Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Our team provides the analysis leaders need to build energy security, address global climate change, and alleviate energy injustice.
We provide innovative, strategic insights and policy solutions by examining energy issues at the intersection of geopolitics, policy, markets, and development. Collaborating with leaders in government, industry, academia, and civil society, our team develops projects to help decisionmakers design smart energy policies that balance economic, environmental, and security priorities.
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- Associate Director for Energy Education and Public Programming, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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- Chief Communications Officer
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The Power System Benefits of Interregional Transmission
The proposed legislation that mandates interregional transmission capacity minimums is an excellent way to create demand for new transmission projects that will increase grid reliability, support new generation resources, and lower costs for end users.
Commentary by Joseph Majkut and Cy McGeady — May 25, 2023

The State of Play in Permitting Reform
Critical Questions by Cy McGeady — May 24, 2023

How the 45V Tax Credit Definition Could Make or Break the Clean Hydrogen Economy
Commentary by Mathias Zacarias and Cy McGeady — May 22, 2023

Experts React: EPA Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants
Commentary by Cy McGeady , John Larsen , Kyle Danish , and Mathias Zacarias — May 15, 2023

The United States Needs More than Mining Engineers to Solve Its Critical Mineral Challenges
Commentary by Thomas Hale — May 8, 2023
In the Media
China Is Crushing US in Battle Over Electric Car Battery Technology
Jane Nakano in Business Insider — May 16, 2023
The COVID pandemic was not an oil inflection point
Ben Cahill in Axios — May 9, 2023
Oil and gas critics escalate their gripes against Biden
Joseph Majkut in Politico — April 29, 2023
OPEC’s Production Cut Will Test Russian Oil Price Caps
Ben Cahill in Barron's — April 12, 2023
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Security Implications of Nord Stream Sabotage
Critical Questions by Joseph Majkut , Leslie Palti-Guzman , Max Bergmann , Colin Wall , and Allegra Dawes — September 29, 2022
Methane Reductions: Connecting Data with Action
Event by Ben Cahill and Manfredi Caltagirone — September 28, 2022
Is U.S. Infrastructure Ready for Hydrogen?
Event by Joseph Majkut , Ben Wilson , Steven Hamburg , and Melanie Kenderdine — September 27, 2022
Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Energy Generation in Ukraine
Commentary by Joseph Majkut and Allegra Dawes — September 26, 2022
Just Transition Planning in the U.S. and South Africa
Podcast Episode by Sandeep Pai — September 19, 2022

Just Transition Planning in the U.S. and South Africa
Podcast Episode by Lisa Hyland and Sandeep Pai — September 19, 2022

IRA and the EV Tax Credits—Can We Kill Multiple Birds with One Stone?
Commentary by Jane Nakano — September 15, 2022
Big Challenges for Russian Oil Price Cap
Commentary by Ben Cahill — September 9, 2022
Enhancing U.S. Resilience to Climate Change
Podcast Episode by Morgan Higman — September 6, 2022

Winter is Coming
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Ben Cahill — September 2, 2022
