Experts in the News

“Within an hour, I think we will realize the kind of chaos created, all around the Texas border, and of course California,” Mexico Center director Tony Payan says of Trump's threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Climate change is making “petro-states get serious about diversifying their economies,” energy fellow Jim Krane tells the New York Times.

“There is so much to be said for transparency and being honest about what you know, what you don’t know, [which] enables companies to achieve social legitimacy and public trust,” energy fellow Rachel Meidl says amid concerns about the ITC fire. Houston Chronicle: https://bit.ly/2UZG29V

“What he’s doing is dooming Mexico to a backward energy model for the next few decades," Mexico Center director Tony Payan says of AMLO’s efforts to halt foreign investment in the country's energy sector.

If the terms look overly generous to local eyes there’s going to pressure on political leaders to change those terms,” energy fellow Jim Krane says as oil-producing nations more aggressively pursue tax claims against energy companies.