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- 2025
- 09/30/25 NSCEB Brings Biotech Across America Tour to Houston, a Biotech Innovation Powerhouse
- 06/25/25 Oil Prices Drop as Markets Signal Calm in Iran, Insight from UH Energy Economist Ed Hirs
- 06/11/25 Texas Finalizes $1.8 Billion for Microgrid Program to Boost Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- 06/03/25 Energy Transition Winds of Change 2025 Highlights Technology, Policy, and the Future of the Energy Ecosystem
- 06/02/25 UH Energy Symposium Series – Congressman Robert Latta Calls for Urgency, Innovation, and Energy Security
- 05/09/25 Powering Texas’ Digital Economy: Data Centers and the Future of the Grid
- 05/02/25 Houston Economy Feels Strain Amid Energy Market Uncertainty
- 04/29/25 Turning Waste into Opportunity: The Journey Toward Plastics Circularity from LyondellBasell’s Torkel Rhenman
- 04/26/25 Plastics Circularity Takes Center Stage at 2025 UH Energy Symposium
- 04/17/25 UH Energy is leading the charge in the energy revolution at the SPE Decarbonization Congress
- 04/15/25 Keystone Oil Pipeline Shutdown Raises Concerns Over Fuel Supply and Prices
- 03/22/25 UH and the Future of Energy: Insights from CERAWeek 2025
- 03/13/25 TIEEP Water Forum Explores Sustainable Solutions for Texas Industries
- 03/05/25 Building Lower-Carbon Industry Is About Future-Proofing Our Economy
- 02/21/25 Evolve Houston and The Energy University ® Lead The Charge In EV Test Drives
- 2024
- 10/29/24 Shell NXplorers Workshop Spurs Energy Problem-Solving by University of Houston Students
- 09/16/24 UH Student Leaders Challenge Peers to Think Globally for a Just Energy Transition
- 07/05/24 The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight: Terri King, ConocoPhillips
- 07/05/24 Energy 101 Sparks Conversation on Current Issues in Energy Transition
- 07/05/24 Role of Nuclear in the Energy Transition
- 07/05/24 Reed - Energy Advisory Board Member Spotlight: Sonya Reed, Phillips 66
- 07/05/24 Experts Examine CCUS Risk Management During Energy Symposium
- 07/05/24 Evolve Houston Officially Relaunches, Announces eMobility Microgrant Initiative and #50by30 plan
- 07/05/24 Evolve Houston Launch
- 07/05/24 Impact of Winter Storm Uri on Texas' Petrochemical Industry
- 07/05/24 Carbon Capture Utilization Storage: Executive Education Opportunity
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - Elizabeth Killinger
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight: Clay Neff
- 07/05/24 BREAKING THE MOLD: UH’s Future Black STEM Leaders Strive toward Representation in Energy while Inspiring Their Peers
- 07/05/24 UH Energy Drives Critical Conversation About Hydrogen’s Potential
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - Joseph Mills
- 07/05/24 UH Hosts Congressional Hearing About the Future of Carbon Capture Research
- 07/05/24 UH Energy Hosts Webinar for Students About Navigating the Future Energy Industry
- 07/05/24 University of Houston’s Center for Carbon Management in Energy Introduces Webinar Series
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - Scott Nyquist
- 07/05/24 The Consortium for Energy Corporate Social Responsibility Hosts ESG workshop
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - David Ramm
- 07/05/24 Law Center Student Wins International Energy Law Writing Competition
- 07/05/24 Energy Summer Course Ready to Enroll Students Amid Remote Academic Instruction for Summer Session
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - William Maloney
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - Andy Krieger
- 07/05/24 UH Law and Center for Carbon Management in Energy Create Summer Fellowship Program
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - Kevin Mitchell
- 07/05/24 Summer Research Opportunities for Students Promise Great Impact for Low Carbon Energy
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight - Alex Juden
- 07/05/24 UH Energy, CERAWeek Call for Orderly and Collaborative Energy Transition
- 07/05/24 UH Symposium Examines Roadmap, Pipeline Challenges for CCUS Commercialization and Deployment
- 07/05/24 Energy Coalition’s Energy Night Sparks Dialogue on Circularity and Sustainability
- 07/05/24 Fuel Cell Expert Leads Discussion on Hydrogen's Clean Energy Potential
- 07/05/24 Shell, Energy Transition Institute Lead Deep-Dive into AI
- 07/05/24 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight: Earl Cummings
