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Energy Explained
Get the latest as our experts share their insights on global energy policy.
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.
Blog
by Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh, Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Tom Moerenhout, Matt Bowen, Ashley Finan & Noah Kaufman • July 14, 2025
Podcasts
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...
In his latest article in Foreign Affairs, Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of Columbia University SIPA’s Center on Global...
In his latest article in Foreign Affairs, Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of Columbia University SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy, examines the meaning of the Trump Administration’s new policy goal of “energy dominance.” Bordoff argues that dominance as a goal sends the wrong signal to our partners around the world and ignores that the U.S. benefits from global energy cooperation and interconnectedness. Ramping up domestic production and exports, key to the administration’s definition of dominance, brings economic and geopolitical benefits to the U.S. But, Bordoff argues, dominance is about more than increasing supply. U.S. energy strength also depends on investing in tomorrow’s new energy technologies, maintaining its leadership role in global energy cooperation, increasing its resilience to market swings, and protecting the environment.
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Five Key Decisions to Revitalize US Critical Mineral Stockpiles
The report outlines five foundational choices if a stockpiling strategy is adopted, as bipartisan support suggests is possible.
Energy Security Means Using Less Oil
The war with Iran shows why hopes for energy independence are inadequate.
Proposed EC Regulation Sets Course for Exit from Russian Gas
The European Commission published a proposed regulation on June 17 to end Russian gas imports by the end of 2027.
