Lisa Martine Jenkins
Lisa Martine Jenkins is Latitude Media’s editor. She was previously a reporter for Protocol and Morning Consult, and her work has appeared in Heatmap, The Guardian, and Civil Eats, among others. In 2017, she was the Overseas Press Club Foundation’s Stan Swinton Fellow, placed at The Associated Press in Mexico City. Earlier in her career, she worked in production for both the Marketplace Morning Report radio program and San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club.
Lisa has an M.A. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where she studied energy and environmental policy. While there, she conducted research on both rural electrification in Myanmar and the impact of sea level rise on nuclear spent fuel storage; the latter was published in Energy Policy. She has a B.A. from UC Berkeley.
She lives in Brooklyn, and is originally from the Bay Area. You can find more of her work at lisamartinejenkins.com.
Get in touch with Lisa at lisa@latitudemedia.com, or securely on Signal at lmj.5709.
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Where do US emissions go from here?
Report: Rhodium Group anticipates that data centers will make up 14% of the country's total electricity demand in 2040.
Lisa Martine JenkinsSep 11, 2025 -
How is the transferable tax credit market evolving under Trump?
Report: The market has more than doubled in size since this time last year — and is diversifying rapidly.
Lisa Martine JenkinsSep 10, 2025 -
Facing liquidity problems, sodium-ion startup Natron Energy closes its doors
A year ago, the company announced plans for a $1.4 billion factory in North Carolina. Now, its largest shareholder is selling its assets.
Lisa Martine JenkinsSep 5, 2025 -
The Trump solar layoffs are escalating
Paused funding kicked off a wave of lost jobs in January. But now, policy changes mean that more businesses no longer pencil out.
Lisa Martine JenkinsSep 3, 2025 -
Commonwealth Fusion Systems tops up its Series B with $863 million
As it pushes to finalize its demonstration plant, the fusion company has brought in nearly $3 billion.
Lisa Martine JenkinsAug 29, 2025 -
75% of North American data center growth is in low-cost electricity markets
Report: 2025’s “market turbulence” from tariffs and DeepSeek isn’t slowing the market so far.
Lisa Martine JenkinsAug 21, 2025 -
As uncertainty deepens, LevelTen Energy plans to cut a third of its staff
The clean energy transaction platform wants to “streamline” in light of the OBBB, tariff changes, and ongoing permitting challenges.
Lisa Martine JenkinsAug 12, 2025 -
AI’s power needs are growing exponentially
Report: Training large, advanced AI models is projected to require more than four gigawatts apiece by 2030.
Lisa Martine JenkinsAug 11, 2025 -
Amid Trump rollbacks, DOE alums form Constructive to keep momentum going
Senior officials from the Biden-era LPO are harnessing existing events and frameworks to convene the clean energy industry.
Lisa Martine JenkinsAug 7, 2025 -
Power is AWS’ ‘single biggest constraint’
Andy Jassy said the tech giant has more demand than supply — and expects the problem to persist for “several quarters.”
Lisa Martine JenkinsAug 5, 2025
