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Rhodium Group’s Energy & Climate practice uses a multidisciplinary, data-driven approach to produce unique, independent insights into global energy dynamics, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change.

We help public and private decision-makers understand what kind of climate future we are on track for, and what matters most for reducing greenhouse gas emissionsat the local, state, national, and international levels. By combining policy expertise with a suite of detailed energy-economic models, our research provides data-driven insights into the impacts of energy and climate change policy and real-world developments on greenhouse gas emissions, energy markets, economic output, and clean technology pathways. 

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Ways and Means Brings the Hammer Down on Energy Credits

The House Ways and Means Committee's proposed language will raise energy costs for American households by as much as 7% in 2035, stifle energy technology innovation, increase pollution, and could put significant investment at risk.

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Clean Investment Monitor: Q1 2025 Update

In the first quarter of 2025, clean energy and transportation investment in the United States totaled $67.3 billion, a 6.9% increase from the same period in 2024 but a 3.8% decrease from the previous quarter.

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Final US Emissions Numbers for 2017

Energy-related emissions fell by 0.66% last year, half their 2005-2016 average rate. Power sector emissions continued to decline, but emissions from transport, buildings and industry all grew, offsetting half the decline in the power sector.

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China Energy Snapshot 2017

After three years of decline, Chinese coal demand recovered modestly – up 3.3% year-on-year. Oil demand grew by 4.6% and natural gas by nearly 16% as Beijing stepped up its air pollution control efforts.

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U.S. Carbon Tax Design: Options and Implications

In this initial scoping paper, Jason Bordoff and John Larsen lay out the set of issues to be addressed by identifying the key design choices to be made in implementing a carbon tax.

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Preliminary US Emissions Estimates for 2017

The US appears on track to meet it’s 2020 emission reduction pledge under the 2009 Copenhagen Accord but will need to significantly accelerate the current pace of emission reductions to meet it’s Paris Agreement targets.

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The Year in Coal

President Trump came into office promising to bring about an American coal renaissance by rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations. After one year in office, how did he do?

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RGGI expansion: The Road Ahead

The nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is likely to welcome two new members in 2018, New Jersey and Virginia. We examine the emissions and allowance price implications of expansion.

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America’s Biggest Blackout

The day after Hurricane Maria hit, 1.6 million customers in Puerto Rico and another 46,000 in U.S. Virgin Islands were without power as both US territories went completely dark.

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Electric System Reliability: No Clear Link to Coal and Nuclear

Fuel supply issues were responsible for 0.00007% of lost customer electric service hours between 2012-2016 in the US, with no clear relationship between higher system levels of coal and nuclear generation and better system performance.