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Energy Explained
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Assessing the Energy Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
This special CGEP blog series, featuring six contributions from CGEP scholars, analyzes the potential impacts of the OBBBA across a range of sectors.
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by Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh, Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Tom Moerenhout, Matt Bowen, Ashley Finan & Noah Kaufman • July 14, 2025
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Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Climate Shocks Are Redefining Energy Security
Many parts of the US have experienced brutal, deadly heat in recent weeks—and there’s plenty of summer left. Intense rainfall, made more likely by warming, dropped more than...
JACKSON HEWETT: Whether Iran and Israel’s conflict escalates into all-out war may hinge on whether a 2.5-magnitude seismic event near Qom confirms the destruction of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear site.
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Energy Markets Series: Half-Time Talk Weekly Feature Interview
Dr. Tatiana Mitrova, Research Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia UniversityTells Half-Time Talk GI Exclusive Interview: âClosing the Strait of ...
Varcoe: Energy talks at G7 summit under shadow of Middle East conflict as oil prices ‘to spike higher’
Israel and Iran's attacks are expected to cast a shadow over energy security discussions that begin this week at the G7 summit in Kananaskis
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Oil and Gas Industry Takeaways from China’s ‘Two Sessions’
Earlier this month, China convened its “two sessions”—the annual concurrent meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress, a political advisor body.
Q&A: Repercussions of Saudi Oil Decisions Amid Competing Trump and OPEC+ Priorities
During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, President Donald Trump urged Saudi Arabia and OPEC to increase oil production to lower prices and exert economic pressure on Russia.
