Amy Harder is founding executive editor of Cipher News, a publication covering global climate solutions supported by Breakthrough Energy. Previously, she was an energy and climate reporter for Axios. Harder was the inaugural journalism fellow for the University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute for the 2018–2019 school year. Earlier in her career, she led Washington, D.C. energy coverage for The Wall Street Journal and covered the fracking and oil and natural gas boom of the 2010s for National Journal. Harder has appeared on “PBS NewsHour,” C-SPAN, MSNBC, CBS, and NPR, among others, and speaks at events around the world. Her recognition includes the 2022 Energy Writer of the Year Award from the American Energy Society.
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