Kevin Book (Clear View Energy Partners and CSIS) and Liam Denning (Bloomberg) join Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) to discuss where we are on climate change, the positions of various actors, and the next steps toward tackling climate change.

Elizabeth Rosenberg (Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program, CNAS) and Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) discuss how sanctions impact the energy sector, the politicization of sanctions development, and how sanctions regimes may look in the future.
 

Denise Brinley, senior energy advisor for the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development, chats with Sarah Ladislaw on energy’s current role in spurring economic development, redevelopment of former coal-fired power plants, and Pennsylvania’s growth as a natural gas supplier.
 
This episode is part of Energy in America, our project exploring how energy impacts states or regions across the United States.
 
CSIS recently held a workshop with the Smeal College of Business at Penn State to explore how Pennsylvania is preparing for its energy future.  Read the report

Following Iraq’s parliamentary elections in May 2018, Iraqi representatives are struggling to form their new government. Raad Alkadiri, senior director at the BCG Center for Energy Impact and a senior associate with CSIS, sat down with Sarah Ladislaw to discuss key issues on government formation in Iraq, the priorities for the next government, and geopolitical influence from the U.S. and Iraq’s neighbors. Also discussed: prospects for the energy sector and how disputes with the Kurds are affecting oil production.

This episode of Energy 360 is part of Energy in America, our project exploring how energy impacts states or regions across the United States.

This week, Gladys Brown, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, joined Sarah Ladislaw to talk about resiliency and reliability in the state’s electric power sector, how the Commission is preparing workers for the growing energy sector, and some of the Commission’s goals in order to prepare Pennsylvania for a stable energy future.

CSIS recently held a workshop with the Smeal College of Business at Penn State to explore how Pennsylvania is preparing for its energy future.  Read the report

Earlier this month, Frank Verrastro sat down with Neelesh Nerurkar, Vice President and Senior Analyst at Clear View Energy Partners, to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, the potential regulatory reforms surrounding it, and what the future looks like for the RFS. 

Join Sarah Ladislaw as she sits down with Power for All co-founder and CEO Kristina Skierka to discuss her organization’s work to bring renewable, distributed energy to people living in rural areas in developing countries by partnering with organizations in the private and public sectors. Kristina explains the organization’s ongoing work in India and their new initiative, Utility 2.0. They also talk about the challenges and opportunities Power for All faces in bringing electricity to the more than 1 billion people who currently do not have access to it.

Join Sarah Ladislaw, Frank Verrastro and Edward Chow as they discuss the June 22nd OPEC meeting and what the new communique means for global oil markets. Amid the ongoing political rhetoric and speculation surrounding all things OPEC, the group shares its thoughts on what future oil production looks like, and where Russia’s increasingly active role alongside OPEC leaves struggling producers Iran and Venezuela.

This week, Energy 360 looks at China’s climate plans and ambitions. Taiya Smith, Director of the China Program at the Climate Leadership Council and Ethan Zindler, head of Americas at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, join Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) to discuss how China is affecting global clean energy and climate change trends, where and how much China is investing domestically and internationally in energy projects, and the current state of the U.S.-China energy relationship. 

This week, Heather Conley (Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; Director, Europe Program) joins Jane Nakano and Edward Chow (Energy & National Security Program) to discuss the growing economic, strategic, and energy importance of the Arctic. With increased access to Arctic resources comes increased interest from states like Russia and new players like China. Up for discussion: what to expect from recent Sino-Russian cooperation, whether the United States is likely to develop a comprehensive Arctic strategy, and the next possible steps for other Arctic Council members to address these new concerns.