Experts in the News

Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, explains why OPEC is unlikely to curb production, even facing a further drop in oil prices.

The Senate voted against the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, but despite the controversy of the issue, the stakes may have gotten lower. Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, comments on the high levels of carbon emitted from crude oil from the oil sands.

Major corporations are now hesitant to invest in Mexico since President Enrique Pena Nieto canceled his contract with Chinese investors to build a high-speed railway. Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Mexico Center, is quoted.

Texas Republicans are attempting to reform illegal immigration without alienating Hispanic voters. Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Mexico Center, is quoted.

Mark Jones, fellow in political science, comments on the Texas Board of Education's curriculum dispute over how how climate change and history are taught.