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Curtailing Fugitive Methane Emissions Amid a Potential US Regulatory Rollback
Fugitive methane emissions from the energy sector have become frontpage news over the last five years. Both the US and EU have developed legislative strategies to combat methane...
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Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
AI, Extreme Weather, and the LA Wildfires
The year 2024 ended with a sobering milestone: it was officially the hottest year ever recorded. That pattern of extremes continues around the world, especially in Southern California,...
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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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Mexico’s love affair with Pemex: will its bid to save the fallen oil giant block the shift to clean energy?
Once providing half of Mexico’s revenue, the debt-laden state oil firm has been in decline for years. But government efforts to revive it in pursuit of energy self-sufficiency is stalling the drive for renewables
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Soaring power demand could fuel Trump carbon boom
The president-elect’s plans to expand fossil fuels could be helped by the country’s growing hunger for electricity.
A Clean Energy Future Is Unstoppable
Politics may delay the transition to clean energy, but economic forces are making it unstoppable.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards extend control over Tehran’s oil exports, sources say
All aspects of the oil business have come under the growing influence of the Guards, from the "shadow fleet" of tankers that secretively ship sanctioned crude, to logistics and the front companies selling the oil, mostly to China.
Saudi Arabia Is Losing Its Iron Grip on Global Oil Markets
Saudi Arabia Is Losing Its Iron Grip on Global Oil Markets
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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...
