Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian was featured on this podcast discussing how concerns mount over how exactly President Donald Trump’s tariffs will impact the cost of coffee, cell phones and cars, there’s one price that’s tanking – oil prices have just fallen to $60/barrel. April 8, 2025.
Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Ian Lange is featured on this podcast discussing the prices of commodities like crude oil, copper and soybeans have dropped in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements, indicating pessimism about where the global economy may be headed. Even though many commodities, like oil, were exempt from tariffs, the broader economic effects of tariffs are likely to take a toll if they continue. April 4, 2025.
Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Ian Lange is featured on this podcast discussing how the price of copper has surged in the past few weeks to its highest level in nearly 10 months. Traders typically think of copper as a leading economic indicator; rising prices often predict economic growth ahead. However, that may not be what is causing this surge. March 21, 2025.
Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is featured on this podcast discussing how from molybdenum to lithium, modern life depends on chemicals. But what the U.S. mines is rarely processed here, giving a perspective on how mining could change under the Trump administration amid rare bipartisan agreement. March 17, 2025.
Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is featured on this podcast about how with the new U.S. administration vibes have shifted dramatically when it comes to energy and the environment. Green New Deal aspirations have given way to “Drill, baby drill!” this country is likely to continue its all-of-the-above approach to energy. We want energy from everywhere, especially with U.S. and global electricity demand on the rise. March 17, 2025.
Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is featured on this podcast about how Joe Biden has promised to ban drilling in more than 600 million acres off the coast of the western U.S. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has promised to undo the ban, as well as much of Biden’s climate and conservation efforts. Thing is, this one might be a little trickier to reverse, because Biden can make this declaration thanks to a 70-year-old law called the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. January 7, 2025.
Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is on this PBS show during CERA Week discussing the trade off between the dependency of the United States on fossil fuels and providing energy to other countries in balance with climate change. Also, the balance between energy security, energy independence, and the environment. July 3, 2024.
Payne Institute Fellow Arvind Ravikumar is featured on this podcast discussing how the EPA’s methane rules for the oil and gas industry will depend on new technologies to monitor and verify climate impacts. For the new rules to be effective, emissions will need to be measured across vast and geographically dispersed oil and gas infrastructure. July 2, 2024.
Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is featured on this podcast discussing recent IEA and OPEC analysis on global oil markets and trends. A new report from the International Energy Agency indicates that global oil demand will peak before the end of the decade. However, OPEC, by contrast, predicts the peak won’t come until 2045. So which one’s estimate is more likely to be right? June 13, 2024.
Environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie is featured on the Ezra Klein Show, a New York Times podcast, discussing how climate technology is increasingly catching up to the world’s enormous need for clean energy and with a few changes, a more sustainable future. The Payne Institute is mentioned as a key research organization looking at the amount of resources available to support a clean energy transition using solid data science. April 29, 2024.