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February 27, 2018

Reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard

Fellow James Stock examines a package of legislative RFS reform proposals, outlining their interactions and collective economic consequences in order to better understand how the U.S. might update and improve the RFS.

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January 16, 2018

US Carbon Tax Design: Options and Implications

In the first paper of the Carbon Tax Research Iniatitive series, Jason Bordoff and John Larsen outline important design considerations of a carbon tax in the United States.

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November 16, 2017

They Might Be Giants: Emerging LNG Importers Are Reshaping the Waterborne Gas Market

Fellow Teddy Kott and Senior Researcher Akos Losz examine how and why the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market has confounded expectations over the past three years. 

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September 07, 2017

The Rise of China's Independent Refineries

Fellow Erica Downs examines the history of China’s small, independent "teapot" refining sector, which has had a significant impact on oil markets since Beijing’s decision in 2015 to allow these refineries to import crude oil through a system of import quotas and licenses. The unique study, which draws on both external and local sources, including Chinese-language media reports, explores the teapots' transformation over the past three years, their impact on domestic and international energy markets, and the outlook for their future.

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August 10, 2017

Slow Steaming to 2020:  Innovation and Inertia in Marine Transport and Fuels

Senior Research Scholar Antoine Halff explores the outlook for marine bunkers and the impact of new environmental restrictions to come into effect January 2020 that aim to reduce sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions from ships.

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July 31, 2017

Collateral Damage: The Impact on Pakistan From U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

Senior Scholar Richard Nephew assesses the unintended consequences of sanctions and explores to what degree such consequences should be considered when formulating statecraft. Using the case of U.S. sanctions against Iran--which were first imposed in 1996 in the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) and followed up by the comprehensive embargo against Iran erected by President Clinton--Nephew examines whether these sanctions had a discernible, deleterious impact on Pakistan and its energy firms, as a result of a diminished Iranian natural gas sector.

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June 28, 2017

The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy

A working paper jointly published by the Center on Global Energy Policy, the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs explores geopolitical issues that could accompany the widespread deployment of renewable energy technologies.

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June 06, 2017

Improving Implementation of UN Security Council Sanctions Resolutions

Jonathan Brewer and Richard Nephew identify key issues and obstacles faced by United Nations sanctions committees, panel members, and member states, and offer recommendations for how to solve some of these challenges, in light of the importance of sanctions as part of the UNSC policy-making process.

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May 03, 2017

Reserve Base Lending and the Outlook for Shale Oil and Gas Finance

Amir Azar assesses the general outlook for U.S. shale oil and gas in a higher-interest-rate environment by examining North American exploration and production (E&P) companies from a compiled financial perspective, with a focus on the impact of the collapse of oil prices to below $50 per barrel.

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April 25, 2017

Can Coal Make a Comeback?

Trevor Houser, Jason Bordoff and Peter Marsters offer an empirical diagnosis of the causes of the U.S. coal industry collapse over the last six years, assess the global coal market outlook, and examine the prospects for a recovery in coal production by modeling the impact of President Trump’s executive order to review or rescind Obama-era environment regulations.

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