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Why Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working

In theory, carbon pricing makes sense, but in practice, it isn’t doing much about climate change.

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Why Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working

In theory, carbon pricing makes sense, but in practice, it isn’t doing much about climate change.

Jeffrey Ball

Energy March/April 2018 Essay

Green Giant

China’s vast investments in clean energy will help it replace the United States as the most important player in many regional alliances and trading relationships....

Amy Myers Jaffe

Here comes the sun: solar panels in Zhejiang Province, China, December 2014

Economic Development Nov 29, 2017 Snapshot

How Nigeria's Oil Industry Went Local

Domestic companies in Nigeria now control more of the country’s oil and gas resources than ever before, and they are poised to deliver economic gains that Nigeria has...

Matt Mossman

A proposed oil refinery on Akodo beach, near Lagos, June 2016.

Energy Nov 13, 2017 Snapshot

Why Is Trump's Energy Department Lumping Coal and Nuclear Together?

The Trump administration has proposed a controversial policy to provide large subsidies to both nuclear reactors and coal power plants.

Varun Sivaram and Madison Freeman

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry shakes hands with guest after attending his swearing in ceremony at the Executive Office in Washington, March 2017.

Energy Nov 9, 2017 Snapshot

How Mini-Grids Can Power Disaster Recovery

New technologies and systems, including mini-grids, can help prevent energy crises like the one being experienced in Puerto Rico.

Amy Myers Jaffe, Lindsay Iversen, and Morgan D. Bazilian

A worker of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority (PREPA) repairs part of the electrical grid after Hurricane Maria hit the area in September, in Manati, Puerto Rico October 2017.

Economic Development Oct 10, 2017 Snapshot

Will Russian-Saudi Relations Continue to Improve?

Russia’s new Saudi ties show that President Vladimir Putin’s sway in the Middle East remains on the upswing.

Anna Borshchevskaya

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, October 2017.

Trade Oct 6, 2017 Snapshot

Sun Block

A recent decision has opened the door to protectionist measures in the solar sector. That portends a dimmer future for U.S. industry.

Benjamin Attia, Shayle Kann. and Morgan D. Bazilian

Secret Service agents at a solar plant in Florida during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, October 2009.

Trade Sep 12, 2017 Snapshot

U.S. Natural Gas Arrives in Lithuania

The first-ever delivery of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Lithuania on August 21 marks a turning point for the Baltic region’s energy markets.

Agnia Grigas

Floating storage regasification unit (FSRU)

Economics Aug 23, 2017 Snapshot

The Trouble With Nord Stream 2

Nord Stream 2 would benefit Russia at the EU's expense.

Petr Polak

A pipe under construction for Nord Stream in Sassnitz, Germany, May 2016.

Environment Aug 4, 2017 Snapshot

California Dreaming

Can California, the wealthiest and most populous U.S. state, conduct its own foreign policy within the American constitutional system?

Stewart Patrick

California Governor Jerry Brown and Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang in Beijing, June 2017.

Business Aug 3, 2017 Snapshot

Will the West Let Russia Dominate the Nuclear Market?

The nuclear power company Westinghouse is the last opportunity for the West and its allies to remain in the nuclear construction business.

Nick Gallucci and Michael Shellenberger

A view of the Czech nuclear power plant station Temelin near the South Bohemian city of Tyn nad Vltavou, March 2011.

Energy Jul 6, 2017 Snapshot

The American Energy Superpower

True energy dominance comes not just from energy supply but from new technologies, global cooperation, and environmental protection.

Jason Bordoff

A pump jack near Bakersfield, California, October 2014.

Energy Jun 20, 2017 Snapshot

Russia's Middle East Energy Diplomacy

After sanctions from the United States, and European Union, the Kremlin has attempted to build new energy-financing channels and export markets in the Middle East.

James Henderson and Ahmed Mehdi

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 2017.

Energy Jun 6, 2017 Snapshot

Saudi Arabia's Renewables Revolution

Saudi Arabia recently announced that it aims to deploy 9.5 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2023 and attract $30 billion to $50 billion of investment in...

Sagatom Saha and David Livingston

A Saudi man walks on a street past a field of solar panels at the King Abdulaziz city of Sciences and Technology, Al-Oyeynah Research Station, May 2012.

Environment May 21, 2017 Snapshot

Catastrophe and the Climate

Oren Cass replies to Michael Mann's comments on his essay about climate change and environmental catastrophe.

Oren Cass

A coal-fired power station near Cottbus, Germany, December 2009.

Economics May 17, 2017 Snapshot

Power Outage

Without strong government support for energy innovation, the United States will fall further behind in the global race to command the industries of the future.

Varun Sivaram and Sagatom Saha

An array of solar panels in Victorville, California, March 2015.

Economics Apr 27, 2017 Snapshot

The Other Green Movement

Iran is pushing foreign firms to invest in its massive oil and gas holdings. But there’s another part of Iran’s energy economy that’s opening up: its renewables sector.

Emily Burlinghaus

Wind turbines in Iran's Gilan Province, August 2013.

Energy Apr 2, 2017 Snapshot

Russia’s Nuclear Diplomacy

The Kremlin appears to be pressing its formidable nuclear market power to influence and bind countries around the world to its irredentist and revanchist aims. Unless...

Sagatom Saha

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest, Hungary, February 2017.

Globalization Mar 28, 2017 Snapshot

Trump's Regulatory Bloodbath

The case of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act reveals how globalization will sap the power of Trump’s plan to cut regulations on U.S....

Matt Mossman

U.S. President Donald Trump with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, February 2017.

Trade Feb 24, 2017 Snapshot

Trump and Latin American Energy

When it comes to weakening energy integration in the Americas, there are few winners.

Lisa Viscidi and Rebecca O’Connor

Solar panels in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, September 2015.

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