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Concerns about the affordability of electricity in the US have been rising along with prices. And while the headlines have pointed to AI and data centers as the...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
In July, Republicans in Congress passed their signature domestic policy package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (or, H.R. 1).
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Critical minerals were once again near the top of the agenda for G7 leaders as they met in Évian, France, this week, a year after the G7 launched the Critical Minerals Action Plan.
The Center on Global Energy Policy is providing live updates on key developments related to the Iran crisis. Check back here for the latest.
This Energy Explained post represents the research and views of the author(s). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Center on Global Energy Policy. The piece...
Critical minerals were once again near the top of the agenda for G7 leaders as they met in Évian, France, this week, a year after the G7 launched the Critical Minerals Action Plan.
The Center on Global Energy Policy is providing live updates on key developments related to the Iran crisis. Check back here for the latest.
The World Bank is revisiting one of its most entrenched positions, publicly questioning its long-standing emphasis on market-led approaches in economic policy.
One of the central objectives of the second Trump administration has been to pursue a maximalist trade policy toward China.
In March 2026, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced it was investigating "structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors" in 16 economies.
The US Export-Import Bank is preparing to close the first funding tranche of Project Vault, a public-private partnership establishing the US Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve.
The UNFCCC process is marred by gridlock in the COP multilateral framework, threatening joint efforts by countries to mitigate the climate crisis.
Many analyses of what the conflict in the Middle East means for China's energy security have rightly focused on China's oil and natural gas imports from the region.
Two economic planning documents released at the March meeting of China's National People’s Congress include the term "energy powerhouse" for the first time.
The US blockade of tankers serving Iran's oil exports is intended to cut Iranian oil exports to near-zero.
Iran has expanded its storage infrastructure over the past decade to levels that may be sufficient to handle up to two or three weeks of crude exports at pre-war levels.
