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BLOG: The federal government is rushing into deep-sea critical mineral development, which could prove disastrous for communities, industry, and the environment.
U.S. Needs Stronger Regulatory Oversight of Deep-Sea Mining
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
BLOG: The federal government is rushing into deep-sea critical mineral development, which could prove disastrous for communities, industry, and the environment.
Families having to manage without these benefits will likely struggle, experts have warned. Sanya Carley, faculty director of the Kleinman Center, told Newsweek: "The impact of delayed LIHEAP payments could be significant and widespread."
List of states delaying LIHEAP payments during government shutdown
Americans relying on home heating assistance have been warned payments could be delayed amid the ongoing government shutdown.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Families having to manage without these benefits will likely struggle, experts have warned. Sanya Carley, faculty director of the Kleinman Center, told Newsweek: "The impact of delayed LIHEAP payments could be significant and widespread."
Agrivoltaics—the dual use of land for agriculture and solar—offer a promising path to balance clean energy with farmland preservation. Yet, only about 600 projects exist nationwide. Extending the tax credit for commercial solar projects could accelerate agrivoltaic growth. https://bit.ly/4hI3sfh
The Use and Potential of Agrivoltaics in the United States
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Agrivoltaics—the dual use of land for agriculture and solar—offer a promising path to balance clean energy with farmland preservation. Yet, only about 600 projects exist nationwide. Extending the tax credit for commercial solar projects could accelerate agrivoltaic growth. https://bit.ly/4hI3sfh
PODCAST: The Trump administration’s halt of offshore wind leasing has compounded an already fragile industry. Dartmouth College’s Elizabeth Wilson explores how “institutional learning” could help the sector weather political and economic turbulence.
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Listen now wherever you get podcasts:
U.S. Offshore Wind at an Impasse - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
PODCAST: The Trump administration’s halt of offshore wind leasing has compounded an already fragile industry. Dartmouth College’s Elizabeth Wilson explores how “institutional learning” could help the sector weather political and economic turbulence.
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Listen now wherever you get podcasts:
ANNUAL REPORT: This year, we celebrated a decade of impact and continue our work to develop equitable, research-driven solutions that accelerate a sustainable energy transition through scholarship and dialogue.
Browse our annual report from 2024/2025:
Browse our annual report from 2024/2025:
Annual Report 2024/25 - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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October 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
ANNUAL REPORT: This year, we celebrated a decade of impact and continue our work to develop equitable, research-driven solutions that accelerate a sustainable energy transition through scholarship and dialogue.
Browse our annual report from 2024/2025:
Browse our annual report from 2024/2025:
POLICY DIGEST: Three decades of U.S.–China battery policy show China’s playbook-built dominance while U.S. efforts fluctuated. Our latest policy digest maps out this timeline and implications and lessons for the future of U.S. Li-ion, and potentially other clean tech industries.
Read the research:
Read the research:
Battling for Batteries: Li-ion Policy and Supply Chain Dynamics in the U.S. and China - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
POLICY DIGEST: Three decades of U.S.–China battery policy show China’s playbook-built dominance while U.S. efforts fluctuated. Our latest policy digest maps out this timeline and implications and lessons for the future of U.S. Li-ion, and potentially other clean tech industries.
Read the research:
Read the research:
FELLOWSHIP: Penn undergraduate students are invited to apply for an exclusive opportunity at Apollo Global Management, Inc. One student will spend summer 2026 as a summer associate on the Private Equity Climate team.
Application Deadline: November 14. Learn more and apply:
Application Deadline: November 14. Learn more and apply:
Kleinman Apollo Fellowship - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
FELLOWSHIP: Penn undergraduate students are invited to apply for an exclusive opportunity at Apollo Global Management, Inc. One student will spend summer 2026 as a summer associate on the Private Equity Climate team.
Application Deadline: November 14. Learn more and apply:
Application Deadline: November 14. Learn more and apply:
Did you miss last week’s convo with Danny Cullenward (@ghgpolicy.org)? Dive into California’s multibillion-dollar carbon markets—how prices are set, where the money flows, and what’s at stake on the road to 2045 net-zero.
Event recording up now: https://bit.ly/3Wqar2w
Event recording up now: https://bit.ly/3Wqar2w
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Did you miss last week’s convo with Danny Cullenward (@ghgpolicy.org)? Dive into California’s multibillion-dollar carbon markets—how prices are set, where the money flows, and what’s at stake on the road to 2045 net-zero.
