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Energy Explained
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Q&A: Trump’s Executive Order on US Domestic Mineral Production
What is the goal of the critical minerals executive order signed by President Trump on March 20, 2025? The order[1] aims to significantly increase domestic production of critical minerals...
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Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Breaking America’s Energy Policy Gridlock
Across America, energy policy is often driven by short-term politics over long-term planning. Despite record-breaking U.S. oil production in recent years, partisan battles continue over fossil fuels and...
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Leading Without a Mentor: How to Be Your Own Mentor and Guide
Please join the Women in Energy initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA for a student roundtable lunch featuring Claire Steichen, Founder of Clear Strategy Coaching.For many...
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Tag: carbon tax
Comparing a Clean Electricity Standard and a Carbon Tax
As the United States commits to accelerating decarbonization as part of global efforts to combat climate change, the policies it enacts will govern its chances of success.
Expanding the Reach of a Carbon Tax: Emissions Impacts of Pricing Combined with Additional Climate Actions
Putting a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions can help governments reduce them rapidly and in a cost-effective manner.
An Assessment of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
Growing public concern about the social, economic, and environmental impacts of climate change, along with pressure for lawmakers to introduce policy proposals that reduce emissions, have brought carbon taxes to the center of policy discussions on Capitol Hill. Thus far in 2019, seven different carbon tax legislative proposals have been introduced in Congress.
What You Need to Know About a Federal Carbon Tax in the United States
A carbon price is a fee on each unit of carbon dioxide (CO2) or other greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere.
Fact Sheet
by Noah Kaufman • April 02, 2019
