Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Dade Phelan's tax cut plan offers relief after prolonged efforts to pass a deal. "The attitude now among Republicans is all is well and good now that it's been actually accomplished," says fellow Mark P. Jones.
“It’s a complicated, nuanced relationship,” Baker Inst. Director Amb. Satterfield, who previously served as U.S. ambassador to Turkey, said of Turkey’s ties with Russia. “But ultimately it is one which we as a NATO member find of value to the alliance.”
Pollution levels improved in the past two decades after lawsuits forced the petrochemical industry around Port Arthur to clean up, but companies are still looking to expand their operations, meaning more pollution, said Rice faculty scholar Jim Blackburn.
A dispute over the Durra gas field is affecting relations between Saudi Arabia & Iran. “How this is resolved will be an early indicator of the depth & durability of the rapprochement between Iran & its Gulf neighbors," said Kristian Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East.
“If we’re thinking globally about both energy abundance and sourcing our energy more cleanly, the Permian and our associated gas profile overall in the U.S. is critical to that," fellow Gabe Collins told Hart Energy.