Event recording up now: https://bit.ly/3Wqar2w
Event recording up now: https://bit.ly/3Wqar2w
PODCAST: What happens when a cleaner grid still leaves people behind? A live conversation with Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) and David Konisky on their new book, Power Lines, and the inequities shaping America’s energy transition.
Why Energy Inequities Could Persist in the Clean Energy Transition
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
PODCAST: What happens when a cleaner grid still leaves people behind? A live conversation with Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) and David Konisky on their new book, Power Lines, and the inequities shaping America’s energy transition.
Our Faculty Director Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) has been named Penn’s Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action! Her leadership continues to inspire the Kleinman Center and strengthen Penn’s climate community.
Sanya Carley appointed vice provost for climate science, policy, and action | Penn Today
Carley is an expert on energy policy, affordability, and transition.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Our Faculty Director Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) has been named Penn’s Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action! Her leadership continues to inspire the Kleinman Center and strengthen Penn’s climate community.
BLOG: Open-system carbon removal—like ERW, OAE, and biochar—could scale CO₂ removal alongside closed systems, but only with robust MRV. This piece explores expert consensus on data sharing, uncertainty, and standards to ensure integrity at scale.
Open-System Carbon Removal: Harmonizing MRV for Trust and Transparency - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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October 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
BLOG: Open-system carbon removal—like ERW, OAE, and biochar—could scale CO₂ removal alongside closed systems, but only with robust MRV. This piece explores expert consensus on data sharing, uncertainty, and standards to ensure integrity at scale.
Did you miss this week's event with Sanya Carley and David Konisky discussing their new book Power Lines?
You can catch Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) next week at Head House Books on Tuesday, Oct 21st at 6 PM.
Tickets and more information:
You can catch Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) next week at Head House Books on Tuesday, Oct 21st at 6 PM.
Tickets and more information:
An Evening with Sanya Carley | Head House Books
https://www.headhousebooks.com
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October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Did you miss this week's event with Sanya Carley and David Konisky discussing their new book Power Lines?
You can catch Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) next week at Head House Books on Tuesday, Oct 21st at 6 PM.
Tickets and more information:
You can catch Sanya Carley (@carleysanya.bsky.social) next week at Head House Books on Tuesday, Oct 21st at 6 PM.
Tickets and more information:
Power Lines: The Human Costs of American Energy in Transition by Sanya Carley (carleysanya.bsky.social) and David Konisky is out today! It tells the stories of families facing energy insecurity, workers navigating decline, and communities burdened by infrastructure and waste. https://bit.ly/46ycHe8
Power Lines
On American energy and its persisting power to destroy. In the United States, the promise of a green-energy future is complicated by its realities. The country's legacy energy systems are decrepit; the rollout of new technologies is unequal and piecemea...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Power Lines: The Human Costs of American Energy in Transition by Sanya Carley (carleysanya.bsky.social) and David Konisky is out today! It tells the stories of families facing energy insecurity, workers navigating decline, and communities burdened by infrastructure and waste. https://bit.ly/46ycHe8
BLOG: As data centers, electrification, and new energy policies shape the U.S. power industry, resource adequacy, reliability and affordability are becoming more pressing issues for energy stakeholders, opening doors for smarter load growth and flexible resources, and calling for policy reforms.
RE+ 2025: Navigating the U.S. Power System's Current Challenges - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BLOG: As data centers, electrification, and new energy policies shape the U.S. power industry, resource adequacy, reliability and affordability are becoming more pressing issues for energy stakeholders, opening doors for smarter load growth and flexible resources, and calling for policy reforms.
DAC with storage, bioenergy with CCS, and biomass carbon removal and storage can deliver durable CO2 removal—if supported by credible MRV. This piece explores why closed-system methods dominate today’s markets, the hurdles they face, and the steps to make geological net zero an enforceable standard.
Closed-System Carbon Removal: Building Credible MRV for Geological Net Zero - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
DAC with storage, bioenergy with CCS, and biomass carbon removal and storage can deliver durable CO2 removal—if supported by credible MRV. This piece explores why closed-system methods dominate today’s markets, the hurdles they face, and the steps to make geological net zero an enforceable standard.
“If DOE is invoking financial-viability criteria, companies and communities deserve to see the underlying metrics, thresholds, and justification — and to understand whether those criteria are being applied consistently across projects," said Kleinman Center faculty member Jennifer Wilcox.
Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana
A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by 2021 infrastructure law.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“If DOE is invoking financial-viability criteria, companies and communities deserve to see the underlying metrics, thresholds, and justification — and to understand whether those criteria are being applied consistently across projects," said Kleinman Center faculty member Jennifer Wilcox.
PODCAST: Pennsylvania’s top union leaders, Angela Ferritto and Robert Bair, join Energy Policy Now to discuss how labor is shaping clean energy jobs and policy as federal support recedes.
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Listen now wherever you get podcasts 🎧
Union Leaders Push Clean Energy Jobs Agenda in Pennsylvania - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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October 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
PODCAST: Pennsylvania’s top union leaders, Angela Ferritto and Robert Bair, join Energy Policy Now to discuss how labor is shaping clean energy jobs and policy as federal support recedes.
Listen now wherever you get podcasts 🎧
Listen now wherever you get podcasts 🎧
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POLICY DIGEST: Fusion energy could provide carbon-neutral, abundant power by harnessing the same process that fuels the sun.
Our new policy digest explores recent breakthroughs, the need for political support, and challenges in bringing fusion to market.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3VMgNJf
Our new policy digest explores recent breakthroughs, the need for political support, and challenges in bringing fusion to market.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3VMgNJf
Bringing Fusion Energy to the Grid: Challenges and Pathways
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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October 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
POLICY DIGEST: Fusion energy could provide carbon-neutral, abundant power by harnessing the same process that fuels the sun.
Our new policy digest explores recent breakthroughs, the need for political support, and challenges in bringing fusion to market.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3VMgNJf
Our new policy digest explores recent breakthroughs, the need for political support, and challenges in bringing fusion to market.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3VMgNJf
“To a big segment of households — lower income-, even moderate-income households — it’s already a crisis,” said Kleinman Center Senior Fellow John Quigley (@johnhquigley.bsky.social).
Your expensive power bill is part of an alarming trend
Here's why you shouldn't panic. Yet.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“To a big segment of households — lower income-, even moderate-income households — it’s already a crisis,” said Kleinman Center Senior Fellow John Quigley (@johnhquigley.bsky.social).
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I'm quoted in this @insideclimatenews.org piece. Road-spreading of conventional oil and gas wastewater should be banned.
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Appeal Could Make It Easier for Companies to Spread Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways - Inside Climate News
In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I'm quoted in this @insideclimatenews.org piece. Road-spreading of conventional oil and gas wastewater should be banned.
@kleinmanenergy.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...
@kleinmanenergy.bsky.social
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Direct air capture can be built anywhere—in theory. In practice, location matters: it needs clean energy, CO₂ storage, infrastructure, and policy. With federal backing uncertain, states can step up by leveraging resources and tailoring policies to scale DAC. https://bit.ly/480Bmce
Scaling Direct Air Capture in the US: From Public Investment to Market Integration
As the U.S. federal government pulls back its support for carbon removal, some states have an opportunity to lead on advancing direct air capture deployment.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Direct air capture can be built anywhere—in theory. In practice, location matters: it needs clean energy, CO₂ storage, infrastructure, and policy. With federal backing uncertain, states can step up by leveraging resources and tailoring policies to scale DAC. https://bit.ly/480Bmce
PODCAST: Auditors promise integrity in carbon markets. New research suggests the reality is far more complicated. On Energy Policy Now, Cynthia Giles and Cary Coglianese explain why.
The Conflicted Role of Auditors in Carbon Markets - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
PODCAST: Auditors promise integrity in carbon markets. New research suggests the reality is far more complicated. On Energy Policy Now, Cynthia Giles and Cary Coglianese explain why.
“Sometimes there is just lack of vision from policymakers,” Kleinman Center's Angela Pachon said. “When you have someone who has the experience and can show that this is possible and how much benefit this brings, the likelihood of convincing people is higher.” https://wapo.st/4nI1kpo
He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again?
Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Sometimes there is just lack of vision from policymakers,” Kleinman Center's Angela Pachon said. “When you have someone who has the experience and can show that this is possible and how much benefit this brings, the likelihood of convincing people is higher.” https://wapo.st/4nI1kpo
BLOG: A student traveled to four sites between California and Texas to study how state political environments inform the successes or failures of proposed wind farms.
Comparing Renewable Energy in California and Texas
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
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September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
BLOG: A student traveled to four sites between California and Texas to study how state political environments inform the successes or failures of proposed wind farms.