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Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

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…

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John Kerry on Climate Diplomacy Without U.S. Leadership 2026-10-20 · 31m
Paying More for Less: The Rising Cost of Home Gas 2026-10-06 · 43m
Can PJM Reform Its Own Governance? 2026-09-22 · 80m
Hormuz and China’s Energy Advantage 2026-09-08 · 34m
From the Archive: The Cost of Pulling Back from China in the EV Transition 2026-08-25 · 56m
From the Archive: When the Last Mile Turns Hot: Delivery Drivers in a Warming Climate 2026-08-11 · 48m
Agriculture, Energy, and the Challenge of Resilience 2026-07-28 · 41m
Energy and the Economics of Affordability 2026-07-14 · 67m
The West’s New Electricity Markets 2026-06-23 · 48m
Is a New Era of Electricity Prices Beginning? 2026-06-09 · 41m
The Fight Over the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund 2026-05-19 · 19m
From Corporate Standard to Climate Policy: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol 2026-05-05 · 37m
When Geopolitics Disrupts Energy Systems 2026-04-21 · 47m
Insurance and the Shifting Boundaries of Climate Risk 2026-04-07 · 46m
The Arctic and the Geopolitics of Strategic Minerals 2026-03-17 · 47m
The Endangerment Finding and the Future of EPA’s Authority 2026-03-03 · 57m
When Oil Sanctions Meet Dark Shipping 2026-02-17 · 62m
How PJM Is Grappling With Data Center Power Demand 2026-02-03 · 64m
Planning the Grid in an Age of Uncertain Demand Growth 2026-01-27 · 41m
Why a New Gas Power Boom Is Putting Methane Emissions Back in the Spotlight 2026-01-06 · 51m
When the Last Mile Turns Hot: Delivery Drivers in a Warming Climate 2025-12-16 · 47m
The Cost of Pulling Back from China in the EV Transition 2025-12-02 · 56m
How the Trump Administration Is Reshaping Nuclear Oversight 2025-11-18 · 45m
U.S. Offshore Wind at an Impasse 2025-11-04 · 47m
Why Energy Inequities Could Persist in the Clean Energy Transition 2025-10-21 · 51m
Union Leaders Push Clean Energy Jobs Agenda in Pennsylvania 2025-10-07 · 73m
The Conflicted Role of Auditors in Carbon Markets 2025-09-23 · 42m
U.S.–China Competition in the Age of Trump’s Energy Law 2025-09-09 · 40m
From the Energy Policy Now Archive: How Virtual Power Plants Could Strengthen the Electrical Grid 2025-08-19 · 26m
From the Energy Policy Now Archive: Bridging the Partisan Climate Divide 2025-08-05 · 46m
Why This Energy Transition is Different 2025-07-22 · 45m
Will Interconnection Reform Unlock the Grid? 2025-07-08 · 50m
Will "Big Beautiful Bill” Derail Clean Energy Growth? 2025-06-17 · 43m
Renewable Energy’s Land Use Reckoning 2025-06-03 · 44m
Consumers on the Sidelines? The Fight Over the Grid’s Future 2025-05-20 · 52m
Beyond Yield: Climate, Nutrition and the Future of Farming 2025-05-06 · 41m
Planning for Net Zero in an Imperfect World 2025-04-22 · 44m
Can California’s Emissions Market Survive Past 2030? 2025-04-08 · 40m
Bridging the Partisan Climate Divide 2025-03-25 · 47m
Carbon Tariffs & Global Trade: Inside the EU’s CBAM Plan 2025-03-11 · 47m
The Midwest's Big Bet on Clean Electricity Transmission 2025-02-25 · 44m
The Future of Electricity Demand in the AI Era 2025-02-11 · 39m
North America’s Looming Electricity Supply Shortages 2025-01-28 · 57m
Rethinking Air Conditioning in A Hotter World 2025-01-14 · 47m
