
Amy Harder
Executive Editor, Cipher
Amy Harder is executive editor of Cipher, a news publication supported by Breakthrough Energy. She joined Breakthrough Energy in 2021 to help launch Cipher, which covers the opportunities and challenges of the energy transition. Previously, Harder was an energy and climate reporter for Axios, since its launch in 2017. She was the inaugural journalism fellow for the University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute for the 2018–2019 school year. Earlier in her career, she covered similar issues for The Wall Street Journal and National Journal. She has appeared on “PBS NewsHour,” CSPAN, MSNBC, CBS, and NPR, among others, and speaks at events around the world. Harder won the American Energy Society’s 2022 Energy Writer of the Year Award.
Previously

2023 Climate
Closing Plenary
Video — 1h 39m 55s

2023 Climate
The Tech Sector That’s Still on the Rise
Video

2023 Climate
Plenary
Video — 2h 3m 43s

2022 Climate
Sparking the Clean Energy Revolution at the Community Level
Audio — 1h 3m
2022 Climate
Plenary
Video — 1h 45m 46s

2022 Climate
Plenary
Video — 1h 45m 26s

2019 Festival
The New Drawdown Superpower: Carbon Capture
Audio — 45m

2019 Festival
The Next Chapter in Energy is Here
Video — 49m 39s

2019 Festival
On Climate Policy, Cities Lead the Way
Video — 51m 44s