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Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure takes a toll, but falls short of a game changer

Ukraine's long-range drone campaign targeting Russian energy infrastructure has inflicted real damage, but isn't yet decisive.

News and Publications with Tatiana Mitrova • Washington Examiner • June 28, 2026

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G7 Progress on Critical Minerals Diversification Overlooks Demand Side

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Blog by Tom Moerenhout & Abby Wulf • June 24, 2026

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G7 Countries Commit to Diversifying Critical Minerals Supply Without Deciding Who Bears the Cost

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Blog by Kevin Brunelli • June 18, 2026

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Live Updates: US and Iran Sign Deal, Expected to Open Strait of Hormuz

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Blog by Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Erica Downs, Ira Joseph, Richard Nephew, Daniel Sternoff, Karen E. Young, Robin Mills & Neelesh Nerurkar • June 16, 2026

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Michael Cembalest Does the Math on the Energy Transition

The energy transition is in the midst of its own transition. Spiking electricity demand and geopolitical events are driving up energy prices, while debates over the best sources...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Michael Cembalest • June 23, 2026

Michael Cembalest Does the Math on the Energy Transition

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Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer on the US-Iran Deal, Hormuz Realities, and Iran’s Nuclear Future

Yesterday, the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding starting the clock on a 60-day truce. The agreement intends to halt attacks, begin lifting the US naval...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast • June 18, 2026

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Iran Conflict Brief: The US-Iran Deal and a New Phase of Accommodation

The 109-day-old Iran crisis is heading toward an off-ramp in the form of a not-yet-public Memorandum of Understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. While energy markets are...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Karen E. Young , Richard Nephew and Ira Joseph • June 16, 2026

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Opinion: Financial engineering will not suffice for Africa’s climate needs

Op-eds & Essays with Gautam Jain • Financial Times • November 14, 2024

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The Impacts of the Iran War on Coal

Op-eds & Essays with Robert (RJ) Johnston • The National Interest • May 12, 2026

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Iran’s Oil Sector Can Likely Weather Production Shut-ins, but Gas Fields Are at Risk

The US blockade of tankers serving Iran's oil exports is intended to cut Iranian oil exports to near-zero.

Blog by Robin Mills • April 28, 2026

Iran’s Oil Sector Can Likely Weather Production Shut-ins, but Gas Fields Are at Risk

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Assessing US Government Efforts to Support Fossil Fuel–Reliant Communities

The decline of domestic fossil fuel production in the United States poses serious economic risks for communities that rely on fossil fuel industries for jobs and public revenues. Many of these communities lack the resources and capacity to manage those risks on their own. The absence of viable economic strategies for affected regions is a barrier to building the broad, durable coalitions needed for an equitable national transition to cleaner energy sources.

Reports by Noah Kaufman • February 05, 2026

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News and Publications with Jason Bordoff • The Washington Post • April 10, 2026

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World Energy Outlook 2025: Navigating Divergent Futures

Around the globe, and here in the United States, energy markets face huge uncertainties. They include everything from rising geopolitical tensions to a wave of new liquefied natural...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast with Tim Gould • November 18, 2025

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