Could Clean Energy Thrive Despite Trump Policy Changes? 2024-12-20 · 41m
Why Electrical Grid Governance Needs Reforming 2024-12-03 · 64m
Empowering Communities for Climate and Energy Justice 2024-11-19 · 32m
Beyond Labor: The Expanding Scope of the Just Energy Transition 2024-11-07 · 31m
How Virtual Power Plants Could Strengthen the Electrical Grid 2024-10-22 · 25m
How Identity Politics Shape U.S. Energy Policy 2024-10-08 · 40m
Why AI Consumes So Much Energy - and What Might Be Done About It 2024-09-24 · 38m
Exploring Electricity Pricing: Are Alternatives to Flat-Rate Plans Worth It? 2024-09-10 · 26m
From the Archive: Michael Mann on the Lessons of Climate Past 2024-08-27 · 27m
From the Archive: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee 2024-08-13 · 33m
Navigating the Geopolitical Risks of Solar Geoengineering 2024-07-30 · 43m
The Crisis of Confidence in Voluntary Carbon Offsets 2024-07-16 · 53m
Why New Tech is Key for EPA Methane Rule Compliance 2024-07-02 · 45m
Can the Global LNG Market Support U.S. Export Ambitions? 2024-06-18 · 43m
Power Struggle: The Electric Grid’s Natural Gas Challenge 2024-06-04 · 48m
Will Latest Solar Trade Dispute Impact U.S. Solar Growth? 2024-05-21 · 24m
California’s Solar Equity Challenge 2024-05-07 · 36m
Can Competitive Electricity Markets Deliver Reliable Power? 2024-04-23 · 39m
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee 2024-04-02 · 32m
Will Hydrogen Energy be Clean Energy? 2024-03-19 · 38m
Europe Confronts the Reality of Energy System Sabotage 2024-03-05 · 41m
Accelerating the Energy Transition with Repurposed Energy 2024-02-20 · 41m
Special Episode: Corporate Disclosure Law 2024-02-13 · 9m
The CO2 Transportation Challenge 2024-02-06 · 40m
AI’s Big Future in Energy and Climate Regulation 2024-01-23 · 34m
FERC Transmission Reform: A New Year's Resolution? 2024-01-09 · 32m
Why the IRA’s Carbon Capture Tax Credit Could Increase Greenhouse Emissions 2023-12-05 · 42m
Aligning Clean Energy Policy with Grid Reliability 2023-11-21 · 37m
What’s a “Fair Share” Of Emissions Reductions Under the Paris Climate Process? 2023-11-07 · 37m
The U.S.'s Critical Mineral Supply Challenge 2023-10-24 · 37m
How Uruguay Went (Almost Completely) Fossil Fuel Free 2023-10-10 · 38m
Michael Mann on the Lessons of Climate Change Past 2023-09-26 · 26m
Why Oil Companies Support Renewable Energy 2023-09-12 · 33m
America’s Electric Power Transmission Crisis 2023-07-25 · 40m
Loss and Damage Finance Becomes Reality 2023-07-11 · 27m
California’s Deepwater Wind Challenge 2023-06-28 · 48m
Tackling Climate Technology Investment Risk 2023-06-20 · 36m
Pennsylvania Effort to Join RGGI Faces Legal, Political Peril 2023-06-06 · 47m
Geography, Equity and the Energy Transition 2023-05-23 · 34m
Breaking the Bottlenecks to Climate Progress 2023-05-09 · 42m
Energy Transition Puts Grid Reliability to the Test 2023-04-25 · 69m
Accelerating Climate Action 2023-04-11 · 58m
Climate Shocks and Green Returns 2023-03-28 · 23m
How Families Cope with Energy Insecurity 2023-03-14 · 27m
Scaling Private Finance for Global Solar Growth 2023-02-28 · 32m
The Complex, Politically Fraught Path to Building Electrification 2023-02-14 · 40m
Will New Technology and Climate Change Save Nuclear Power? 2023-01-31 · 46m
China Plays Competitor, and Collaborator, in the Energy Transition 2023-01-17 · 41m
