The New York Times: “Will Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It.”

RFF’s Global Energy Outlook is mentioned several times, and Fellow Daniel Raimi quoted, in this article about global energy demand forecasts.

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Aug. 18, 2025

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Media Highlight

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The New York Times

“Yet the [International Energy Agency] isn’t an outlier. A number of energy forecasts, including those by BloombergNEF and oil companies like BP and Equinor, have also projected a peak in oil use by around 2030, according to a detailed comparison by Resources for the Future, a Washington-based research group...

‘Everyone wants this independent entity to align with their view of the future,’ said Daniel Raimi, a fellow at Resources for the Future. ‘And the I.E.A. has to navigate that balance because they want to be credible but also want to remain relevant.’”

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