Exxon, Chevron Focus on Oil Projects in the Americas
The two largest U.S. oil companies are pulling back on big international oil projects and concentrating on a handful of more lucrative assets closer to home.
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Trade Policy Disputes at COP Are Here to Stay
This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP-29) broke new ground with the Baku Initiative for Climate Finance, Investment, and Trade (BICFIT)—the first high-profile COP initiative to place trade...
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Transforming America’s Power System
This week host Jason Bordoff talks with Cheryl LaFleur and David Hill about the incoming Trump administration, its impact on FERC, and the status of permitting reform measures.
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Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases?
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs for a special webinar "Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of...
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Rural Electricity Supply: Commodity or Entitlement?
Quality of electricity service remains poor in many developing countries.
Power of the River: Introducing the Global Dam Tracker (GDAT)
Dams are a major source of electricity globally, with hydropower generating 16 percent of the world’s total electricity and 71 percent of all renewable electricity in 2016. Many developing countries possess great untapped hydropower potential. Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, is estimated to have tapped less than 8 percent of its hydropower potential.
In an Era of Inexpensive Renewables, Policy Should Remove Systemic Obstacles to Growth
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by Johannes Urpelainen • April 04, 2018
G-20 leaders must get serious about eliminating costly fossil fuel subsidies
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The decline in oil prices that began in the middle of 2014 presents an opportunity for governments to reform their fuel subsidies.
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