Overcoming Economic Barriers to Electrifying Everything 2022-12-13 · 29m
Energy Transition and Opportunity in the Oil Patch 2022-12-06 · 37m
COP27 Dispatch: The Struggle for Agricultural Sustainability Under Climate Stress 2022-11-19 · 24m
COP27 Dispatch: Can the COP Process Deliver Climate Action? 2022-11-18 · 21m
COP27 Dispatch: Food Waste Gains Attention in Climate Discussions 2022-11-17 · 23m
COP27 Dispatch: China’s Rapidly Evolving Role in Global Climate Negotiations 2022-11-16 · 16m
COP27 Dispatch: As Climate Impacts Grow, Cities Explore Paths to Adaptation 2022-11-15 · 20m
COP27 Dispatch: What Defines a Successful National Adaptation Plan? 2022-11-14 · 14m
COP27 Dispatch: Why Loss and Damage Finance is Critical to Small Island States 2022-11-11 · 22m
What Impact Will the IRA Have On Consumer Energy Costs? 2022-10-27 · 38m
How Coal Maintains Its Political Hold on West Virginia 2022-10-11 · 36m
Scaling Green Hydrogen for a Global Market 2022-09-27 · 50m
Saudi Arabia Confronts Its Oil Dependence 2022-09-13 · 44m
Can Clean Energy Deliver Energy Justice to Canada’s First Nations? 2022-08-02 · 40m
Proposed FERC Rules Aim to Accelerate Grid Decarbonization 2022-07-19 · 43m
Can Carbon-Negative Oil Be Climate Positive? 2022-07-05 · 47m
Will Defense Production Act Spur Solar Supply Chain Development? 2022-06-21 · 25m
How Will Energy Dollars in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Be Spent? 2022-06-14 · 31m
Raw Materials Pose ESG Challenge for EV Industry 2022-06-07 · 42m
Governing Net-Zero Emissions Targets 2022-05-24 · 36m
Governing the Promise and Peril Of Emerging Climate Technologies 2022-05-10 · 40m
Nicholas Stern on the Role of Economics in Combatting Climate Change 2022-04-26 · 36m
Energy And The War In Ukraine 2022-04-13 · 53m
Will Clean Energy Be Equitable Energy? 2022-03-22 · 26m
Organized Labor Sees Promise in Transition to Clean Energy 2022-03-10 · 44m
Climate Leader Germany Faces Challenging Exit from Coal 2022-02-22 · 36m
How Big Is LNG Opportunity for U.S. Natural Gas Industry? 2022-02-08 · 35m
What Makes Green Energy Finance Green? 2022-01-25 · 37m
For Solar Geoengineering, Daunting Policy Questions Await 2021-12-14 · 53m
U.S. Electricity Regulator Grapples with Barriers to a Clean Grid 2021-11-30 · 47m
China's Energy and Climate Balancing Act 2021-11-16 · 38m
Massive Shift Toward Solar Power Begins In Largest U.S. Electricity Market 2021-11-02 · 42m
Who Pays the Price for Stranded Energy Assets? 2021-10-19 · 33m
What Stands Between Louisiana and a Resilient Electric Grid? 2021-10-05 · 41m
Can Americans Afford to Fully Electrify Their Homes? 2021-09-21 · 29m
Rare Earth Elements Raise Environmental, Economic Risks for Clean Energy 2021-07-27 · 45m
As Climate Concerns Rise, What Role Will Natural Gas Play? 2021-07-13 · 30m
Why Is it So Hard to Build the Electric Grid of the Future? 2021-06-29 · 51m
Can the FERC Be Made Accountable to Communities and the Environment? 2021-06-15 · 42m
Coal Communities Seek Their Post-Coal Future 2021-06-01 · 41m
Powering Women’s Economic Development Through Equal Access to Energy 2021-05-18 · 43m
The Potential, and Risks, of Nature-Based Climate Solutions 2021-05-04 · 44m
Combating Energy Poverty in the U.S. 2021-04-20 · 36m
How Big A Threat Is The Supreme Court To Biden’s Climate Agenda? 2021-04-06 · 48m
A Primer On Carbon Dioxide Removal 2021-03-23 · 69m
