- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Property Rights and Legal Doctrine
- Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
- CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Mining and Resource Management
- Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies
- Risk Perception and Management
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Latin American Literature Studies
- Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Environmental law and policy
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
University of Wyoming
2015-2023
Virginia College
2021
Wyoming Department of Education
2020-2021
West Virginia University
2021
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
2021
University of Utah
2021
College of Law
2016
State oil and gas conservation agencies are the gatekeepers to development: as charged with granting drilling permits, they decide if, when, where, how will be developed. As such, sit on front lines in emerging, increasingly irresolvable, struggle between fossil energy development environment. Current regulation is designed promote development, maximize recovery of resource, protect individual property rights mineral owners. However, advocacy by environmental constituencies, including...
Finding and securing employment is a huge challenge for those who have been released from prison. In this paper, we argue that carbon capture technology carries the unique potential to positively impact opportunities are undergoing reentry process. Notably, these careers exist nearly entirely in industries which already employ ex-felons. If were implemented throughout United States, our estimates suggest ex-felons would be eligible 3.6 million careers. Many of jobs created directly or...
To meet the climate and energy goals set forth by Biden Administration Paris Agreement, United States must dramatically reduce carbon emissions. Use of public lands for dioxide removal activities, including capture, utilization, storage (CCUS), has potential to advance reduction concurrently provide economic revitalization opportunities communities dependent on fossil industries. Current federal law presents numerous challenges associated with utilization pore space CCUS. Although grant...