David B Spence’s faculty profile
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The Academic Minute June 26, 2024
The Misunderstood Politics of the Energy Transition
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The New York Times January 17, 2024
How Texas Kept the Lights On in the Recent Deep Freeze
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Business Insider November 16, 2023
Make America Build Again
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Scientific American June 15, 2023
There’s No Evidence for Claims That Environmentally Friendly Investments Are Bad for the Poor
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El Paso Matters March 22, 2023
Chamber Climate Charter claims based on faulty assumptions, critics say
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Energy Now March 9, 2023
Texas Gas Market Gets New Calls for Transparency Two Years After Storm Uri
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CNBC August 26, 2022
Texas accuses 10 financial companies, including BlackRock, of ‘boycotting’ energy companies and orders state pension funds to divest from holdings
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Austin American-Statesman August 6, 2022
Opinion: Cool the planet and inflation: Urge Congress to support IRA
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KRGV May 20, 2022
Energy law professor warns that high demand in power grid could impact maintenance
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NPR April 29, 2022
Texas stumbles in its effort to punish green financial firms
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DeSmog Blog & Nation of Change June 7, 2021
Cleaning up methane pollution from Permian super emitters is ‘low hanging fruit’ for the climate, study finds
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Texas Standard December 14, 2020