Environmental, Cost Concerns Drive Arctic Oil Exploration Reticence

Comment on the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed Rule on Oil and Gas Leasing

Proposed changes would have little impact on domestic oil and gas production but would substantially increase the risk that US taxpayers will have to shoulder the costs of decommissioning oil and gas well sites on federal lands.

EconoFact: “The Costs of Continuing Coal-Fired Power in the United States”

RFF Senior Fellow Bryan Hubbell publishes a memo based on a popular If/Then blog post.

From Coal to Clean: The Future of Energy in Utah, with Sara Baldwin-Griffin

Sara Baldwin-Griffin discusses the recent growth of Utah’s renewable energy supply, which coincides with population booms, changes to the federal policy landscape, and data center build-out.

New Data Illuminates Renewable Energy Project Timelines in Texas

A new paper leverages a large data collection effort to quantify large-scale renewable energy development timelines in Texas.