Carbon Tax Initiative

CGEP has launched an initiative to explore key questions and implications related to the design and implementation of a carbon tax in the United States.

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June 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impacts on China’s Energy Sector: A Preliminary Analysis

By
Kevin Tu

In a new commentary, Kevin Tu describes the evolution of the Chinese energy economy and assesses COVID-19’s impacts on the Chinese energy sector.

May 2020

The Impact of Covid-19 on LNG Supplies

By
Erin Blanton

In a new commentary, Senior Research Scholar Erin Blanton explores the impacts of coronavirus on LNG investment and near- and longer-term fundamentals.

April 2020

Boosting ESG Finance for the Post-Covid-19 World

By
Dr. Mauricio Cárdenas, Juan José Guzmán Ayala and Dr. J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera

In a new commentary, CGEP Visiting Senior Research Scholar Dr. Mauricio Cárdenas, Juan José Guzmán Ayala, and Dr. J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera examine options to boost ESG finance in a post-Covid-19 world. 

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April 13, 2020

Building Coalitions for a Clean Energy Recovery

Dr. Ernest Moniz
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy

Governments around the world are consumed now with the challenge of responding effectively to the coronavirus pandemic, including providing adequate healthcare and alleviating the economic impact of the crisis. But policymakers in Washington and...

April 06, 2020

The Oil Price Crash and the U.S. Energy Outlook

Arjun Murti, Bobby Tudor, and Marianne Kah
Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus, Co-Head of the advisory business of Perella Weinberg Partners, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at CGEP

One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an intentional effort to bring much of the economy to a standstill to slow the spread of the virus. A consequence of that has been an unprecedented drop in...

March 14, 2020

Why This Oil Crash is Different

The global oil market is in free fall, following the collapse of a meeting last week of OPEC and non-OPEC producers. Saudi Arabia decided to surge its output, sending oil prices tumbling. This historic oil price crash is weighing on stock markets...