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Energy Explained
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The Impact of Trump Tariffs on US-Canada Minerals and Metals Trade
In an escalation of trade tensions, Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50 percent this week. This increase would have been in...
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Adapting National Security to Climate Change
Energy and climate change are becoming ever more central to America's national security. It used to be that foreign policy and national security discussions related to energy focused...
Events
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March 19, 2025
• 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Powering Our Future: Insights and Careers in Climate and Energy
Join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative (WIE), the New York University SPS Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and NYU’s Center for Global...
Event
• Abramson Family Auditorium
1307 L Street NW, Washington, D.C.
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News
The future of Mexico’s climate commitments and energy policies
Mexico recently pledged to reduce its emissions by 35 percent by 2030 though it remains the only Group of 20 country without an established net-zero goal. On Thursday, June 22 at 1:00 p.m. ET, join Washington Post Live for a conversation with Luisa Palacios, senior research scholar at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, and Jimena Marván, executive director of Chapter Zero Mexico, about the country’s climate commitments and the impact of global warming across the region.
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Varcoe: Danielle Smith wants Canada to play ‘long game’ on U.S. tariffs, touts energy co-operation
In the face of Trump's tariffs, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants Canada to focus on getting to a mutually beneficial trade resolution.
Why the Trump administration is wrong about an energy crisis in the US, according to experts
The Trump administration has expended a lot of energy into sparking the idea that there is a looming energy crisis in the U.S.
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The Impact of Trump Tariffs on US-Canada Minerals and Metals Trade
In an escalation of trade tensions, Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50 percent this week. This increase would have been in...
Challenges and Opportunities Posed by the EU’s 42 Percent Renewable Hydrogen Target by 2030
External Publications
with Anne-Sophie Corbeau •
The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
• March 06, 2025
