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Energy Explained
Get the latest as our experts share their insights on global energy policy.
Q&A: Trump’s Executive Order on US Domestic Mineral Production
What is the goal of the critical minerals executive order signed by President Trump on March 20, 2025? The order[1] aims to significantly increase domestic production of critical minerals...
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Breaking America’s Energy Policy Gridlock
Across America, energy policy is often driven by short-term politics over long-term planning. Despite record-breaking U.S. oil production in recent years, partisan battles continue over fossil fuels and...
Events
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March 26, 2025
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Leading Without a Mentor: How to Be Your Own Mentor and Guide
Please join the Women in Energy initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA for a student roundtable lunch featuring Claire Steichen, Founder of Clear Strategy Coaching.For many...
Event
• Center on Global Energy Policy
1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
News
Obama's climate plan seen putting heat on power plants, appliances
He is expected to use executive powers on power plants, appliances and more.
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Edward Fishman On the Age of Economic Warfare
In his new book “Chokepoints,” Edward Fishman examines the history of economic warfare and when it has helped the U.S. achieve its strategic goals and when it has fallen short. He joins us.
Could Germany Return to Buying Russian Gas?
The new government dismisses talk of any resumption in Russian piped gas imports, but some German energy executives are more pragmatic.
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Publications
Energy Abundance Alone Won’t Fix the Climate
Energy abundance isn't a climate strategy—it delays clean energy progress, harms global cooperation, and repeats past policy mistakes.
The global trading system needs new rules, not tariffs, say Wally Adeyemo and Joshua Zoffer
A former deputy treasury secretary and a presidential economic adviser on the need to draw a sharper line between open economies and the rest | By Invitation
