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President Donald Trump has made energy a clear focus for his second term in the White House. Having campaigned on an “America First” platform that highlighted domestic fossil-fuel growth, the reversal of climate policies and clean energy incentives advanced by the Biden administration, and substantial tariffs on key US trading partners, he declared an “energy emergency” on his first day in office.
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President Donald Trump’s administration is promising an energy policy overhaul that would fundamentally reshape America's climate and energy policies. Trump and Republican leaders have pledged to pull back...
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This event is open only to currently-enrolled Columbia University students. As the pay gap between men and women persists, join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia...
Past Event
March 12, 2020
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a student-only lunch and roundtable discussion with Abe Silverman, General Counsel, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Mr. Silverman will discuss his academic and job histories, career path, current work, and the merger of energy and environmental policy. Lunch will be provided. Biography Abe Silverman returned to government service as the General Counsel of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities in early 2019. The NJ BPU is the lead energy regulator for the State of New Jersey. At the BPU, Abe works on everything from advancing Jersey’s clean energy agenda to regulating New Jersey’s public water, electric and gas utilities. Prior to joining the BPU, Abe worked for more than a decade at NRG Energy, Inc., ultimately holding the positions of Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & Deputy General Counsel. Abe got his accidental start as an energy regulator in 2002, when he served at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of General Counsel. Abe graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Geology and a B.A. in English, and then received his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University School of Law. — Registration is required. This event is open to all students. There is limited capacity for this event. We ask that you register only if you are sure you can attend this event in its entirety. Lunch will be provided. For more information contact: [email protected].
Energy finance is critical for energy security, energy affordability, and the energy transition. In the context of the current energy crisis and the upcoming COP27 in Sharm El...
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a student-only lunch and roundtable discussion with Dr. Destenie Nock, Visiting Faculty member at CGEP; Assistant Professor, Engineering and...
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for an informational session about CGEP’s new Global Energy Fellows Program, an unparalleled opportunity for energy and climate-focused graduate students...
In November 2022, Egypt will host the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27), the UN’s annual conference on climate change. The country finds itself...
CGEP is pleased to announce a new AI & Energy series—part of our Energy Explained blog. In the first entry, the authors write about AI's potential impacts on the...
Kenya and South Africa have recently started moving toward an open access regime in their electricity sectors, while the US and India have been on this path for over two decades.
About one in four American households experience some form of energy insecurity. Within this group, Black, Indigenous, Latine, low- and moderate-income (LMI), and other disadvantaged communities face a disproportionately higher burden.
