How private capital can be leveraged to fight climate change 2/8/2022

How private capital can be leveraged to fight climate change Payne Institute Research Associate Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how the recent UN COP26 climate negotiations once again revealed how the richest nations in the world are not meeting...

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...

Colorado oil and gas wells are constantly changing hands. Some risk becoming costly “orphans” along the way 1/19/2022

Colorado oil and gas wells are constantly changing hands. Some risk becoming costly “orphans” along the way Payne Institute Research Associate Brad Handler contributes to this article about how since 2017, more than 42,000 oil and gas properties have been bought or...

Phasing out coal plants worldwide won’t be easy. These four approaches could help 12/2/2021

Phasing out coal plants worldwide won’t be easy. These four approaches could help Payne Institute Researcher Brad Handler, Katie Auth, and Director Morgan D. Bazilian write about how reducing coal use around the world is critical for decreasing air pollution and...

A faster, fairer way to retire carbon-emitting assets 9/1/2021

A faster, fairer way to retire carbon-emitting assets Payne Institute Senior Fellow Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how carbon retirement portfolios are a potential solution to the problem of retiring CO2-emitting assets.  They can benefit...