News March 2022

The Hill published an op-ed piece from Jason Shogren, the Stroock Chair of Natural Resource Conservation and Management in the UW College of Business, and three colleagues. The article focused on a federal judge’s preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s use of its interim estimates for the social cost of carbon pollution.  Published on 3/4/22. 

 

Godby was quoted in a related CS-T article titled “Gasoline prices topple records as sanctions mount.” He also was interviewed for another CS-T article titled “Gas prices are rising. Whose fault is it?”  Published March 9, 2022.

 

WyoFile interviewed Godby for a piece on how the response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine could drive Wyoming’s fossil fuel-reliant economy toward even more volatile territory.  Published on March 11, 2022.

 

Lead Stories interviewed energy experts, including UW Professor Charles Mason, about skyrocketing gas prices. Oil market experts and economists say the ban on Russian oil imports is not the only driver of gas prices, and bringing the XL branch of the Keystone pipeline online would not guarantee a price drop.  Published March 18, 2022.

 

UW economist Rob Godby was among energy experts quoted in a WyoFile article about the world’s energy disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The article, republished by Energy Central, discussed how Russia’s attack has pushed Wyoming’s markets toward more volatile territory.  Published March 16, 2022.

 

S&P Global Market Intelligence spoke with UW economist Rob Godby on how some U.S. coal miners are experimenting with greener business projects as long-term demand for the carbon-intensive fuel collapses.  Published Mar 22, 2022.