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Postwar LNG: The New Guiding Principles Borrow from the Past
The Iran crisis, whenever it ends, will materially change how the LNG market operates.
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Alice Yake on Planning for a Reliable, Cleaner Grid
Grid operators sit at the center of many of the biggest forces reshaping the global energy system. They’re navigating rising electricity demand, a lack of transmission infrastructure, shifting...
74% of all new clean electricity capacity that would have been added under the Inflation Reduction Act will be preserved despite Trump administration policy changes, the report estimates, including 82% of utility-scale solar generation.
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Transcript: The New Paper Arguing Biden’s Power Sector Emissions Cuts Are Largely Intact — Even Under Trump
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Glass Half Full: Building a Decarbonized U.S. Power Sector
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was built, sold, and attacked as the largest climate investment in U.S. history. […]
External Publications
with Lily Bermel •
MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
• July 06, 2026
Doomsday Climate Scenarios Were Wrong. That Doesn’t Help Europe.
Recent scientific reassessments strengthen the case for rapid climate action rather than weaken it.
Are Bilateral and ‘Minilateral’ Treaties the Precursors to Multilateral Agreements?
The UNFCCC process is marred by gridlock in the COP multilateral framework, threatening joint efforts by countries to mitigate the climate crisis.
