As electric grid operators move to fast-tracks gas projects, consumer and environmental advocates raise red flags.
Beyond Yield: Climate, Nutrition and the Future of Farming
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, chair of global food security research network CGIAR and visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center, on adapting agriculture for climate and food security.
Planning for Net Zero in an Imperfect World
Ambitious climate policies may overlook practical constraints. Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar Niall Mac Dowell explores what deliverable paths to net zero might require.
Can California’s Emissions Market Survive Past 2030?
Danny Cullenward, vice chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee, explores the legal and policy challenges that threaten the future of the state’s carbon cap-and-trade market.
Bridging the Partisan Climate Divide
Former Republican U.S. congressman Bob Inglis offers a conservative perspective on climate solutions in discussion with Penn climatologist Michael Mann.
Carbon Tariffs & Global Trade: Inside the EU’s CBAM Plan
The European Union’s carbon border tariff arrives in January. An architect of the plan discusses its impact on trade, competition, and climate.
The Midwest’s Big Bet on Clean Electricity Transmission
Aubrey Johnson, head of transmission planning for Midwest electrical grid operator MISO, explains the $22 billion effort to expand and modernize the grid for clean energy and reliability.
The Future of Electricity Demand in the AI Era
Grid Strategies’ Rob Gramlich discusses the dramatic increase in electricity demand from data center and manufacturing growth, and the challenges it presents for the grid.
North America’s Looming Electricity Supply Shortages
North America’s electricity grid faces a shortfall of power. A grid policy expert explores one region’s efforts to ensure reliability, and the controversies its proposals have raised.
Rethinking Air Conditioning in a Hotter World
Two experts discuss the challenge of keeping billions of people cool while minimizing electrical grid and climate impacts.