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Energy Explained
Get the latest as our experts share their insights on global energy policy.
European Gas Storage: The World’s Winter Buffer Is Dwindling
Europe is entering the 2026 gas injection season with its lowest level of gas in storage since 2018.
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Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Ian Bremmer on Navigating a Fragmenting World
The global order that shaped the past several decades is giving way to a more fragmented and uncertain world. Long-standing alliances are under strain, economic integration is giving...
Consumers remain vulnerable to price spikes despite record domestic oil and gas production. But experts doubt the crisis will boost clean energy, absent strong policy.
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Announcing ‘A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority’
Covering Climate Now was launched in 2019 with the express intent of breaking the “climate silence” that prevailed in most news media. And for a few important years, that silence was broken. Now, much of the media has gone, if not silent, certainly quiet. Climate coverage declined globally in 2025 by 14% compared to 2024. [...]Read More... from Announcing ‘A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority’
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Energy independence could make America more aggressive
In March 2012, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington to press a US president on slowing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Inside the White House, the dilemma was stark.
The Iran Shock
Within days of the initial U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, 2026, the world was plunged into an energy crisis.
Once Again, Energy Is Power
Energy has reemerged this year as a central force shaping our world—both a geopolitical weapon and an economic fault line.
