It is the one-year anniversary of the disastrous Macondo offshore oil accident, and people are asking: What did we learn? I think we learned a lot but I cannot say all the lessons are behind us. For sure, Americans have… Continue Reading
High radiation levels at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant prompted Japan’s government on Monday to raise the severity rating of the crisis from 5 to 7 — the highest level on an international scale, and one on par with… Continue Reading
As the demonstrations rage in Egypt, oil prices are on the rise. But the higher price tags are not because of the volume of oil that comes out of Egypt or because of the amount of oil transported through the… Continue Reading
Baker Institute Energy Forum director Amy Myers Jaffe has a blog post today on this weekend’s decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to leave OPEC quotas unchanged. She says the decision doesn’t mean oil production from the… Continue Reading
A few months ago, the Economist magazine posted an online debate on the topic of whether “sustainable development is unsustainable.” David Victor, a well-respected environmental commentator, suggested that sustainable development had become an “intellectually bankrupt” concept that had led governments… Continue Reading
Baker Institute fellow Amy Myers Jaffe has an interesting post on her blog today about the technology failures related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. She writes: It is understood that some companies use better prevention approaches than others and that… Continue Reading
Amy Myers Jaffe blogs today on how events in Iran are affecting the oil markets. Jaffe is the director of the Baker Institute Energy Forum and the institute’s Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies. Read and comment on… Continue Reading