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Cities, communities pursue energy justice for low-income residents

Nearly one-third of U.S. households consider cost before turning on a heating system during winter or powering up a cooling system during summer, potentially endangering their health.

News and Publications with Qëndresa Krasniqi & Vivek Shastry • The Nation's Health • October 6, 2025

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Renewable Energy Development in the GCC: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have not only the world's lowest costs for oil and gas production but also the lowest costs for electricity generated from renewable energy sources.

Blog by Salem Alhajraf • October 1, 2025

Renewable Energy Development in the GCC: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead

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3 Coming Flashpoints in Climate Geopolitics

This Energy Explained post represents the research and views of the author(s). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Center on Global Energy Policy. The piece...

Blog by Kate Guy • September 17, 2025

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Tensions With the United States and the EU Could Threaten India’s Role as Refinery Hub

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Blog by Luisa Palacios & Shayak Sengupta • September 9, 2025

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Building a New Energy Industrial Strategy

Industrial policy, supply chain security, and economic competitiveness are central to how we think about clean energy deployment. As the Trump administration pulls back federal support for the...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Sarah Ladislaw • October 7, 2025

Building a New Energy Industrial Strategy

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Is Permitting Reform About to Break Through?

Last year, an energy permitting reform bill sponsored by Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso passed out of committee but failed to gain full support in the US...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Jim Connaughton • September 30, 2025

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US Energy Policy in a Partisan Era

Following the rollback of key climate provisions from the Inflation Reduction Act, the debate over America's energy future is increasingly contentious. The passage of the One Big Beautiful...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Congressman Sean Casten • September 23, 2025

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October 9, 2025 • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm edt

Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections

*Registration is closed for this event. The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative, in collaboration with the Columbia Policy Institute, invites...

Event • International Affairs Building,
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Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections

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October 16, 2025 • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm edt

Careers at the United Nations

Join us for a virtual information session focused on career pathways at the United Nations, one of the world’s leading international organizations dedicated to promoting peace, human rights,...

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Geopolitics

It’s Smart to Lift U.S. Restrictions on Oil Exports

Op-eds & Essays by Jason Bordoff • November 23, 2014

Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, argues that lifting the current restrictions on US oil exports is smart for both economic and geopolitical reasons in a Wall Street Journal feature debating the issue.

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Renewable Energy Development in the GCC: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have not only the world's lowest costs for oil and gas production but also the lowest costs for electricity generated from renewable energy sources.

Blog by Salem Alhajraf • October 1, 2025

Renewable Energy Development in the GCC: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead

3 Coming Flashpoints in Climate Geopolitics

World leaders are meeting in New York this month at the request of the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to discuss the state of global ambition on climate change.

Blog by Kate Guy • September 17, 2025

3 Coming Flashpoints in Climate Geopolitics

Oil

Tensions With the United States and the EU Could Threaten India’s Role as Refinery Hub

The US imposed tariffs of 50 percent on about half of Indian exports on August 27, following a Trump administration executive order targeting the country for its continued imports of discounted Russian oil.

Blog by Luisa Palacios & Shayak Sengupta • September 9, 2025

Tensions With the United States and the EU Could Threaten India’s Role as Refinery Hub

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Reflections from 2025 NY Climate Week

It was great to see so many of you in my hometown last week for New York Climate Week–whether at various events and nightcaps or while giving you a ride through the traffic-clogged streets on my e-bike.

Announcement • September 29, 2025

Energy Security

The Power of a Russia-China Energy Deal

Before it invaded Ukraine, Russia was Europe's single largest supplier of imported natural gas. But now that the European Union is considering an outright ban on all Russian...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Anne-Sophie Corbeau , Tatiana Mitrova and Erica Downs • September 9, 2025

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