- 07/05/24 Energy Transition Institute Advisory Board Spotlight: Darryl Willis, Microsoft
- 07/05/24 UH Energy Opens 2023-24 Symposium Series with Deep Dive into Plastics Circularity
- 07/05/24 UH Energy explores Mobility Opportunities and Challenges in Latest Symposium
- 2023
- 11/16/23 UH Energy Fellow, Experts Examines Pros and Cons of EV Adoption
- 08/31/23 CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: EIGHT UH STUDENTS NAMED UH-CHEVRON GRADUATE ENERGY FELLOWS
- 07/31/23 University of Houston Unveils UH-DGH Center for Hydrocarbon Exploration
- 2022
- 11/30/22 Role of Nuclear in the Energy Transition
- 10/20/22 The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice
- 10/20/22 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight: Jim Gable, Chevron Technology Ventures
- 09/30/22 The Future of Nuclear in the Energy Transition
- 09/09/22 Students See Potential Employers' Social Conscience as Admirable, But Not Always a Deciding Factor
- 08/29/22 New IE Hire Xiang Pursuing Optimized Remanufacturing At Cullen
- 08/29/22 Evolve Houston Officially Relaunches, Announces eMobility Microgrant Initiative and #50by30 plan
- 08/29/22 Energy Advisory Board Spotlight: Haibin Xu, Shell
- 08/12/22 Predicting oil demand amid climate change? Good luck
- 07/26/22 Evolve Houston Launch
- 07/20/22 Global Energy Prize Laureate
- 07/12/22 Adding supply or reducing demand? Best options for Texas power grid on the table
- 07/08/22 Summer heatwave will test Texas power grid's capacity, experts say
- 07/07/22 Texas sees largest gasoline price drop so far in 2022, AAA says
- 07/07/22 VERIFY: There is enough oil in Texas and New Mexico to fuel the US for 200 years, but it's not easily accessible
- 07/05/22 Tracing Pollution's Impact on Thunderstorms in Houston
- 07/04/22 Yes, on average oil production is higher under the Biden administration, but context is needed
- 06/03/22 UH Researchers Studying Whether Soot and Smoke Cause Stronger Storms
- 03/21/22 University of Houston Creates Energy Transition Institute with $10 Million Commitment from Shell
- 03/16/22 UH SCLT, Houston Maritime Center Honors Ernest Moniz With Maritime Education in Energy Transition Award during CERAWeek
- 03/14/22 Tracking Disruptions: Bauer Researcher Uses Big Data to Track Oil Refinery Disruptions
- 03/12/22 Americans rationed gas during WWII and the 1970s oil shocks. Will that happen in ‘Putin's war'?
- 03/10/22 Fact-check: With time and money, US can replace banned Russian imports with domestic oil
- 03/09/22 No, the U.S. hasn't stopped producing oil
- 03/08/22 Biden bans oil imports from Russia over Ukraine invasion
- 03/08/22 Commodities market volatility sparks spillover concerns
- 03/08/22 Expert that predicted Texas power grid failure expects six months of high oil prices
- 03/08/22 As Biden Bans Putin's Oil, What Are The Alternatives?
- 03/07/22 Gas prices have reached an all time high at $4 a gallon, according to new report
- 03/04/22 Gas prices have risen a quarter in a week: Here's how high they could go, and for how long
- 03/04/22 Texas rig count drops despite soaring prices
- 03/04/22 CERAWeek returns to Houston to celebrate it's 40th anniversary: March 7th - March 11th
- 03/02/22 The Essential Role of CCUS in the Energy Transition
- 03/01/22 Europe remains top destination for U.S. LNG for 3rd consecutive month
- 03/01/22 Oil closes above $100 a barrel first time since 2014 as Russia's war worsens supply concerns
- 02/26/22 CenterPoint says it isn't making profit in spike in gas prices, but customers don't believe that
- 02/25/22 Putin's Ukraine Invasion May Finally Give U.S. Producers The Incentive Needed To Start Drilling Again
- 02/23/22 Russia sanctions could cause 'sudden and significant' spike in gas prices, experts say
- 02/22/22 Gas, food prices could rise in Houston if Ukraine-Russia crisis worsens, experts warn
- 02/18/22 Fed-up Texans are creating their own tiny power grids. Here's how.
- 02/15/22 Natural Gas Is The Exception To Mexico's Push For Energy Self-Sufficiency
- 02/14/22 Deliberate inaction: Root causes of Texas power failure yet to be addressed
- 02/10/22 Mexico's Proposed Electricity Law Would Leave Foreign Investment Out In The Cold
- 02/10/22 ABC13 town hall: Is Texas' power grid ready for what's next after historic freeze?
- 02/07/22 ABC13 town hall: Is Texas' power grid ready for what's next after historic freeze?
