What could the Trump administration’s mineral policy look like? 11/12/2024

What could the Trump administration’s mineral policy look like? Payne Institute Communications Associate Gregory Wischer and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how the incoming administration would likely implement a mineral policy to increase US mineral...

How oil and gas companies disguise their methane emissions 11/11/2024

How oil and gas companies disguise their methane emissions Payne Institute Earth Observation Group provided methane emissions data for this article on how firms regularly hide leakages of the deadly greenhouse gas — despite this being one of the easiest climate fixes...

China Tightens Its Hold on Minerals Needed to Make Computer Chips 10/26/2024

China Tightens Its Hold on Minerals Needed to Make Computer Chips Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Rod Eggert contributes to this article about how Beijing, already the dominant producer of rare minerals, is using export restrictions and its power over state-owned...

Demystifying Hydrogen: Production Pathways, Applications, Storage & Transportation (Part 1) 10/24/2024

DEMYSTIFYING HYDROGEN – PRODUCTION PATHWAYS, APPLICATIONS, STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION (PART 1) Payne Institute CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield and Student Researcher Siddhant Kulkarni write about how as global efforts to decarbonize the economy intensify,...

FINANCING OPTIONS & LIABILITY MANAGEMENT IN CCS 10/24/2024

FINANCING OPTIONS & LIABILITY MANAGEMENT IN CCS Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler presented at the Houston Strategy Forum’s “Carbon Conclave” held on October 22, in Houston, TX.  This paper addresses some of the academic and...

Critical minerals mining and Native American sovereignty: Comparing case studies of lithium, copper, antimony, nickel and graphite mining in the United States 10/24/2024

Critical minerals mining and Native American sovereignty: Comparing case studies of lithium, copper, antimony, nickel and graphite mining in the United States Payne Institute Communications Associate Macdonald Amoah, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Fellow Dustin Mulvaney,...