Tag: US energy policy
Interior Secretary Zinke invokes Teddy Roosevelt as model, but his public...
John Freemuth, Boise State University
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to shrink four national monuments and allow fossil fuel development activities on others is just...
Energy wonks have a meltdown over the US going 100 percent...
Joshua D. Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin
Science is messy, but it doesn’t have to be dirty.
On June 19, a group of respected energy...
Why Trump’s decision to leave Paris accord hurts the US and...
Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University; Anthony Janetos, Boston University; Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research ; Marina v. N. Whitman, University of...
Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?
Joshua D. Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin; Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin; Thomas Deetjen, University of Texas at Austin, and...
Fracking comes to the Arctic in a new Alaska oil boom
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Arctic lands and waters hold irresistible allure for global oil companies. Despite opposition from environmental groups and...
Will Trump negotiate a better coal deal for taxpayers?
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley
It’s here. The first week of the Trump administration. And it promises to be a busy one.
On the energy...
Exxon’s Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American...
Exxon's Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics
Brian C. Black, Pennsylvania State University
“How Big Oil Bought the White House and...
Will Obama’s offshore drilling ban be Trumped?
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School
President Obama gave environmental advocates a Christmas present when he announced in late December that he was banning oil and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