What’s Driving Corporate America’s Big Bets on Clean Energy? 2021-03-09 · 45m
The U.S. Is Back In Paris. Will It Regain Its Role As Climate Leader? 2021-02-23 · 38m
What Motivates People To Take Action On Climate Change? 2021-02-09 · 44m
Janet Yellen And The Treasury Take On Climate Change 2021-01-26 · 39m
Europe Maps Out Its Hydrogen Energy Strategy 2021-01-12 · 40m
Energy Storage's Seasonal Challenge 2020-12-15 · 41m
How Georgia’s Runoff Election Will Shape Joe Biden’s Clean Energy Strategy 2020-11-24 · 27m
Offshore Wind Presents Big Challenge for the Electric Grid 2020-11-10 · 31m
Grid Forward Debate: Has Electricity Deregulation Led to Better Community Outcomes? 2020-10-27 · 41m
U.S. Electricity Regulator Takes a Hard Look at Carbon Pricing 2020-10-13 · 48m
Zoning Rules Stifle Urban Clean Energy. Can The Rules Be Rewritten? 2020-09-29 · 30m
As Climate-Related Disasters Intensify, Retreat Emerges as Adaptation Strategy 2020-09-15 · 41m
The Human History of Climate Change 2020-08-04 · 48m
Questioning the Promise of Carbon Tax Border Adjustments 2020-07-21 · 33m
Will Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Survive? 2020-07-07 · 35m
Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon 2020-06-23 · 27m
How a Green New Deal Could Redraw America's Map 2020-06-09 · 43m
Why Americans Want a Carbon Tax, But Won’t Support One at the Polls 2020-05-26 · 42m
Developing the Electric Grid for Carbon-Free Energy 2020-05-12 · 38m
How Interest Groups Shape U.S. Clean Energy Policy 2020-04-28 · 53m
As Residential Solar’s Capabilities Expand, Does New Growth Await? 2020-04-14 · 47m
The Struggle for Local Control Over Energy Development 2020-04-03 · 33m
Will the Clean Energy Transition Bring Energy Equality? 2020-03-17 · 45m
The Challenge of Scaling Negative Emissions 2020-03-03 · 38m
Energy Transition Challenges for the 2020s 2020-02-18 · 36m
Following Refinery Blast, Philadelphia Looks to a Cleaner Future 2020-01-30 · 42m
Climate Negotiator Contemplates Future of Paris Agreement Without the U.S. 2020-01-21 · 47m
Is Climate Risk Insurable? 2020-01-07 · 29m
Power of Siberia Pipeline Strengthens Russia-China Ties 2019-12-23 · 26m
Airlines Struggle to Rise to Climate Challenge 2019-12-10 · 35m
Rethinking Global Emissions Trading 2019-11-26 · 27m
Rebuilding Puerto Rico’s Electricity System 2019-11-12 · 37m
The Rise of Partisan Politics in Energy Regulation 2019-10-29 · 34m
The Path Forward for Grid Electricity Storage 2019-10-15 · 22m
Debunking the "War on Coal" 2019-10-09 · 40m
Climate Denialism, Florida, and the Future of Climate Politics 2019-09-17 · 37m
How the Democratic-Republican Climate Rift Became Political Reality 2019-07-23 · 44m
Breaking America's Nuclear Waste Impasse 2019-07-09 · 32m
Does Attribution Science Give Climate Litigators a Smoking Gun? 2019-06-25 · 40m
Three Pathways to Uphold America’s Paris Commitment 2019-06-11 · 28m
Why Coal Persists 2019-05-28 · 38m
What’s the FERC, and How is it Shaping Our Energy Future? (Part 2) 2019-05-15 · 34m
What’s the FERC, and How is it Shaping Our Energy Future? (Part 1) 2019-04-30 · 42m
An Inside Look at the UN’s Effort to End Energy Poverty (and Fight Climate Change) 2019-04-17 · 35m
A Hard Look at Negative Emissions 2019-04-02 · 32m
200 Years of Energy History in 30 Minutes (And What We Might Learn for the Future) 2019-03-19 · 34m
Can Norway’s State Oil Company Be A Climate Champion? 2019-03-05 · 29m
