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China’s Slowing Oil Demand Growth Is Likely to Persist and Could Impact Markets
China’s demand for oil, long an important driver of global oil demand growth, slowed dramatically during January–September 2024. Between 2000 and 2023, China accounted for 50 percent of...
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Where Climate and Trade Policy Meet
In passing and signing the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, Congress and the Biden administration infused hundreds of billions of dollars into the energy transition. It was the...
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Careers in Sustainable Startups
Gender disparities in entrepreneurship are stark. Only one in every three businesses is owned by a woman.
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Utilities’ Low-Income Discount Programs Help Address Energy Insecurity, But Some US States Lag Behind
Almost 34 million American households were considered energy insecure in 2020 (the latest date such data were compiled by the US Energy Information Administration), with the majority foregoing...
Climate change is leading to higher utility bills — and not just because of rising temps
Regulators approved $9.7 billion in utility rate increases nationally last year. Part of it has to do with the costs of making grids more resilient.
Climate change is leading to higher utility bills — and not just because of rising temps
Regulators approved $9.7 billion in utility rate increases nationally last year. Part of it has to do with the costs of making grids more resilient.
Addressing Energy Insecurity via Utility Ratemaking
About one in four American households experience some form of energy insecurity. Within this group, Black, Indigenous, Latine, low- and moderate-income (LMI), and other disadvantaged communities face a disproportionately higher burden.
Utility Policies and Practices to Alleviate US Energy Insecurity
Millions of US households struggle to meet their energy needs due to low wages, rising living costs, and other historical and structural drivers of poverty.
