GGP: Bill Richardson: US Energy Policy Under Trump

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This is an episode Center on Global Energy Policy’s Columbia Energy Exchange podcast series.

From a new budget proposal that threatens to cut spending for energy and environment programs to an anticipated infrastructure bill that could impact everything from the electric grid to pipelines, new policies and proposals from the Trump Administration could have significant implications for the U.S. energy sector.

On this episode of the Columbia Energy Exchange, host Bill Loveless interviews former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson about the future of American energy policy and key issues facing the energy sector today. Governor Richardson has led a distinguished career in public service including his positions as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Clinton, and as a U.S. congressman. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times.

Among many topics they discuss, several include:

• The challenges and opportunities faced by U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry
• How President Trump's budget proposal and a potential infrastructure bill will affect the Department of Energy
• How U.S. energy policy has changed over the decades
• The realities of climate change
• The future of NAFTA

Listen to the full conversation 

The statements, opinions and data contained in the content published in Global Gas Perspectives are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publisher and the editor(s) of Natural Gas World.