreauMar 5, 2026 -
Why is battery storage lagging across the East Coast and Midwest?
Battery operators can’t revenue stack in certain RTO markets, making it hard to attract investors for expensive projects.
Catherine BoudreauMar 4, 2026 -
DOE’s behemoth loan deal shields ratepayers from data center costs
After Trump won, Southern Company put its loan on ice. Now, newly restructured, the $26.5 billion deal is DOE’s largest ever.
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Is someone paying Katie Miller to push solar?
Miller, a loyal Trump aide with close ties to Elon Musk, has spent February promoting solar on X.
Catherine BoudreauFeb 26, 2026 -
Up to half of the world’s data centers may be delayed this year
An analysis by Sightline Climate finds local opposition and moratoriums are derailing billions in planned data center builds.
Catherine BoudreauFeb 24, 2026 -
Scale buys Reload as the hunt for powered land heats up
The microgrid developer is betting on hyperscalers' bringing their own power to sidestep grid delays
Catherine BoudreauFeb 23, 2026 -
Microsoft is the carbon removal market
The company bought 93% of global carbon removals last year, new research shows.
Catherine BoudreauFeb 20, 2026 -
The project finance vacuum left by the Catalyst fund’s demise
Why the end of Breakthrough Energy’s arm dedicated to first-of-a-kind projects is a “huge blow" for cleantech.
Catherine BoudreauFeb 18, 2026
