A new study finds that blocking fossil fuel pipelines can lead fossil fuels to shift to other, potentially more polluting transportation modes, rather than staying in the ground.
Priorities should include broad incentives—such as a clean energy standard—to foster cost-effective investments, support for and export of zero-emissions technologies, reforms to ensure long-distance transmission build-out, and providing jobs to...
Grounded in research, the book presents a series of evidence-based recommendations from University of Chicago scholars designed to inform climate policy in the new administration and Congress.
In recent years, shale oil and gas industry observers have noticed a trend: Companies are drilling unprofitable wells simply to keep up contracts with landowners. A new analysis looks at...
New research shows that existing wells do not increase production in response to price spikes. New oil requires drilling and well completions, which take money and time.
The availability of flexible rail transport for crude oil may prevent shippers from making long-term commitments to pipelines, but environmental or safety policies that increase the cost of rail could...
