Gov. Greg Abbott’s track record on clemency is in the spotlight as he considers pardoning Daniel Perry. According to fellow Mark P. Jones, there is no reason to believe that members of the Texas Board of Paroles & Pardons aren’t on the same page as Abbott
Last year’s LNG shortage may have disrupted the push to replace dirtier fossil fuels with natural gas. Fellow Anna Mikulska notes countries became “concerned about the future of LNG, which basically will translate into reluctance to invest in LNG.”
Saudi Arabia and Mohammed bin Salman “realize their focus is going to be heavily domestic for the next few years,” as the kingdom carries out an ambitious plan to modernize the country by 2030, including diversifying its economy, said fellow Kristian Ulrichsen.
Poland trails behind Germany in constructing a gas terminal. Fellow Anna Mikulska summarizes it as “a matter of existing infrastructure, in the ports as well as take-off infrastructure that existed to a good degree in Germany but does not in Poland.”
Farmers have shown "tremendous interest" in carbon credits — incentives to shift to practices that increase the amount of carbon their soil absorbs. But "a lot of the hype has been better than the reality," said Rice faculty scholar Jim Blackburn.