Bill Loveless

Washington, D.C.

Energy Columnist at Freelance

Energy journalist. Co-host, Columbia Energy Exchange podcast. Dir., Columbia Energy Journalism Initiative. Anchored Platts Energy Week TV. Retweets≠endorsements

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Articles

A Major Reckoning for US Energy Policy

2 weeks ago | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

Guest Kevin Book Managing Director of Research, ClearView Energy Partners Your browser does not support the audio element. Transcript Kevin Book: We are used to a certain amount of policy flux.
Japan’s Shifting Energy Strategy

1 month ago | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

Guest Tatsuya Terazawa Chairman and CEO, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan Your browser does not support the audio element. Transcript Tatsuya Terazawa: The strategic energy plan that was decided in 2021 had the exclusive focus on reducing CO2 or greenhouse gas emission. This time many things have happened in between. While we still maintain our pledge to realize carbon neutrality toward 2050, the importance of ensuring energy security has been elevated.
Front Lines of the Energy Transition

2 months ago | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Noah Kaufman |Bill Loveless

Guests Emily Grubert Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Noah Kaufman Senior Research Scholar Climate Change Energy Policy Finance & Economics Your browser does not support the audio element. Transcript Noah Kaufman: We have thousands of communities across the United States that depend on fossil fuels, and we really need viable economic strategies for these communities if we want any hope of sustaining progress on climate in our country. Emily Grubert: When we look to historical...
AI Power Demand and U.S. Energy Policy

Feb 25, 2025 | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

Morningside Campus Status Updates For the latest updates on access to the Morningside campus, visit the Public Safety website. Read more. Guest Michelle Solomon Senior Policy Analyst, Energy Innovation Your browser does not support the audio element. Transcript Michelle Solomon: Most of the utility companies in the United States have clean energy goals. Clean energy is a cheap source of electricity. It’s a reliable source of electricity.
Reporters’ Roundtable: Trump’s Quick Start on Energy

Jan 28, 2025 | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Jennifer A. Dlouhy |Maxine Joselow |Bill Loveless

Last week, President Trump wasted no time in making good on a long list of energy-related campaign promises. Declaring a national energy emergency, he issued executive orders that could undo several Biden- and Obama-era climate policies. Carbon emissions standards are now in limbo, as are electric vehicle incentives and building energy efficiency standards. Trump wants to lift barriers to fossil fuel and mineral exploration and production.
AI, Extreme Weather, and the LA Wildfires

Jan 14, 2025 | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

The year 2024 ended with a sobering milestone: it was officially the hottest year ever recorded. That pattern of extremes continues around the world, especially in Southern California, which is suffering from one of its worst disasters in history. First responders continue to battle lethal wildfires that have consumed more than 12,000 buildings and homes, and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate.
Climate as a Catalyst for Global Conflicts

Jan 7, 2025 | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

Guest Peter Schwartzstein Author of "The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence" Your browser does not support the audio element. Climate change isn’t just an environmental threat—it’s becoming a catalyst for conflict. Over the past decade, rising temperatures, water shortages, and other environmental disruptions have fueled tensions from the deserts of Iraq to the mountains of Nepal.
COP29: A Veteran’s Account of the UN Process

Dec 10, 2024 | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

The international climate negotiation process stands at a critical juncture. At the recent COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, nations struggled to find common ground on financial support and carbon market strategies, all while grappling with the persistent influence of fossil fuel industries.
Minimizing Damage as Mining for Critical Minerals Ramps Up

Nov 26, 2024 | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

The clean energy transition has a dirty underside. To move away from fossil fuels and toward solar, wind, batteries, and other alternative sources of energy, we have to intensify mining operations for critical minerals like lithium, copper, and cobalt. According to a Global Witness analysis of S&P Global data, copper mining will increase more than 25% between 2021 and 2028. Cobalt mining will be up more than 100%. Lithium, more than 300%.
Inside the 2024 World Energy Outlook

Nov 19, 2024 | energypolicy.columbia.edu | Bill Loveless

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