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January 20, 2020

U.S.-China Trade Deal: What's Really In It for Energy Trade?

Dr. Erica Downs
Center on Global Energy Policy

Host Bill Loveless is joined by Dr. Erica Downs. They discuss what's next for U.S. & China energy trade, now that both sides have signed a preliminary agreement aimed at easing the trade war.

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January 2020

It’s Not Just About Climate Change, It’s About Our Health – and the Energy Sector Is Key

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Dr. Melissa C. Lott

In an op-ed for State of the Planet, CGEP Senior Research Scholar Dr. Melissa C. Lott argues that in order to solve our current public health emergency in which dirty fuels are causing 90% of children to breathe dangerous air, we must speed up the transition to cleaner sources of energy dramatically.

Damaged crude-oil facilities in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, shortly after a September attack by Iran. (Faisal Al Nasser | Bloomberg News)
January 2020

The U.S. isn’t energy independent. Middle East oil still matters.

By
Jason Bordoff

In his latest op-ed in today’s Washington Post, Jason Bordoff argues that despite recent efforts to deescalate tensions between the U.S. and Iran, risks to global oil supplies remain.