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US tariffs on India for purchasing Russian oil may stem more from frustrations in US-India trade negotiations than from a concern about funding Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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After President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Modi met in the White House back in February, US-India relations appeared to be on solid ground. Back then, Trump was...
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While various efforts continue to be made to estimate fashion’s environmental footprint, major gaps remain in how to decarbonize material production and reshape business practices.
Although it is a source of essentially carbon-free power, nuclear energy remains one of the most divisive components of the world’s primary energy mix. Its future rests largely on questions of cost, safety, waste management and proliferation-resistant technology.
This special CGEP blog series, featuring six contributions from CGEP scholars, analyzes the potential impacts of the OBBBA across a range of sectors.
The war with Iran shows why hopes for energy independence are inadequate.
Nuclear innovation is projected to reach new heights between 2030 and 2035, but the effective implementation of President Trump's executive orders will determine their success or failure.
A nuclear energy resurgence is vital to meet rising electricity demand.
President Trump’s nuclear energy executive orders need more support, funding, and safety protections to achieve their intended impact.
What Washington needs from nuclear negotiations with Tehran.
On March 31, 2025, the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA hosted a private virtual roundtable under the Chatham House rule to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the United States pursuing disposal of defense high-level nuclear waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF) before commercial SNF.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) issued a construction license last week for what would be the first commercial small modular reactor (SMR)[1] in North America.
