Press Coverage
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Why New Tech is Key for EPA Methane Rule Compliance
The EPA’s methane rules for the oil and gas industry will depend on new technologies to monitor and verify climate impacts.
Media Outlet: Energy Policy Now podcast
Featured Faculty: Arvind Ravikumar -
Low-Emission ‘Gas Certification’ Is Greenwashing, Climate Advocates Conclude in a Contested New Report
Gas utilities see certified gas as a way to sell low-carbon fuel at a premium. U.S. senators are calling on the FTC to investigate the industry’s claims.
Media Outlet: Inside Climate News
Featured Faculty: Arvind Ravikumar -
New Report Says Worldwide Oil Demand Will Peak in 2029
A new report says worldwide oil demand will peak in 2029. Some oil industry observers are skeptical.
Media Outlet: NPR’s Marketplace
Featured Faculty: Hugh Daigle -
Texas Leaders Say Offshore Wind is an Environmental Threat. It’s Not.
I am trained in marine geology and teach and research in the areas of sustainable energy, and I want to set the facts straight on off-shore wind in Texas.
Media Outlet: Houston Chronicle
Featured Faculty: Hugh Daigle -
Water Scarcity and Clean Energy Collide in South Texas
A high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export.
Media Outlet: Texas Tribune
Featured Faculty: Hugh Daigle
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Bridging the Data Gap in Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
Arvind Ravikumar describes the challenge of reducing methane emissions from oil and gas production, given that the sources of emissions can be diverse and that systems for monitoring methane leaks can be improved.
Media Outlet: Resources Radio
Featured Faculty: Arvind Ravikumar -
Looking for ‘Silver Linings’ in Biden’s LNG Halt
A pause on new project approvals could have some upsides for the sector by softening potential oversupply, analysts say.
Media Outlet: Upstream
Featured Faculty: Arvind Ravikumar -
We are Having the Wrong Debate about Biden’s Decision on Liquefied Natural Gas
The climate impact of natural-gas exports depends on what they’re replacing in the importing countries—and the steps we take to clean up the supply chain.
Media Outlet: MIT Technology Review
Featured Faculty: Arvind Ravikumar -
Biden Confronts Climate Challenge that Tested Obama
A decade after former President Barack Obama labeled natural gas a “bridge fuel” in his 2014 State of the Union address, his former vice president is grappling with how far to extend its use.
Media Outlet: Politico Energy Wire
Featured Faculty: Arvind Ravikumar -
Diverse Energy Sources are Needed to Meet Future (and Present) Demand
The Texas electric grid made it through recent cold snaps with no real problems, despite the record-setting winter demand one day in January and the need to appeal twice to the community for conservation.
Media Outlet: San Antonio Express-News
Featured Faculty: Hugh Daigle
