Mines Energy News
Rare Earths Are Hot. Not All of the Government’s New Buys Will Thrive. 11/5/2025
Rare Earths Are Hot. Not All of the Government’s New Buys Will Thrive
Morgan Bazilian and Brad Handler of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, and student researcher Andrew Bauman authored this opinion piece on the potential impact of the U.S. government’s renewed push …. November 5, 2025.
One of the country’s few rare earth processing plants opens in Exeter, NH 10/30/2025
One of the country’s few rare earth processing plants opens in Exeter, NH
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, discusses the potential for a rare earth processing plant in New Hampshire. October 30, 2025.
China’s rare earth export delay offers US a chance to weaken Beijing’s grip on the market 10/30/2025
China’s rare earth export delay offers US a chance to weaken Beijing’s grip on the market
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, said he thinks the U.S. and its allies can make significant progress in a year’s time to lessen China’s dominance of the rare earths market. October 30, 2025.
Electrification of the joint force: Challenges and opportunities for competition in the Pacific and Arctic theaters 1/17/2025
Electrification of the joint force: Challenges and opportunities for competition in the Pacific and Arctic theaters
Joshua D. Simulcik, Fabian E. Villalobos, and Payne Institute Director Morgan D. Bazilian write about how the US Department of Defense will have to find ways to expand the portfolio of its energy sources, continue to refine its supply chains and delivery mechanisms for energy services, improve efficiency across systems, and maintain a focus on costs to increase growing demand for energy services on the battlefield. January 17, 2025.
A new frontier in the voluntary carbon market: Old, leaky oil wells 1/16/2025
A new frontier in the voluntary carbon market: Old, leaky oil wells
Payne Institute Energy Finance Lab Director Brad Handler contributed to this article about how over the last two years, developers have generated roughly 5 million carbon credits from cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells. If disused wells remain unplugged — the term of art for closing them up with concrete and remediating the environment around them — they can leach toxic chemicals and spew planet-warming methane into the air. January 16, 2025.
The 2025 Economic Report of the President
The 2025 Economic Report of the President
A Payne Institute article from Fellow Alex Gilbert, Director Morgan Bazilian, and Samantha Gross titled “The Emerging Global Natural Gas Market and the Energy Crisis of 2021-2022” was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the U.S. President. January 10, 2025.
Mines professor working to slow methane leaks in natural gas production
Mines professor working to slow methane leaks in natural gas production
Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dorit Hammerling co-founded Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) to directly implement processes to detect and stop natural gas leaks, and to provide accurate data and modeling on the greenhouse gas emissions occurring across energy supply chains. January 9, 2025.
BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan hit gas-flaring record in 2024
BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan hit gas-flaring record in 2024
Payne Institute Earth Observation Group provided the flaring data for BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan, Sangachal, which flared record-breaking amounts of gas in 2024 with their VIIRS Nightfire service. This data is based on Suomi NPP satellite imagery gathered by NASA/NOAA/US Defence Department, which uses infrared imaging to detect gas flaring. January 9, 2025.
Why it might be hard for Trump to reverse Biden’s offshore oil ban
Why it might be hard for Trump to reverse Biden’s offshore oil ban
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.
Leadville and other Colorado communities stand to benefit as president signs Good Samaritan Mining Act
Leadville and other Colorado communities stand to benefit as president signs Good Samaritan Mining Act
Molly Morgan, and Payne Institute Faculty Fellows Elizabeth Holley and Nicole Smith write about how getting the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act legislation through Congress was a critical step forward in addressing one of the nation’s longest-standing environmental challenges. January 2, 2025.
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