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Jason Bordoff

Jason Bordoff is Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, and Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Relations at Columbia University SIPA (Full Bio)

Bill Loveless

Bill Loveless is a host on the Columbia Energy Exchange and Director of CGEP's Energy Journalism Initiative (Full Bio)

Federal Regulation at the Intersection of Energy and Climate
Cheryl LaFleur

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, known as FERC, regulates interstate transmission of natural gas, oil, and electricity. For decades, FERC has played a key role in energy policy but often labored in obscurity. Today, FERC stands squarely at the heart of...
Megatrends: What They Mean for Energy Markets
Barbara Humpton

The world is undergoing remarkable changes in the way energy is supplied, delivered and used, affecting virtually every aspect of our lives. In fact, megatrends are taking shape so quickly that keeping up with them is challenging.

In this edition of Columbia Energy...
The World Bank in East Asia and the Pacific
Ranjit Lamech

East Asia and the Pacific is one of the fastest growing regions of the world, a place where the demands for energy are increasing just as rapidly, as are the risks of climate change and other environmental calamities. To one extent or another, nations in that region like China, Indonesia,...
Fracking, Sustainability & an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet
Loren Steffy

He’s known as the father of fracking. And while the designation may not be quite right, there’s no doubt that George P. Mitchell set the stage for a revolution in natural gas and oil production in the United States through hydraulic fracturing of shale formations. So, what made this man tick and...
Whither Shale? An Interview with Bobby Tudor
Bobby Tudor

The U.S. shale revolution has been among the most consequential developments in the global energy sector over the last decade. The U.S. is a large net exporter of gas, and is on the cusp of becoming a net exporter of oil, with significant economic, geopolitical and environmental...
Chair Kathy Castor: Building Up for Climate Policy
Rep. Kathy Castor

Climate change, or the climate crisis as many would prefer to call it, has risen to the top of the legislative agenda for the U.S. House of Representatives since Democrats took control of the chamber in January. And laying the groundwork for policy options is
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Denmark Charts New Course on Climate
Dan Jørgensen

It’s a small country with big ambitions when it comes to climate change. The new government in Denmark plans to overhaul entirely the way it conducts climate policy, with a goal of reducing emissions by 70 percent by 2030 compared to 1990. And it says it’s doing so based on what science tells us...
Guide to Chinese Climate Policy
David Sandalow

China is the world leader in emissions of heat-trapping gases, and the Chinese government is taking many steps to reduce emissions, including policies that have made China the world's leader in renewable energy and electric vehicles. But other Chinese policies are working in the opposite...
The Future of Iraq’s Power Grid
Luay al-Khatteeb

Iraq is one of the world’s largest energy producers, but its people and its economy are hampered by pressures of electricity shortfalls and rising demand. The reliability of electricity services has long been an issue for the country, with violent protests...
Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilization
Lord John Browne

Today’s unprecedented rate of change leaves many questions about the benefits and risks of new technologies, and how we can best leverage innovation to address our biggest challenges.

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff is joined by Lord John Browne to...
Facing the Climate Crisis
David Wallace-Wells

We know climate change is real. It’s caused by human activity, and primarily by emissions from energy use. But there is a lot of uncertainty and a lot of misunderstanding about just how bad its effects will be. An...
Beyond the Paris Agreement: The Art and Science of Climate Negotiation
Jonathan Pershing

Climate change is an urgent challenge. We are nowhere on track to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement in countries around the world. Action depends not just on reducing emissions here at home, but meeting rapid economic growth around the world – China, India,...
Outlook for U.S. Offshore Wind Energy
Jeff Grybowski

U.S. waters off the Atlantic coast are shaping up as a bonanza for offshore wind power, with the federal government having approved 15 tracks of water for development and investment flowing in from overseas. But some say projects may be facing a crosswind as the U.S. government takes a closer...
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Listen to our #CEEFavorites playlist

As we prepare for a busy fall and exciting new episodes, the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast will be on hiatus for the next two weeks. Now is a great time to listen or re-listen to some of our favorite episodes, which we have pulled together on a...
The Challenge of Communicating Climate Change
Andy Revkin

How we communicate about climate change and climate science has been a challenge and a growing concern for decades.

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff is joined by one of the pioneers of...
Lessons from Chernobyl: Nuclear’s Role in Energy Security and Climate Goals
Adam Higginbotham

For more than three decades, the word Chernobyl has become synonymous with catastrophic failure and with disaster. Its legacy weighed on popular perceptions of nuclear power for years, and it came to symbolize Soviet decline. Chernobyl is now attracting...
What’s Up With Carbon Tax Legislation?
Noah Kaufman

The introduction of a flurry of bills calling for a carbon tax in the U.S. Congress is breathing some new life into a topic that has long been popular among economists but shunned by politicians.

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Bill Loveless talks with Noah Kaufman, a...
Beyond Carbon: An Inside Look at the $500M Campaign
Carl Pope

With the next U.S. election just 15 months away, advocates of action on climate change are gearing up with fresh plans to address the issue and bring them to the attention of the American electorate. Among the biggest such efforts is the Beyond Carbon campaign...
How Energy Markets are Influencing Geopolitics and the Global Economy
Dr. Christof Rühl

Global energy markets are in flux, from the rapid growth in renewable energy production and falling technology costs to talk of peak demand and calls for urgent action on climate change. At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions went up last year at the fastest rate they have since 2011, and we...
Coal Communities Face Risk of Fiscal Collapse
Adele Morris

The coal industry continues to tumble in the U.S. as electric power plants turn increasingly to natural gas and renewable energy as their fuels of choice. And that decline might only worsen for coal mining and the communities that rely on it if Washington someday adopts strong policies to reduce...