Carbon Credits for Mitigating Orphan & Idle Oil Well Methane Emissions 11/1/2024

Carbon Credits for Mitigating Orphan & Idle Oil Well Methane Emissions Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jim Crompton, Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler, and Student Researcher Vandan Bhalala write about how it is well understood that permanently...

Greening the black gold? How private carbon finance can tackle oil & gas 4/5/2024

Greening the black gold? How private carbon finance can tackle oil & gas Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler writes about how a set of entrepreneurs in the U.S. are considering how carbon finance and the Voluntary Carbon Markets...

Ensuring Sustainable Supply of Critical Minerals for a Clean, Just and Inclusive Energy Transition 5/22/2023

Ensuring Sustainable Supply of Critical Minerals for a Clean, Just and Inclusive Energy Transition Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian and other researchers write about how the global clean energy transition involves large-scale deployment of a suite of renewable...

Retiring Coal? The Prospects Are Brighter Than They Appear 11/17/2022

Retiring Coal? The Prospects Are Brighter Than They Appear Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how as COP27 draws to a close, the conference is proving to be a disappointment for environmental advocates focused on...

The case for closing coal plants at scale 8/23/2022

The case for closing coal plants at scale Deb Chattopadhyay, Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler, and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how pressure to retire coal-fired power plants is building due to economic and environmental...

Crediting emissions saved in plugging oil and gas wells 1/26/2022

Crediting emissions saved in plugging oil and gas wells Payne Institute Research Associate Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how avoided emissions could be credited as carbon offsets and sold on exchanges. Funds totalling $21bn have been allocated...