- 02/03/22 New UH Survey Finds Last Year's Winter Storm Still Lingers in Minds of Voters
- 02/02/22 Becker Awarded Prestigious Humboldt Fellowship
- 02/02/22 The Future of Fossil Fuels
- 01/31/22 Texas power grid should hold on during upcoming cold snap, experts say
- 01/28/22 Big Oil In Decline May Fund Energy Transition Better Than High-Flying Renewables
- 01/25/22 Net-zero emissions pledges matter
- 01/21/22 White Paper: A Decade of Deliberate Inaction: Root Causes and Fallout from the Deadly Texas Power Failure of 2021
- 01/20/22 Proposed Houston CCS hub gains supermajor support
- 01/20/22 Industry Support for Large-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage Continues to Gain Momentum in Houston
- 01/20/22 Shell, others join coalition supporting Houston carbon capture hub
- 01/20/22 Taking the heat: how innovation could slash emissions from oil and gas refining
- 01/15/22 Listening To The Well, Listening To The Workers: A New Approach To Safety Communications Offshore
- 01/12/22 Cold weather reignites debate about stability of Texas' gas-powered grid
- 01/12/22 Lawsuit reveals shocking timeline of rising power prices during February freeze
- 01/10/22 Examining environmental waiver abuse: UH Law Center Prof. Flatt honored for article outlining issues, solutions
- 01/09/22 Opinion: Carbon ships? Path to net-zero may take an overlooked approach by sea.
- 01/06/22 Is ‘Net Zero' Our Best Hope For Curbing Emissions Or A ‘Dangerous Trap' Of Self-Delusion?
- 01/03/22 Prioritizing Natural Gas Proving Problematic For Europe
- 2021
- 12/30/21 RCOT: Power generators 'ready' if another freeze sweeps Texas
- 12/16/21 Amplify Energy charged in California oil spill
- 12/16/21 Texas oil company charged in massive spill off southern California coast
- 12/15/21 Energy Transition Requires Team Effort From Government And Industry
- 12/14/21 App helps shoppers find stores with lowest COVID-19 risk
- 12/11/21 Texas electricity regulators say winter blackouts are possible
- 12/06/21 One U.S. state consumes half the oil from the Amazon rainforest
- 12/06/21 Houston becomes center of the energy world with World Petroleum Congress underway
- 12/06/21 UH Researcher Pushes Limit of When Water Will Freeze
- 12/03/21 Texas slaps down $9,000 power prices after blackout chaos
- 12/03/21 World Petroleum Congress returns to Houston this weekend
- 12/02/21 New Program Addresses Demand for Data Science Workforce in Energy Industry
- 12/01/21 The 'Super Cool Conductor' Developed at UH Advances in Prestigious DOE Competition
- 11/30/21 Gov. Abbott promises ‘the lights will stay on' if another winter storm hits Texas
- 11/19/21 Consumers should expect gas bills to increase as providers recoup $3.4B loss due to freeze
- 11/19/21 Texas Plans to Become the Bitcoin Capital, Vulnerable Power Grid and Al
- 11/18/21 Energy expert questions Texas power grid after new winter freeze report
- 11/17/21 Energy Crisis and Supply Chain
- 11/17/21 Cash-Infused Carbon Capture Office Expands DOE's Climate Mission
- 11/13/21 Loopholes in Clean Air Act Are Letting a Texas Refinery Get Away With Pollution
- 11/12/21 Turbine graveyard as Texas grapples with renewable energy
- 11/12/21 Once on the brink of bankruptcy, Oxy appears to have turned a corner
- 11/11/21 Winter is coming: As Texans fear future blackouts, energy regulators work to ease concerns
- 11/11/21 I looked at the latest electricity prices in Texas and got a shock
- 11/02/21 Small plant, big polluter
- 10/29/21 Big Oil Responds To Congressional Scapegoating With Stellar Earning Results
- 10/28/21 NAE-GRP Colloquium: Opportunities and Challenges in Offshore Wind
- 10/28/21 Oil, gas companies accused of underplaying impacts of climate change during Congressional hearing
- 10/24/21 Your gasoline, natural gas and electric bills are all going up this winter
- 10/14/21 New study looks at how to make electric vehicles more accessible in Houston
- 10/14/21 How the Texas gas industry, in cahoots with regulators, created a loophole to avoid weatherization
- 10/13/21 ChE in Context: Impact of Winter Storm Uri on Texas' Petrochemical Industry
- 10/11/21 Oil hits $80 a barrel for first time since 2014, another recovery milestone for Houston
- 10/05/21 Aging pipelines pose problem in Gulf: 'It's what you don't see,' energy officer says
- 10/04/21 California oil spill closes beaches and renews call for drilling ban
- 10/04/21 As winter nears, tensions rise over how to prevent Texas blackouts from happening again
- 10/01/21 Phase 3 Of UH-Oil India Project Completed
- 09/29/21 Is Texas prepared for another winter storm? Some experts don't think so
- 09/28/21 Texas lawmakers grill power grid officials over winter readiness
- 09/27/21 Co-ops Shine
- 09/26/21 Texans will see high electricity bills in March, thanks to winter storm
- 09/23/21 Federal Regulators Blame Texas Energy Policies For Severity Of February Blackouts
- 09/17/21 Power outage solutions: What can be done to fix Texas' fragile power grid?
