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April 2, 2024

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March 19, 2019	200 Years of Energy History in 30 Minutes	Jesús Fernández-Villaverde	The current energy transition is fraught with economic and social implications, not to mention abundant political squabbles. An economist looks at the past 200 years of global energy history and finds that difficult transitions are nothing new.
March 5, 2019	Can Norway’s State Oil Company Be A Climate Champion?	Stephen Bull	Norway is pursuing a future rich in fossil energy and climate solutions. Can its oil company, Equinor, reconcile these priorities and continue to reliably finance the country’s expansive social welfare system? Equinor’s clean energy chief weighs in.
February 19, 2019	Getting to the Right Carbon Price	Dallas Burtraw	Bipartisan carbon pricing proposals have started to appear at the national level, which begs a question: what’s the right price for carbon? An advisor to California and RGGI carbon markets offers insights.
February 5, 2019	China’s EV Juggernaut	John Paul MacDuffie	China is aggressively expanding its electric vehicle industry, with the aim of becoming a leader in the global automotive market.
January 22, 2019	Where Does the Defense Department Really Stand on Climate?	Mark Nevitt	Congress has played down climate change while demanding that the Pentagon tackle climate-related security risks. A former DOD environmental lawyer looks at military efforts to address climate, and political mine fields along the way.
January 8, 2019	Welcome to the Anthropocene, Our New Biogeophysical Home	Will Steffen	Mankind’s impact on Earth extends well beyond climate change to the broader biosphere, where the conditions that nurtured the development of modern humans are at risk of being lost in a new epoch known as the Anthropocene.
December 11, 2018	Bold Climate Policy Is Coming. Investors, Take Note	Nathan Fabian	A group of global investors foresees bold policy action on climate by the mid-2020s. What will such action, dubbed the Inevitable Policy Response, mean for capital markets and economies?
November 27, 2018	Vox’s David Roberts on Energy, Climate, and the Media	David Roberts	Vox writer David Roberts weighs in on the media’s role in shaping views on energy and the environment.
November 13, 2018	As India Eliminates Energy Poverty, Can It Also Fight Climate Change?	Piyush Goyal	Piyush Goyal, India’s minister of railways and coal and past minister of renewable energy, discusses his country’s efforts to provide universal electricity access while limiting power sector pollution and climate impact.
October 30, 2018	The Battle Over Methane Leaks	Catherine Hausman, Ben Ratner	As Washington relaxes standards governing methane leaks, oil and gas industry leaders pledge to limit emissions. An economist and an environmental advocate examine the impact of methane leaks, and the credibility of industry efforts to contain them.
October 16, 2018	What IPCC 1.5 Degree Report Means for Global Climate Action	Oliver Geden	IPCC lead climate author Oliver Geden talks about how politicians view the IPCC’s 1.5 degree report, and implications for climate action.
October 9, 2018	Gas Pipelines: A Threat to Electric Grid Resilience?	William Hederman	As natural gas has grown in importance as a fuel for electricity generation, have gas pipelines become the electric grid’s Achilles heel? A cybersecurity expert discusses the risk posed by the grid’s growing dependence on gas.
October 2, 2018	Grid Resilience in the Cyber Age	Gladys Brown	Can the U.S. electric grid remain resilient as the threat of cyber and physical attack rises? Pennsylvania PUC Chair Gladys Brown talks about state and federal efforts to safeguard the electric power system.
September 18, 2018	Decision Making for Climate Leaders	Mark Alan Hughes	Can policymakers effectively prepare for an uncertain future climate? The Kleinman Center’s Mark Alan Hughes discusses emerging decision models for climate mitigation and adaptation.
September 4, 2018	Handicapping EPA’s Deregulatory Climate Agenda	Joseph Goffman	Will EPA’s Clean Power Plan replacement withstand legal challenge? An architect of the Clean Power Plan weighs in.

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Andy Stone

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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.