“Putin threw a boulder into the pond with the invasion of Ukraine, and the ripple effects will have lasting repercussions. The short-term impetus globally is one of getting as much LNG as possible to Europe,” Center for Energy Studies’ Ken Medlock told the Wall Street Journal.
The Texas Supreme Court gave the green light for TEA to overtake HISD following a longstanding battle. Fellow Robert Stein breaks down the political history behind the dispute between state and district, and how “what happens next is a mystery.”
Gas stoves emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why then have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics? Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar Daniel Cohan explains in an article for The Conversation.
Republican candidates are looking for a do-over in Harris County’s November elections. Fellow Bob Stein explained to Houston Public Media that the increase in voter registration last year reflects how Houston is “still very much a Democratic county.”
“For all of the pressure to paint the oil and gas businesses as riding off into the sunset,” fellow Michelle Michot Foss said of the fossil fuel investment boom, “the fact of the matter is that replacing these commodities will be exceedingly painful.”