Deborah Gordon

Climate Solutions Lab

Deborah Gordon

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Senior Principal, Climate Intelligence, RMI, Former Director, Energy and Climate Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

deborah_gordon1@brown.edu

+1 202 957 8849

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Research Interests Energy innovation, climate policy, oil and gas sector, science and technology

Recent News

Inside Climate News

‘The Dirtiest, Worst Oil’ Is in Venezuela (comments by Deborah Gordon)

January 7, 2026

The country’s “extra heavy” oil packs some of the highest associated greenhouse gas emissions of any crude oil.

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The Seattle Times

Why do we call a dirty fossil fuel ‘natural’ gas?

March 4, 2024

Deborah Gordon comments on natural gas for The Seattle Times, arguing that there should be tighter regulations on gas leaks on industrial and individual scales alongside more renewable energy projects.

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Rocky Mountain Institute

Next Stop for Climate Action: Making Emissions Visible and Pricing Them

December 1, 2022

Senior fellow Deborah Gordon recently co-authored an article for Rocky Mountain Institute titled, "Next Stop for Climate Action: Making Emissions Visible and Pricing Them."

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Bloomberg

Selling Its Alaskan Oil Business Was a Green Win for BP Not the Planet

April 15, 2021

Deborah Gordon offered commentary in this article on the initiation of the Oil-Climate Index.

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Brink News

Managing Methane Needs to Become a Top Priority

November 23, 2020

Deborah Gordon co-wrote this piece on the potent climate pollutant methane, which is 100 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

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Environmentalists Against War

How Big Oil Cleans Up on Oil Spills

October 9, 2020

In this article, Deborah Gordon provides commentary on California’s Midway-Sunset field, the site where her team conducted research on greenhouse gases.

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