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 [email protected], or securely on Signal at lmj.5709.
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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 -
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
