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Upper House Elections Open the Door for Electricity Sector Reform in Japan

August 6, 2013, Charles K. Ebinger and Alisa Schackmann

Obama’s Climate Action Strategy

June 25, 2013, Nathan Hultman

A Grand Bargain on Fracking? Lessons from Springfield, Illinois

June 10, 2013, Barry Rabe

DOE’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative Leverages Regions

May 6, 2013, Scott Andes and Mark Muro

The Clean Energy Ministerial in Delhi: An International Forum to Address National Energy Policy Goals

April 16, 2013, Nathan Hultman

Black Carbon and Kerosene Lighting: An Opportunity for Rapid Action on Climate Change and Clean Energy for Development

April 2013, Arne Jacobson, Nicholas L. Lam, Tami C. Bond and Nathan Hultman

Climate Policy Across the Globe: Lessons Learned and Key Challenges

April 15, 2013

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Flow Oil and Gas Revenues to Cleantech R&D: Common Ground on Energy?

March 18, 2013, Mark Muro

The Climate Scientist and the Pipeline

March 15, 2013, William Y. Brown

There is a lot of logic to [Obama's oil-funded clean-energy research proposal]. It resonates to a broad segment of the population that we should make the best of fossil fuels while accelerating the effort to transform our energy system.

February 14, 2013, Mark Muro, Bloomberg Businessweek

A 180 Degree Shift in Energy Policy?

February 13, 2013, Charles K. Ebinger

Manufacturing Hubs: What and Why?

February 13, 2013, Mark Muro and Kenan Fikri

The Black Swan: The Big Thaw

February 6, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

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States, Metro Areas Outdo Washington

January 22, 2013, Bruce Katz and Judith Rodin

Innovations to Watch: 2012 Recap

January 18, 2013, Bruce Katz and Owen Washburn

Innovations To Watch

January 18, 2013, Bruce Katz and Owen Washburn

Energy and Climate: Black to Gold to Green

January 17, 2013, Charles K. Ebinger and Kevin Massy

The Big Thaw

January 17, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

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In today’s world we have many more development stakeholders, so there’s no need for a single agency to try to do everything. It’s far better to try to do some things and to try to do them really well.

January 10, 2013, Homi Kharas, Bloomberg Businessweek

Wind Lobby Seeks Path Beyond Boom and Bust

December 21, 2012, Mark Muro and Alex Trembath

A New Latin American Climate Negotiating Group: The Greenest Shoots in the Doha Desert

December 12, 2012, Timmons Roberts and Guy Edwards

Doha Climate Change Negotiations: Moving Beyond the Dueling Dinosaurs to Bring Together Equity and Ambition

December 11, 2012, Timmons Roberts

The Political Viability of Carbon Taxation

December 5, 2012, Barry Rabe

Is Washington Ready For a Carbon Tax?

November 19, 2012, Mark Muro

The Economics of Carbon Taxes

November 13, 2012