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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 co...
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Union Leaders Push Clean Energy Jobs Agenda in Pennsylvania
With federal funding being pulled back, leaders of Pennsylvania’s top labor unions push state policy to deliver clean energy jobs.
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The Conflicted Role of Auditors in Carbon Markets
Auditors are billed as carbon market watchdogs. But conflicts of interest may undermine their credibility.
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The voluntary carbon market...
U.S.–China Competition in the Age of Trump’s Energy Law
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act reorients U.S. energy policy, redefining its rivalry with China and the global transition.
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From the Energy Policy Now Archive: How Virtual Power Plants Could Strengthen the Electrical Grid
For the month of August, we’re highlighting episodes from the 2024-2025 season of Energy Policy Now. We’ll be back with new content, and a new season,...
From the Energy Policy Now Archive: Bridging the Partisan Climate Divide
For the month of August, we’re highlighting episodes from the 2024-2025 season of Energy Policy Now. We’ll be back with new content, and a new season,...
Why This Energy Transition is Different
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...
Will Interconnection Reform Unlock the Grid?
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 reli...
Will "Big Beautiful Bill” Derail Clean Energy Growth?
BloombergNEF’s Derrick Flakoll discusses the outlook for U.S. clean energy development under the House version of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
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Renewable Energy’s Land Use Reckoning
As renewable power grows, land use decisions will influence its environmental impact.
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Decarbonizing the electric grid will require a...
Consumers on the Sidelines? The Fight Over the Grid’s Future
As electrical grid operators move to fast-track gas projects, consumer and environmental advocates raise red flags.
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The U.S. electrici...
Beyond Yield: Climate, Nutrition and the Future of Farming
Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, chair of global food security research network CGIAR, on adapting agriculture for climate and food security.
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Planning for Net Zero in an Imperfect World
Ambitious climate policies may overlook practical constraints. Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar Niall Mac Dowell explores what deliverable paths to ne...
Can California’s Emissions Market Survive Past 2030?
Danny Cullenward, vice chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee, explores the legal and policy challenges that threaten t...
Bridging the Partisan Climate Divide
Former Republican U.S. congressman Bob Inglis offers a conservative perspective on climate solutions in discussion with Penn climatologist Michael Man...
Carbon Tariffs & Global Trade: Inside the EU’s CBAM Plan
The European Union’s carbon border tariff arrives in January. An architect of the plan discusses its impact on trade, competition, and climate.
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The Midwest's Big Bet on Clean Electricity Transmission
Aubrey Johnson, head of transmission planning for Midwest electrical grid operator MISO, explains the $22 billion effort to expand and modernize the g...
The Future of Electricity Demand in the AI Era
Grid Strategies’ Rob Gramlich discusses the dramatic increase in electricity demand from data center and manufacturing growth, and the challenges it p...
North America’s Looming Electricity Supply Shortages
North America’s electricity grid faces a shortfall of power. A grid policy expert explores one region’s efforts to ensure reliability and the controve...
Rethinking Air Conditioning in A Hotter World
Two experts discuss the challenge of keeping billions of people cool while minimizing electrical grid and climate impacts.
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Global air...
Could Clean Energy Thrive Despite Trump Policy Changes?
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to cut support for clean power. Two guests from Bloomberg NEF weigh the likely impacts on clean energy developm...
Why Electrical Grid Governance Needs Reforming
Byzantine governance structures and vested interests are slowing the greening of the U.S. electrical grid. Two grid policy experts discuss paths forwa...
Empowering Communities for Climate and Energy Justice
Carnot Prize recipient Jacqueline Patterson explores how the clean energy transition can drive meaningful progress toward energy and climate justice.<...
Beyond Labor: The Expanding Scope of the Just Energy Transition
Kleinman Center visiting scholar Kirsten Jenkins explores the concept of a just energy transition, and why it must be expanded beyond its labor roots...
How Virtual Power Plants Could Strengthen the Electrical Grid
Virtual power plants can help electric grid operators address supply shortages and reliability concerns, but policy support is needed.
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How Identity Politics Shape U.S. Energy Policy
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.
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Why AI Consumes So Much Energy - and What Might Be Done About It
Nvidia’s director of accelerated computing, and a Penn expert in AI and datacenters, explain why AI uses so much energy, and how its energy appetite m...
Exploring Electricity Pricing: Are Alternatives to Flat-Rate Plans Worth It?
Time-of-use electricity rates can save consumers money and optimize renewable power. But they can backfire if not carefully designed.
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From the Archive: Michael Mann on the Lessons of Climate Past
For the month of August, we’re highlighting episodes from the 2023-2024 season of Energy Policy Now. We’ll be back with new content, and a new season,...
From the Archive: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee
For the month of August, we’re highlighting episodes from the 2023-2024 season of Energy Policy Now. We’ll be back with new content, and a new season,...
Navigating the Geopolitical Risks of Solar Geoengineering
Two experts discuss the geopolitical risks of solar geoengineering and the need for global governance frameworks to prevent conflict.
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The Crisis of Confidence in Voluntary Carbon Offsets
Kleinman Center senior fellow Danny Cullenward examines the integrity, effectiveness, and climate impact of voluntary carbon markets.
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Why New Tech is Key for EPA Methane Rule Compliance
The EPA's methane rules for the oil and gas industry will depend on new technologies to monitor and verify climate impacts.
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Can the Global LNG Market Support U.S. Export Ambitions?
Natural gas market expert Anne-Sophie Corbeau explores the global outlook for LNG demand, and the potential for this demand to support the rapid expan...
Power Struggle: The Electric Grid’s Natural Gas Challenge
As the nation’s reliance on natural gas as a fuel for electricity generation has grown, so have reliability challenges.
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Over 40% of U....
Will Latest Solar Trade Dispute Impact U.S. Solar Growth?
Canary Media senior editor Eric Wesoff explains the latest in a history of solar PV trade disputes involving the U.S. and China, and what it could mea...
California’s Solar Equity Challenge
Kleinman Center visiting scholar Severin Borenstein discusses California’s struggle to balance residential solar growth with electricity rate equity.<...
Can Competitive Electricity Markets Deliver Reliable Power?
An expert in electricity markets explains why market price signals alone will struggle to incentivize adequate investment in the flexible electricity...
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the prospects for bipartisan U.S. carbon border fee legislation, and the need to protect the Biden administration...
Will Hydrogen Energy be Clean Energy?
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is finalizing rules that will determine which new clean hydrogen projects will receive the IRA’s generous 45V tax...
Europe Confronts the Reality of Energy System Sabotage
Physical attacks on critical European energy infrastructure have risen since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, threatening energy security and the p...