- 08/31/21 Griddy Energy settles with Texas, releasing customers from $9,000 power bills during freeze
- 08/23/21 Begging OPEC is so 2008. We Need Energy Policy That Reflects Past Decade
- 08/18/21 Oil Price Predictions Bank On How Quickly Shale Production Resumes
- 08/16/21 Offshore Technology Conference returns to Houston
- 08/09/21 Communities and Governments Want Fair Playing Field In EV Charging
- 08/05/21 Green Ovations | Flying Cars and e-VTOL Vehicles
- 08/05/21 Fixing The Texas Power Grid Requires New Oversight ‚— Don't Hold Your Breath
- 08/04/21 Energy industry showers Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas politicians with campaign cash after they passed power grid bills
- 08/02/21 As Attitudes Toward EVs Change, Automakers Learn To Think Beyond The Chassis
- 08/01/21 Editorial: We froze and Abbott got paid - $1 million from the billionaire profiteer of Texas' deadly storm
- 08/01/21 The Texas blackouts were caused by an epic government failure
- 07/22/21 ERCOT and PUC Say Texas Electricity Grid is Ready to Handle Forecasted Heat
- 07/14/21 Lawsuits Filed In Texas Allege Price Gouging During Recent Blackouts
- 07/13/21 ERCOT's 60-point roadmap to grid improvement draws skepticism, support
- 07/09/21 Mexican Mid-Term Election Fends Off Nationalization Fears For Energy Sector
- 07/08/21 Democrats and Republicans will agree on climate change
- 07/06/21 How To Fix The Troubled Texas Grid
- 06/30/21 Greening Air Travel Through Sustainable Fuels Will Be A Tough Climb
- 06/28/21 John Hofmeister: A Visionary Who Called For A More Inclusive, Less Insular Energy Industry
- 06/17/21 The Lone Star State could become 'The Blackout State'
- 06/14/21 Monday saw an all-time record for power usage in Texas in the month of June, ERCOT officials say
- 06/09/21 Is Biden Trying To Sell Nord Stream 2 Approval As A Green Energy Initiative?
- 06/03/21 Have Texas lawmakers done enough to protect the state's power grid?
- 06/01/21 At Stake In Mexican Mid-Term Elections Is Foreign Energy Investment
- 05/31/21 Lawmakers give final approval to bills addressing power grid failures
- 05/28/21 Consumers Attribute Failure Of The Texas Power Grid To Flaw In Texas Laws
- 05/26/21 Delta Air makes $350 million gamble as it lobbies Biden on fuel credits
- 05/24/21 Texas House passes bill to address grid failures, create alert system
- 05/24/21 Houston 'uniquely positioned' to become a CCUS power - report
- 05/20/21 Contaminated Sites Shorten Life Expectancies, Increasing Need For Superfund Clean-Ups
- 05/13/21 Colonial Pipeline shutdown highlights need for more cybersecurity professionals
- 05/13/21 Next Steps In Texas Surface Vs Mineral Rights? The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing In The Wind
- 05/11/21 Electric Cooperatives, The Lone Shining Utility Star Of The Texas 2021 Winter Storm
- 05/06/21 Houston still a tough sell for renewable energy funding
- 05/05/21 ERCOT details 3 scenarios that could leave Texans without power this summer
- 05/03/21 Texas Senate looks to move forward with House power grid reform bills
- 04/27/21 Would Biden's plan ever really take away our burgers?
