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Exxon Mobil’s Pioneer Acquisition Is a Direct Threat to Democracy (written by Jeff Colgan)
October 19, 2023 The New York Times
In a guest essay for The New York Times, Jeff Colgan argued that Exxon Mobil’s purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources would set off a wave of consolidation throughout the oil sector that would weaken market competition and undermine democracy.
Leah Stokes — Making Climate Policy: The Inflation Reduction Act
March 2, 2023 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Dr. Leah Stokes is the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of California Santa Barbara. She is also affiliated with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Environmental Studies Department. Stokes...
But What About the Jobs? Mapping the Path from a Militarized to a Green Economy
January 30, 2023 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Karen Bell researches and teaches Just Transition, environmental justice and environmental policy at the University of Glasgow. She is author of numerous publications, including the monographs ‘Achieving Environmental Justice’ (2014) and ‘Working Class Environmentalism’ (2021). She has a PhD in...
Dr. James L. Fletcher — The Climate Crisis and Small Island Developing States: The Case for Climate Justice
March 14, 2023 5:00pm – 6:30pm
James Fletcher was the Minister for Public Service, Information, Broadcasting, Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology in Saint Lucia from 2011 to 2016.During his tenure, he led an aggressive modernization of the energy sector that included the establishment of a new multi-sector...
Oil Traders Are Unfazed by Potential OPEC+ Production Cuts (comments by Jeff Colgan)
June 1, 2023 The Wall Street Journal
Jeff Colgan comments for The Wall Street Journal “We’re back into the old world of OPEC where most of the important decisions are being made entirely in Riyadh rather than Vienna.”
EXPLAINER: What Is OPEC and What Does It Have to Do With Oil Prices? (comments by Jeff Colgan)
June 21, 2023 U.S. News and World Report
Jeff Colgan comments for U.S. News and World Report, “OPEC itself is mostly a political club that makes a lot of headlines, but the real decisions about oil policy are made in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, rather than in Vienna, where OPEC headquarters is.”
Planning Sustainable Built Environments
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Other
Hannah Teicher
Q&A: Dr. Jeff Colgan on the Energy Security Impacts of Russia’s War in Ukraine
August 21, 2023 New Security Beat
Jeff Colgan discusses the findings of his new white paper, “Letting Europe’s Energy Crisis Go to Waste: The Ukraine War’s Massive Fossil Fuel Costs Fail to Accelerate Renewables,” co-authored by Alexander S. Gard-Murray and Miriam Hinthorn.
The Missed Opportunity of Europe’s Energy Crisis (co-authored by Jeff Colgan)
August 23, 2023 Foreign Affairs
Jeff Colgan co-authored an article for Foreign Affairs on the dangers of fossil fuel dependence, especially during world conflicts or disasters.
Lunchtime Talk: Financing Climate Solutions from the Private Sector
September 28, 2023 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Surging U.S. Oil Production Is Helping Defang Geopolitics (comments by Jeff Colgan)
December 20, 2023 Barron's
In a recent Barron's article, Jeff Colgan explains that the Red Sea dispute has the potential to move markets “toward a higher risk premium for oil.”
Bidenomics and Climate Action: The Case of the Inflation Reduction Act
February 3, 2023 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Tim Sahay, PhD Physics MIT. Senior Policy Manager, Green New Deal Network and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Europe Center. Tim has worked over the past decade across physics, cleantech, climate adaptation & consulting. While doing a PhD in Physics at MIT, he organized the campus fossil...
What is holding up the transition to green energy? (interview with Jeff Colgan)
February 6, 2023 Harvard University Epicenter Podcast
Jeff Colgan, Director of the Climate Solutions Lab, explains why green energy is different in an interview on Harvard's Epicenter Podcast.
Climate Change and Conflict
Princeton University
Political Science
Kristopher W. Ramsay and Ethan Kapstein
Paolo Graziano — The Politics of the EU Eco-Social Policies
May 3, 2023 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Paolo Graziano is Professor of Political Science at the University of Padua, Research Associate at the European Social Observatory, Brussels and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Surrey. He has been Chercheur associé at Sciences Po, Paris (October 2019 - September 2022). He held...
The U.N. Could Have a Secret Legal Weapon to Fight Climate Change (co-authored by Jeff Colgan)
April 5, 2023 Foreign Policy
In a recent article for Foreign Policy, Jeff Colgan explores whether the 1978 Enviro Modification treaty could be legal basis for climate loss & damages.