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S10E19 Is a New Era of Electricity Prices Beginning?
For years, electricity prices broadly tracked inflation. New pressures may be changing that. --- Electricity prices have become a major political issue in the United States, with policymakers…
S10E18 The Fight Over the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Clean energy funding under the GGRF remains frozen, with projects on hold and questions over federal spending authority unresolved. --- The $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund has become a…
S10E17 From Corporate Standard to Climate Policy: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the global standard for corporate emissions accounting, is increasingly embedded in policy, drawing new scrutiny of its governance. --- The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is…
S10E16 When Geopolitics Disrupts Energy Systems
Helen Thompson, a political economist at Cambridge, examines how geopolitical conflict has shaped global oil and gas markets, with implications for the current Gulf crisis. --- Geopolitical conflict…
S10E15 Insurance and the Shifting Boundaries of Climate Risk
Insurance is on the front lines of climate risk, and may help shape how we respond to it. --- Insurance is one of the quiet pillars of the modern economy. It underpins where we build, how we invest,…
S10E14 The Arctic and the Geopolitics of Strategic Minerals
The Arctic is emerging as a new front in the global competition over strategic minerals, raising questions about how the supply chains behind the energy transition will be governed. --- In recent…
S10E13 The Endangerment Finding and the Future of EPA’s Authority
Two Penn legal experts discuss the strategy behind EPA’s rescission of the Endangerment Finding and the court challenges ahead. --- On February 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally…
S10E12 When Oil Sanctions Meet Dark Shipping
Oil sanctions have given rise to dark shipping, reshaping global energy flows and producing far-reaching economic consequences. --- In recent years, oil export sanctions have become a central tool of…
S10E11 How PJM Is Grappling With Data Center Power Demand
The nation’s largest electric grid operator outlines its plan to manage rapid growth in data center electricity demand. --- PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid operator, is preparing to…
S10E10 Planning the Grid in an Age of Uncertain Demand Growth
AI data centers are driving rapid demand growth, exposing the limits of traditional electricity forecasting and planning. --- Electricity demand in the United States is rising fast, fueled in large…
S10E9 Why a New Gas Power Boom Is Putting Methane Emissions Back in the Spotlight
Gas-fired power is back in favor in the United States, but methane emissions threaten its credibility. --- Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, and global efforts to curb methane…
S10E8 When the Last Mile Turns Hot: Delivery Drivers in a Warming Climate
An economic sociologist discusses the growing heat dangers facing last-mile delivery drivers, and why federal protections remain stalled. --- E-commerce has transformed the way goods move through the…
S10E7 The Cost of Pulling Back from China in the EV Transition
John Helveston of George Washington University discusses why a U.S. pullback from China on EVs is risky, and why engagement could strengthen America’s auto industry. --- China has rapidly become the…
S10E6 How the Trump Administration Is Reshaping Nuclear Oversight
The Trump administration’s nuclear ambitions raise new questions about safety, speed, and regulatory independence. --- The Trump administration has made nuclear power a centerpiece of its energy…
S10E5 U.S. Offshore Wind at an Impasse
What the U.S. offshore wind power crisis says about energy megaprojects, risk, and political resilience. --- After a surge of optimism, the U.S. offshore wind industry faces its most serious…
S10E4 Why Energy Inequities Could Persist in the Clean Energy Transition
A live discussion with Sanya Carley and David Konisky, authors of the new book Power Lines, on the inequities that define America’s energy system—and how they could carry into the clean energy future…
S10E3 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. --- For generations, union members have mined Pennsylvania’s coal,…
S10E2 The Conflicted Role of Auditors in Carbon Markets
Auditors are billed as carbon market watchdogs. But conflicts of interest may undermine their credibility. --- The voluntary carbon market is poised for rapid growth, with airlines soon required to…
S10E1 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. --- Once, climate and clean energy were common ground between the United…
S9E24 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, on September the 9th. Virtual power plants can…
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