Energy Policy Now
Energy Policy Now offers clear talk on the policy issues that define our relationship to energy and its impact on society and the environment. The series is produced by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and hosted by energy journalist Andy Stone. Join Andy in conversation with leaders from industry, government, and academia as they shed light on today's pressing energy policy debates.
New research looks into the coping mechanisms that families use to navigate energy insecurity, as a guide for policy-based solutions. ---
The number of American households experiencing energy insecurity spiked during the COVID pandemic in 2020, as growing...
A working paper from WRI, the International Solar Alliance and Bloomberg Philanthropies examines the essential role of private finance in scaling solar power development.---
A recent working paper from the World Resources Institute, the International Sola...
Judy Chang, former Massachusetts undersecretary of Energy and Climate Solutions, discusses the need to educate consumers on the imperative to cut building emissions.
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Residential and commercial buildings account for nearly a third of climate warming gr...
Daniel Poneman, former U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary and current CEO of Centrus Energy, explores resurgent interest in nuclear power a decade after Fukushima. ---
Growing concern over energy security and climate change has revived interest in nuclear power...
Scott Moore, author of China’s Next Act, discusses China’s global role in energy technology and sustainability.
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China is indispensable in the global effort to address climate change and speed forward the transition to clean energy. Yet the country...
Berkeley economist Meredith Fowlie explains why the drive to electrify everything in American homes is at odds with electricity rate setting practices, and explores pricing reforms to deliver rapid and equitable electrification. ---
“Electrify everythi...
As energy industry growth shifts to the clean sector, oil and gas industry workers seek their paths forward. ---
The past three years have been a particularly volatile period for the oil and gas industry. The sector has been impacted by the Covid pandemic...
Andrew Hoffman, dean of Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, explores the intersection of climate change, agricultural sustainability, and food security. ---
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are on the ground at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egy...
COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt has been called the “implementation COP”. Yet concern exists that the COP process may be ill suited to putting climate plans into action. ---
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are on the ground at COP27 in Sha...
Food waste is a major driver of climate change, and a cause of food insecurity. UPenn’s Steven Finn highlights the challenge and solutions discussed at COP27. ---
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are on the ground at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh,...
Scott Moore, Director of the Penn Global China Program, discusses China’s perspective on loss and damage finance, and the country’s future role in the Paris climate process. ---
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are on the ground at COP27 in...
Three experts on cities discuss the efforts of urban communities to navigate climate change. ---
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are on the ground at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. In this special series from Energy Policy Now, they share th...
New research explores ways to measure countries' success in adapting to climate change.---
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are on the ground at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. In this special series from Energy Policy Now, they share their ob...
Loss and damage finance has made it onto the official COP agenda for the first time at Sharm El-Sheikh. An expert on small island states discusses why the issue has been so contentious. ---
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are on the ground at ...
New research from Resources for the Future quantifies the Inflation Reduction Act's expected impact on clean energy development, energy costs, and emissions.
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The Inflation Reduction Act provides hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of incentives f...
West Virginia’s coal industry has out-sized influence in the state’s politics, and in Washington. But the industry’s power has come at a cost to West Virginians.
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The state of West Virginia has made headlines over the past year on the high profil...
Green hydrogen hubs are being developed in some of the world’s most remote locations, to serve growing clean energy demand in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
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Alicia Eastman, President of Intercontinental Energy, discusses the nascent global market for gre...
A former senior U.S. diplomat to Saudi Arabia explores the kingdom’s effort to end its dependence on oil revenue, and the relationship between Saudi Arabia and global efforts to decarbonize. ---
Saudi Arabia is the world’s leading exporter of oil. Yet...
A prominent advocate for indigenous rights in Canada sees promise in clean energy.
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The Canadian province of Alberta is home to the Oil Sands, a vast subarctic region that is rich in crude oil, and which has been a focus of controversy for decades over...
The United States’ electricity regulator has proposed two major electricity market reforms that could speed the pace of renewable energy development.
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In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of proposed clean energy project...
The fossil fuel industry is investing billions of dollars into projects that will use carbon dioxide captured from the air to produce more oil. What will be the climate impact? ---
In April the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified carbon d...
An expert in international trade policy discusses the Biden Administration’s use of the Defense Production Act, and tariff restrictions, to build a competitive US solar supply chain. ---
In early June the Biden Administration invoked the Defense Pro...
Advanced Energy Economy’s Leah Rubin Shen discusses energy spending priorities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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In November President Biden signed into law the signature legislation of his Presidency to date, the $1.2 trillion bip...
Two experts on mining industry governance explore environmental and social challenges around the mining of cobalt, a critical material in EV batteries, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ---
This is the third episode in our series that explores gove...
As net zero carbon targets become commonplace, strong governance will be needed to ensure climate benefits.---
This is the second episode in a three-part series exploring governance challenges surrounding the transition to clean energy.
In recent years a ...
Shuchi Talati, former chief of staff of the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management, discusses the need for strong governance to balance the potential benefits of carbon dioxide removal technologies with environmental ...
Economist Lord Nicholas Stern discusses why traditional economics fail to capture the magnitude of threat presented by climate change, and how the discipline must adapt.
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In 2006 climate economist Nicholas Stern published the Stern Review on the Econom...
An expert in energy geopolitics discusses the war in Ukraine and its implications for European energy security and decarbonization. The episode was recorded in front of a live audience.
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Anna Mikulska, lecturer in Russian and East European Studies at t...
An energy activist highlights the opportunities, and challenges on the way to clean and equitable energy in the United States.
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The energy transition that is now underway in the United States holds the promise of delivering carbon free energy by the mi...
The transition to a clean energy economy will generate millions of new jobs. Unions are working to ensure that those jobs provide a living wage.
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Dramatic changes are underway in the ways that the United States produces and consumes energy, with major ...