In order to achieve global climate change goals, by 2035 ”the fossil fuel industry [could be left with] $28 trillion in lost revenues from stranded reserves,” says energy ...
Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country to conduct immigration enforcement. This is ...
Feb. 26, 2020, 6 p.m.
RYP Happy Hour: Go Texan Day
Come celebrate Go Texan Day with Roundtable Young Professionals at Armadillo Palace for a member-exclusive happy hour.
Feb. 28, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
Perspectives on Mexico's Economy
His Excellency José Antonio González Anaya, one of Mexico’s leading economists, former secretary of finance and public credit and former CEO of Pemex, discusses his perspective on the outlook for Mexico’s economy and oil sector.
March 2, 2020, 6:30 p.m.
Age of Coexistence: The Making of the Modern Arab World
At this event, Ussama Makdisi will speak on his book, “Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World,” which addresses matters relevant to understanding the contemporary Middle East.
Founded in 1993, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has established itself as one of the premier nonpartisan public policy think tanks in the country. The institute ranks 2nd among university-affiliated think tanks worldwide and 16th among U.S. think tanks, according to a 2019 study by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. The survey again ranked the institute's Center for Energy Studies No. 1 among the world's energy- and resource policy think tanks.
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