- 04/26/21 Energy Producers And Consumers Face More Climate Disclosures
- 04/22/21 'This solution is part of what we have to face' | Environmentalists, others weigh in on massive ExxonMobil carbon capture plan
- 04/22/21 Natural gas trade group blames power outages for production decline during winter storm
- 04/19/21 How Market Disincentives Are Again Squeezing The Texas Power Grid
- 04/16/21 ERCOT facing fresh woes as strains on grid continue
- 04/15/21 Can Robots Transform Offshore Energy? Standardization, Regulations And Workforce Are The Keys
- 04/14/21 ERCOT Had Concerns About Power Supplies Before Tuesday's Conservation Alert
- 04/14/21 Energy prices spike Tuesday during unexpected high temperatures across the state
- 04/14/21 Experts warn of major problems with Texas power grid during upcoming summer
- 04/14/21 'Disgrace.' Texas grid struggles 2 months after blackouts
- 04/12/21 Picture a Scientist - Film Screening and Discussion
- 04/12/21 An open Texas power grid would boost reliability and renewables, experts say
- 04/09/21 ERCOT to argue it is immune from winter storm lawsuits
- 04/08/21 Houston Area Fared Worse Than The Rest Of Texas During The Winter Storm, Report Says
- 04/08/21 Harris County Took Brunt of February Freeze
- 04/07/21 ‘Caught flat-footed': Energy experts, lawsuits claim CPS has itself to blame for $700 million in natural gas bills
- 04/02/21 Banning natural gas in homes will increase the consumption of natural gas
- 03/31/21 Opinion: Texans want winterization of utilities, study finds. Elected officials must act to prevent another disaster.
- 03/31/21 Biden's energy priority is carbon reduction: Experts
- 03/30/21 Almost 70% of ERCOT customers lost power during winter storm, study finds
- 03/29/21 Texans really hate ERCOT after winter storm, UH survey confirms
- 03/29/21 75% Of Texans Had Trouble Getting Food After Winter Storm, Poll Finds
- 03/17/21 The First Shale IPO Since 2017 Fails to Impress Wall Street
- 03/17/21 Texas Tried to Prepare for Crisis, Ended Up Sowing Confusion
- 03/16/21 The Texas grid loses ‚— to Arizona, New York, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
- 03/12/21 Opinion: Texas' grid vulnerability endangers the entire nation
- 03/11/21 Why every state is vulnerable to a Texas-style power crisis
- 03/11/21 Will Texas lawmakers finally heed the power grid warnings from 10 years ago?
- 03/10/21 Editorial: ERCOT, PUC can't just shrug off $16 billion in overcharges during the Texas blackout
- 03/09/21 Texas launches gas probe after historic blackouts
- 03/05/21 More than half of Houston-area power plants failed before
- 03/02/21 Texas Grid Failure: Why More Heads Need To Roll
- 03/01/21 Texas AG Sues Power Company Over Sky-High Bills During Winter Storm
- 02/28/21 A bailout for the Texas energy market? A domino effect after the winter storm and crazy high bills
- 02/26/21 Texas Blackout: What went wrong in the Lone Star State?
- 02/26/21 Were regulators right to push power prices to the maximum in Texas?
- 02/23/21 Why Texas' Electrical Grid Is Vulnerable And How One Expert Predicted Its Failure
- 02/23/21 Texas's big freeze may not bring the reforms it showed are needed
- 02/21/21 How Texas' Drive for Energy Independence Set It Up for Disaster
- 02/21/21 What could the disaster in Texas mean for the future of energy in the US?
- 02/19/21 Texas has a history of killing energy reliability bills
- 02/19/21 Biden expected to sign federal disaster aid for Texas: WSJ
- 02/18/21 Can Texas' power system handle the 'weirding' weather of climate change?
- 02/17/21 Texas seceded from the nation's power grid. Now it's paying the price.
- 02/17/21 Why Texas Is Experiencing Such Widespread Power Outages
- 02/17/21 Epic power fail: Why millions of Texans are still without heat and electricity
- 02/17/21 US conservatives falsely blame renewables for Texas storm outages
- 02/16/21 Texas blackouts show the power grid isn't ready for climate change
- 02/16/21 'A Complete Bungle': Texas' Power Grid Fails in Record Cold
- 02/16/21 Texas is a Huge Energy Producer. So Why Are Millions Without Power?
- 02/16/21 Texas didn't learn its lesson | Experts say little has changed with winterization of generators since blackouts of 2011
- 02/16/21 Bitter cold overwhelms grid, leaves millions in dark
- 02/16/21 'Soviet-style' system led to Texas grid fiasco, expert says
- 02/15/21 For Frozen Houstonians, Hurricane Reflexes Kick In
- 02/15/21 Expert says power outages in Texas result of poor planning on multiple levels
- 02/12/21 Massive winter storm prompts disaster declaration and could stress Texas' electric grid
- 01/04/21 Editorial: The transition from fossil fuel is an opportunity for Texas