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Natural Gas
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Russia Does Not Seem to Be After Ukraine's Gas Reserves
Krystyna Marcinek @KMMarcinek
Apr 11, 2022
The RAND Blog
There seems to be very little reason to believe that the true stakes of the war in Ukraine are the country's natural gas reserves, as some have speculated. Ukrainian gas fields appear too small to justify the costs of the invasion, too hard to keep, and almost impossible for Russia to exploit.
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Fossil Fuels
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How We Might Better Live with Oil in California
Jalal Awan, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg
Apr 1, 2022
CalMatters
As California grapples with the question of balancing environmental stewardship with the recent renewed focus on “local oil,” lawmakers could look to local communities for the best answers to avoid future petro-disasters.
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Banking and Financial Services
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More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience
Karishma V. Patel, Michelle E. Miro
Nov 24, 2021
The RAND Blog
The significance of green bonds may depend not only on having a lot of them but also on carefully developing, investing, and tracking projects against the larger goal of climate resilience.
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Banking and Financial Services
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The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?
David Catt, Nihar Chhatiawala, Mark Stalczynski
Nov 23, 2021
The RAND Blog
If green bonds are a viable tool to reduce emissions and adapt infrastructure to the effects of climate change, how can governments encourage the issuance, sales, and growth in the share of green bonds in the total bond market?
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Infrastructure Finance
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Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red
Brian Wong, Ismael Arciniegas Rueda
Nov 22, 2021
The RAND Blog
To achieve the Biden administration's blueprint for solar energy and focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, green bonds may be worth considering. But, like any other financing instrument, they may be best considered through a cost-benefit lens.
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Environmental Regulation
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Achieving Decarbonization and Energy Equity Through Reconciliation
Liam Regan, Benjamin Lee Preston @bl_preston
Sep 9, 2021
United Press International
The past two years have witnessed increasingly vocal calls for rapid decarbonization of the global economy through a clean energy transition. How can Congress ensure that new costs associated with a clean energy transition do not fall disproportionately on lower-income ratepayers?
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Alternative and Renewable Energy
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Costa Rica Leads the Way in Cutting Carbon Emissions
Aug 30, 2021
Almost every country has pledged to slash carbon emissions to slow the gears of global warming. Costa Rica's plan provides a glimpse of what a carbon-neutral future will look like. It shows how nations can take action and make investments that hold up, regardless of what future comes to pass.
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Natural Gas
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Depoliticizing Russian Gas in Europe
William Courtney @courtneywmh, Richard Kauzlarich
Jun 11, 2021
The Moscow Times
At their June 16 Summit in Geneva, Presidents Biden and Putin might consider how to reduce the sharp tensions over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. Cooperation among governments and companies may offer potential.
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Energy Security
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Is DarkSide Really Sorry? Is It Even DarkSide?
Anu Narayanan, Jonathan W. Welburn @jwwelburn
May 19, 2021
Defense One
The U.S. military relies heavily on commercial energy assets, making the implications of events like the Colonial Pipeline outage more serious than just higher prices at the gas pump. The origins and severity of an attack dictate what the United States might do in response.
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Surface Transportation
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Micromobility: How Will We Know When It's Working?
Liisa Ecola, Laura Fraade-Blanar
May 18, 2021
The RAND Blog
Micromobility was positioned as a solution for every urban problem from traffic congestion to air pollution to transit deserts and inequality. Is there a way to know if micromobility can fulfill these ambitious goals?
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International Economic Relations
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China Does Not Have to Be America's Enemy in the Middle East
Ashley L. Rhoades, Dalia Dassa Kaye
Apr 19, 2021
War on the Rocks
China and Iran made a deal in which China promised to boost its investment in Iranian infrastructure in exchange for a steady supply of oil. This uptick in Chinese influence does not necessarily erode U.S. power in the region. The United States may even find overlapping interests with China since both have a stake in containing conflicts and instability.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Now Is (Finally) the Time to Future-Proof Our Infrastructure
Constantine Samaras, Mikhail Chester
Apr 1, 2021
Civil Engineering Source
The world is barreling toward a more volatile climate with infrastructure designed for the past. With infrastructure widely expected to be prioritized in Congress soon, every infrastructure bill is also a climate bill. It is critical that we make our infrastructure climate-safe.
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Infrastructure Finance
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Navigating Speed Bumps to a Possible Federal Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee
Liisa Ecola, Laura Patton
Mar 26, 2021
The Hill
It's been clear for years that the gas tax has been losing its ability to pay for America's existing roads and bridges, let alone improvements and new construction. A vehicle miles traveled fee could provide a potential option for a 21st-century transportation funding system.
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Energy Security
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The Pentagon Could Help Improve Resilience of the U.S. Electric Grid
Beth E. Lachman, Aimee E. Curtright @ACurtright
Mar 25, 2021
Defense News
The resilience and robustness of the U.S. electric grid needs to be improved, especially given the likely increased occurrence and magnitude of natural disasters due to climate change. This is where government entities that operate large facilities in the United States, such as the Department of Defense, can potentially play a role.
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Information Operations
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Russian Propaganda, Domestic Terrorism, America's Electric Grid: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 16, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on how Americans react to Russian memes on Facebook, the possibility of domestic terrorism during election season, protecting the U.S. electric grid, and more.
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Energy Security
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The Downside of a Lean Electric Grid
Ismael Arciniegas Rueda, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg
Oct 13, 2020
The Hill
The electric grid is central to U.S. national security. Recent disasters provide an example of the downsides of leanness. It's more costly to be less lean, but given our dependence on the electric grid and the increasing prevalence of disasters, safety and resilience may be greater priorities.
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Russia Does Not Seem to Be After Ukraine's Gas Reserves

How We Might Better Live with Oil in California

More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience

The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?

Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red

Achieving Decarbonization and Energy Equity Through Reconciliation

Costa Rica Leads the Way in Cutting Carbon Emissions

Depoliticizing Russian Gas in Europe

Is DarkSide Really Sorry? Is It Even DarkSide?

Micromobility: How Will We Know When It's Working?

China Does Not Have to Be America's Enemy in the Middle East

Now Is (Finally) the Time to Future-Proof Our Infrastructure

Navigating Speed Bumps to a Possible Federal Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee

The Pentagon Could Help Improve Resilience of the U.S. Electric Grid

Russian Propaganda, Domestic Terrorism, America's Electric Grid: RAND Weekly Recap

The Downside of a Lean Electric Grid

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