Getting to the Right Carbon Price 2019-02-19 · 46m
China's EV Juggernaut 2019-02-05 · 29m
Where does the Defense Department Really Stand on Climate? 2019-01-24 · 26m
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Our New Biogeophysical Home 2019-01-08 · 32m
Bold Climate Policy Is Coming. Investors, Take Note 2018-12-11 · 32m
Vox’s David Roberts on Energy, Climate, and the Media 2018-11-27 · 38m
As India Eliminates Energy Poverty, Can It Also Fight Climate Change? 2018-11-13 · 28m
The Battle Over Methane Leaks 2018-10-30 · 34m
What IPCC 1.5 Degree Report Means for Global Climate Action 2018-10-16 · 45m
Gas Pipelines: A Threat to Grid Resilience? 2018-10-09 · 20m
Grid Resilience in the Cyber Age 2018-10-02 · 25m
Decision Making for Climate Leaders 2018-09-18 · 56m
Handicapping EPA's Deregulatory Climate Agenda 2018-09-04 · 44m
U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Arrives 2018-07-24 · 25m
Ending Water Wars 2018-07-07 · 34m
Trade Policy, Markets Trump Administration's Fossil Fuel Efforts 2018-06-25 · 24m
Alaska in Energy Spotlight as New Arctic Drilling Looms 2018-06-10 · 34m
Are 100% Renewable Energy Targets Realistic? 2018-05-31 · 34m
Distributed Energy's Cyber Risk 2018-04-30 · 34m
An EPA After Scott Pruitt 2018-04-23 · 36m
The Legal Limits to State Climate Action 2018-04-17 · 39m
Rising Seas and the Future of Coastal Cities 2018-04-02 · 37m
Lessons From a Decade of Cap & Trade 2018-03-19 · 25m
The Promise and Perils of Self-Driving Trucks 2018-02-27 · 46m
The Future of Nuclear Host Communities 2018-02-13 · 43m
Envisioning a Low Carbon, Lowest Cost Grid 2018-01-30 · 47m
The Local View of Fracking 2018-01-16 · 44m
Corporations Deepen Clean Energy Commitments 2018-01-03 · 18m
Grid Operator PJM Talks Details of Energy Price Formation 2017-12-12 · 38m
India's Now or Never Climate Opportunity 2017-11-28 · 31m
Distributed Energy's Wholesale Opportunity 2017-11-14 · 30m
A City Blazes Its Clean Energy Trail 2017-10-30 · 27m
Building Resilient Coastlines 2017-10-16 · 38m
The Future of the EPA and Clean Power 2017-10-04 · 50m
Where Coal Mining Brings Environmental Benefits 2017-09-18 · 34m
The Road Forward for Electric Vehicles 2017-09-04 · 36m
Balancing the Benefits and Costs of Environmental Regulation 2017-07-11 · 46m
Can Nuclear Bailouts and Electricity Markets Coexist? 2017-06-26 · 43m
Climate Change and the Future of Risk 2017-06-13 · 31m
The Economics of Climate Change 2017-05-29 · 25m
Carbon Capture's Clean Coal Ambition 2017-05-15 · 31m
Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Should They Stay or Should They Go? 2017-05-02 · 20m
Without the U.S., Does Paris Climate Deal Collapse? 2017-04-18 · 40m
The Many Fronts of Trump's Environmental Deregulation Effort 2017-04-03 · 38m
Distributed Energy: Utilities' Existential Challenge? 2017-03-28 · 26m
Clearing the Air - Carbon Tax or Cap and Trade? 2017-03-14 · 34m
How U.S. LNG is Changing the Global Gas Market 2017-02-28 · 29m
How Alberta Overcame Discord to Enact Carbon Tax 2017-02-13 · 16m
Advancing Energy Storage 2017-01-30 · 29m
The Airline Industry Eyes its Carbon Footprint 2017-01-19 · 35m
The Energy Sector Confronts Cyber Risk 2017-01-16 · 25m
Walking the Tightrope: Energy Development and the Environment 2017-01-09 · 31m
20 Years of Electricity Restructuring in Pennsylvania 2017-01-03 · 33m
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