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Five Energy Stories to Watch in 2011

By experts and staff

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  • Michael Levi
    David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

2009 was the year of climate policy optimism and the Copenhagen meltdown. 2010 was marked by the BP oil spill and the collapse of cap-and-trade. What stories will 2011 bring in the energy and climate world? Here are five guesses:

A few months ago, I’d have added a sixth entry: a U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran, and the ensuing impact on energy markets. My sense, though, is that the Iranian nuclear program is limping along slowly enough that that isn’t in the cards in 2011. Of course, we could always be surprised.