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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee

April 2, 2024

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April 2, 2024	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the prospects for bipartisan U.S. carbon border fee legislation, and the need to protect the Biden administration’s clean energy and climate achievements.
March 19, 2024	Will Hydrogen Energy Be Clean Energy?	Danny Cullenward	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 incentives, and whether those projects will deliver promised climate benefits.
March 5, 2024	Europe Confronts the Reality of Energy System Sabotage	Benjamin Schmitt	Physical attacks on critical European energy infrastructure have risen since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, threatening energy security and the pace of the low-carbon transition.
February 20, 2024	Accelerating the Energy Transition with Repurposed Energy	Alexandra Klass	Local opposition to clean energy projects slows the transition to a low carbon energy system. A legal expert explores how a national policy of “repurposed energy” could speed things up.
February 13, 2024	Special Episode: Corporate Disclosure Law	Benjamin Chen	The winner of our student blog competition presents his submission: Corporate Disclosure Law on Energy Policy.
February 6, 2024	The CO2 Transportation Challenge	Peter Psarras, Hélène Pilorgé	A national network of CO2 and biomass transportation infrastructure, spanning pipelines to rail routes, will be needed to support the permanent removal of atmospheric CO2. Can the network be economically built?
January 23, 2024	AI’s Big Future in Energy and Climate Regulation	Cary Coglianese	Cary Coglianese, director of the Penn Program on Regulation, explores AI’s potential to help regulators keep pace with energy sector growth and climate-tech innovation.
January 9, 2024	FERC Transmission Reform: A New Year’s Resolution?	Ari Peskoe	Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative, discusses FERC’s pending reforms to the electric transmission development process in the U.S., and the legal challenges they’ll likely face.
December 5, 2023	Why the IRA’s Carbon Capture Tax Credit Could Increase Greenhouse Emissions	Emily Grubert	New research raises doubt around the climate benefits of the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and storage for fossil fuel powerplants.
November 21, 2023	Aligning Clean Energy Policy with Grid Reliability	Kelli Joseph	Recent electric grid emergencies highlight the need for better communication, and coordination, between energy policymakers and grid operators.
November 7, 2023	What’s a “Fair Share” of Emissions Reductions Under the Paris Climate Process?	Roberto Schaeffer	Brazilian economist and IPCC lead author Roberto Schaeffer examines what constitutes a “fair share” of emissions reductions under the Paris climate process, and how fairness is defined.
October 24, 2023	The U.S.’s Critical Mineral Supply Challenge	Brian Menell	A metals industry executive explores the race to develop alternative supplies of critical minerals essential to the energy transition.
October 10, 2023	How Uruguay Went (Almost Completely) Fossil Fuel Free	Ramón Méndez Galain, Noah Gallagher Shannon	Ramón Méndez Galain, this year’s recipient of the Carnot Prize, reflects on leading Uruguay away from fossil fuels and toward a diverse electricity mix, approaching 100% renewables. And what the rest of the world might take from his country’s experience.
September 26, 2023	Michael Mann on the Lessons of Climate Change Past	Michael Mann	Climatologist Michael Mann discusses his new book on Earth’s climate past, with insights into our climate future.
September 12, 2023	Why Oil Companies Support Renewable Energy	Arthur van Benthem	A Penn economist explores the relationship between regional energy policy and oil company support for renewable power.

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Andy Stone

Energy Policy Now Host and Producer

Andy Stone is producer and host of Energy Policy Now, the Kleinman Center’s podcast series. He previously worked in business planning with PJM Interconnection and was a senior energy reporter at Forbes Magazine.