Energy Policy Now

Carnot Prize recipient John Kerry on what political will, markets and diplomacy mean for the next phase of climate action.

As home gas use declines, rising infrastructure costs are pushing consumer gas bills higher.

PJM is under pressure to overhaul how it makes decisions. The harder question is whether the market can reform itself, and what meaningful change would require.

The Hormuz crisis tests China’s energy security while highlighting its growing clean-tech advantage.

John Helveston of George Washington University discusses why a U.S. pullback from China on EVs is risky, and why engagement could strengthen America’s auto industry.

An economic sociologist discusses the growing heat dangers facing last-mile delivery drivers, and why federal protections remain stalled.

The modern agricultural system delivers an extraordinary abundance and variety of food at relatively low cost, thanks in part to abundant and affordable energy. Can those benefits be preserved without creating unacceptable exposure to disruption?

Can the energy choices we make today influence affordability for decades to come?

Southwest Power Pool’s expansion into the West marks a major step toward greater regional coordination of the electric grid.

For years, electricity prices broadly tracked inflation. New pressures may be changing that.

Clean energy funding under the GGRF remains frozen, with projects on hold and questions over federal spending authority unresolved.

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the global standard for corporate emissions accounting, is increasingly embedded in policy, drawing new scrutiny of its governance.

Helen Thompson, a political economist at Cambridge, examines how geopolitical conflict has shaped global oil and gas markets, with implications for the current Gulf crisis.

Insurance is on the front lines of climate risk, and may help shape how we respond to it.

Tensions over Greenland highlight a broader struggle to control strategic mineral supply chains. Mineral diplomacy scholar Saleem Ali explores both the rivalry and a cooperative framework to address it.

Two legal experts discuss the strategy behind EPA’s rescission of the Endangerment Finding and the court challenges ahead.

Oil sanctions have given rise to dark shipping, reshaping global energy flows and producing far-reaching economic consequences.

The nation’s largest electric grid operator outlines its plan to manage rapid growth in data center electricity demand.

AI data centers are driving rapid demand growth, exposing the limits of traditional electricity forecasting and planning.

Gas-fired power is back in favor in the United States, but methane emissions threaten its credibility.

An economic sociologist discusses the growing heat dangers facing last-mile delivery drivers, and why federal protections remain stalled.

John Helveston of George Washington University discusses why a U.S. pullback from China on EVs is risky, and why engagement could strengthen America’s auto industry.

The Trump administration’s nuclear ambitions raise new questions about safety, speed, and regulatory independence.

What the U.S. offshore wind power crisis says about energy megaprojects, risk, and political resilience.

A live discussion with Sanya Carley and David Konisky, authors of the new book Power Lines, on the inequities that define America’s energy system—and how they could carry into the clean energy future if left unacknowledged.

With federal funding being pulled back, leaders of Pennsylvania’s top labor unions push state policy to deliver clean energy jobs.

Auditors are billed as carbon markets’ watchdogs. But conflicts of interest may undermine their credibility.

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act reorients U.S. energy policy, redefining its rivalry with China and the global transition.

Virtual power plants can help electric grid operators address supply shortages and reliability concerns, but policy support is needed.

Former Republican U.S. congressman Bob Inglis offers a conservative perspective on climate solutions in discussion with Penn climatologist Michael Mann.

Though today’s energy transition is often framed as new, it follows patterns we’ve seen before. Cutler Cleveland of Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability explores the historical context of today’s shift.

Thousands of clean energy projects are waiting to connect to the grid. How many will make it through, and will it be soon enough to keep the grid reliable?

BloombergNEF’s Derrick Flakoll discusses the outlook for U.S. clean energy development under the House version of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

As renewable power grows, land use decisions will influence its environmental impact.

As electric grid operators move to fast-tracks gas projects, consumer and environmental advocates raise red flags.

Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, chair of global food security research network CGIAR, on adapting agriculture for climate and food security.

Ambitious climate policies may overlook practical constraints. Niall Mac Dowell of Imperial College London explores what deliverable paths to net zero might require.

Danny Cullenward, vice chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee, explores the legal and policy challenges that threaten the future of the state’s carbon cap-and-trade market.

Former Republican U.S. congressman Bob Inglis offers a conservative perspective on climate solutions in discussion with Penn climatologist Michael Mann.

The European Union’s carbon border tariff arrives in January. An architect of the plan discusses its impact on trade, competition, and climate.

Aubrey Johnson, head of transmission planning for Midwest electrical grid operator MISO, explains the $22 billion effort to expand and modernize the grid for clean energy and reliability.

Grid Strategies’ Rob Gramlich discusses the dramatic increase in electricity demand from data center and manufacturing growth, and the challenges it presents for the grid.

North America’s electricity grid faces a shortfall of power. A grid expert explores one region’s efforts to ensure reliability, and the controversies its proposals have raised.

Two experts discuss the challenge of keeping billions of people cool while minimizing electrical grid and climate impacts.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to cut support for clean power. Two guests from Bloomberg NEF weigh the likely impacts on clean energy development.

Byzantine governance structures and vested interests are slowing the greening of the U.S. electrical grid. Two grid policy experts discuss paths forward.

2024 Carnot Prize winner Jacqui Patterson explores how the clean energy transition can drive meaningful progress toward energy and climate justice.

Kleinman Center visiting scholar Kirsten Jenkins explores the concept of a just energy transition, and why it must be expanded beyond its labor roots to address broad energy system injustices.

Virtual power plants can help electric grid operators address supply shortages and reliability concerns, but policy support is needed.

David Spence explores the rise of identity politics in the U.S. and how it has fueled bitter partisanship over the transition to clean energy. --- Throughout American history, opposing political parties have at times set aside their differences to create “republican moments”— periods of bold, bipartisan action to address critical challenges. Today, such moments may seem unlikely, yet the need for collective action remains urgent. This is particularly true for accelerating the transition to a low-carbon energy system and tackling climate change. On the podcast, David Spence of The University of Texas School of Law discusses his new book, Climate of Contempt, which explores the roots of the current political divide in this country, and how that divide has manifested in the politics of energy. Spence examines the growth of identity politics in the U.S., how even the best-intentioned of actors can stoke partisan flames, and opportunities to re-establish bipartisan dialogue to advance the clean energy transition.…