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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In a first, Ore Energy just hooked up an iron-air battery to the Dutch grid
The Delft University of Technology spinout has hit an LDES milestone — with a little help from an existing grid connection.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJul 30, 2025 -
Cancelled projects, layoffs, and $22 billion lost: Trump’s toll on clean energy
More projects have been closed, cancelled, or downsized in 2025 than in the past two years combined.
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How the Grain Belt Express lost its LPO loan
Scoop: DOE pulled the project's $4.9 billion conditional commitment against the advice of its attorneys — and without career staff.
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Energy regulatory data firm HData is acquiring Insight Engine
Exclusive: The transaction aims to create the industry’s largest regulatory platform — and combat data fragmentation.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJul 22, 2025 -
Investment in climate tech is down in the first half of 2025
But in the slowing market, the U.S. outlook remains strong despite policy headwinds.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJul 9, 2025 -
A surprise excise tax sends the clean energy industry into panic
Even fossil fuel activist Alex Epstein is against a new Senate budget bill provision that would tax certain solar and wind projects.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJun 29, 2025 -
The policy timeline mismatch plaguing the AI-energy nexus
The infrastructure needs to be built faster than regulators want to move.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJun 26, 2025 -
Report: Existing grid tech can meet 95% of expected load growth
Exclusive: RMI found that utility and IPP plans to build more gas are out of step with the reality of supply chain constraints.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJun 18, 2025 -
DLR company LineVision has a new CEO
Exclusive: After his stint leading energy for Walmart, Vishal Kapadia is taking the helm as the dynamic line rating company enters a new phase.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJun 10, 2025 -
Inside Octopus Energy’s expansion plans for the US market
Nick Chaset, CEO of the British company’s U.S. arm, on how the strategy is evolving to serve a regulated utility market.
Lisa Martine JenkinsJun 6, 2025
