Since founding PetroNerds, Trisha Curtis has been recognized for her passion and expertise in developing strategies based on micro and macro market intelligence with on the ground intel.

Ms. Curtis has a tenacious focus on solving root problems, supporting clients in organizational effectiveness, and developing and implementing growth strategies. She is a trained macroeconomist with a relentless attention to detail.

Ms. Curtis has worked across a broad range of companies, both in and outside the energy sector, with a significant focus on US shale, where she is seen as the leading expert and well-regarded industry speaker and commentator.

Links: https://petronerds.com

#73: Trisha Curtis on oil markets and the current regulatory environment

#80: David Stevenson on why offshore wind faces lawsuits

#81: Todd Myers on unleashing energy innovation

https://www.thecgo.org/research/leapfrogging-smart-meters/

#81: Todd Myers on unleashing energy innovation

#84: Benny Peiser and Francis Menton on net-zero (3/30/22)

#84: Benny Peiser and Francis Menton on net-zero

#85: Nick Deiuliis discusses his new book

#86: Jordan McGillis on carbon border tariffs (5/17/22)

Carbon Border Adjustment Policy Brief: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/climate-change/carbon-border-adjustment-policy-brief/

#86: Jordan McGillis on carbon border tariffs (5/17/22)

#87 Jason Crawford on progress

Links:

https://rootsofprogress.org/devanney-on-the-nuclear-flop

https://rootsofprogress.org/can-growth-continue-ignite-talk

https://rootsofprogress.org/why-pessimism-sounds-smart

#87 Jason Crawford on progress

#88: Alex Trembath on Ecomodernism

Links:

http://www.ecomodernism.org

https://thebreakthrough.org

#88: Alex Trembath on Ecomodernism

#89: Dr. Patrick Allitt on the Industrial Revolution

Links:

http://history.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/allitt-patrick.html

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/patrick-n-allitt

#89: Dr. Patrick Allitt on the Industrial Revolution

#90: Kenny Stein on the Inflation Reduction Act

Hearing:  https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/emr-legislative-hearing_september-20-2022

#91: Kenny Stein testimony on the Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act of 2022 (9/20/22)

#92: Todd Myers discusses his new book on environmental technologies (11/16/22)

Time to Think Small: How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems  https://www.amazon.com/Time-Think-Small-Environmental-Technologies-ebook/dp/B09XWBQ4XQ

#92: Todd Myers discusses his new book on environmental technologies (11/16/22)

#93: Jason Hayes and Dr. Tim Nash on the importance of natural gas (12/20/22)

Link to paper: 

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a2019062aeba5077af06fc9/t/637cf25ccf66aa26baaf19d9/1669132904200/Study+PDF.pdf

#93: Jason Hayes and Dr. Tim Nash on the importance of natural gas (12/20/22)

#94: The Environmental Quality Index (2/24/23)

Links:

https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/ier-report-shows-restricting-domestic-oil-and-natural-gas-production-leads-to-negative-environmental-outcomes/

#94: The Environmental Quality Index (2/24/23)

#95: Kenny Stein on H.R. 1 (3/24/23)

IER & NRDC Debate H.R. 1 Hosted By CSPAN: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/ier-nrdc-debate-hosted-by-cspan/

House Releases Its Energy Bill to Promote More American Energy: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/house-releases-its-energy-bill-to-promote-more-american-energy/

#95: Kenny Stein on H.R. 1 (3/24/23)

#96: Kenny Stein Testimony - Hearing: On the U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party (4/19/23)

Full hearing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8FSgDMEzdK7j3lsQ4G4L0A

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNb7DoS7Qw&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

IER’s Kenny Stein to Testify Before the House Ways and Means Committee - https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/iers-kenny-stein-to-testify-before-the-house-ways-and-means-committee/

#96: Kenny Stein Testifies Before the House Ways and Means Committee (4/19/23)

#97: Kenny Stein Testifies Before the House Natural Resources Committee (5/11/23)

Full video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEOBqCZhldo&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturalresources.house.gov%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

#97: Kenny Stein Testifies Before the House Natural Resources Committee (5/11/23)

#98: Paige Lambermont on Germany's energy transition (5/23/23)

Links:

The Final Death Knell of German Nuclear Power:  https://catalyst.independent.org/2023/04/25/death-german-nuclear-power/

Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than covid-19 last winter:  https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/05/10/expensive-energy-may-have-killed-more-europeans-than-covid-19-last-winter

#98: Paige Lambermont on Germany's energy transition (5/23/23)

#99: Kenny Stein hearings wrap up (6/2/23)

#100: Jordan McGillis on self-driving cars


Autonomous Now: Why We Need Self-Driving Technology and How We Can Get It Faster

https://manhattan.institute/article/why-we-need-self-driving-technology-and-how-we-can-get-it-faster

#100: Jordan McGillis on self-driving cars

#101: Isaac Orr on EPA's Power Plant Rule (8/21/23)

Links:

https://www.americanexperiment.org/reports/american-experiments-comments-on-the-environmental-protection-agencys-carbon-rule

#101: Isaac Orr on EPA's Carbon Rule (8/21/23)

#102: Levi Russell on Energy and Economics (1/31/24)

Personal website:  https://sites.google.com/view/levirussell

No End in Sight for Our Gasoline Use:  https://www.realclearenergy.org/2024/01/17/no_end_in_sight_for_our_gasoline_use_1005273.html

Predictably, the Rush to Electric Cars Is Imploding:  https://www.realclearenergy.org/2023/12/06/predictably_the_rush_to_electric_cars_is_imploding_997058.html

Is Our Freedom of Movement in Peril?  https://www.realclearenergy.org/2023/06/29/is_our_freedom_of_movement_in_peril_943760.html

#102: Levi Russell on Energy and Economics (1/31/24)

#103: Caleb Jasso on Energy and Conflict in the Middle East (2-7-24)

Links:

How Will the Israel-Hamas Conflict Affect Oil Prices? - Discourse Magazine: https://www.discoursemagazine.com/p/how-will-the-israel-hamas-conflict

Rising Shipping Costs Will Impact Oil and LNG: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/rising-shipping-costs-will-impact-oil-and-lng/

Houthi Attacks Continue, Iran Launches Their Own:  https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/houthi-attacks-continue-iran-launches-their-own/

#103: Caleb Jasso on Energy and Conflict in the Middle East (2-7-24)

#104:  April FIER (Friends of IER) Podcast 4/11/24

Guests:

Paige Lambermont:  Paige is a Research Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in the Center for Energy and Environment. In her role, she covers the electrical grid, energy regulation, nuclear power issues, and other free-market energy topics. In 2024, Paige was selected to be a Visiting Fellow for the Independent Women’s Forum.

Jordan McGillis:  Jordan is City Journal’s Economics Editor. Previously, McGillis was a Manhattan Institute Paulson policy analyst. Before that, he was deputy director of policy at the Institute for Energy Research. McGillis’s research and writing on energy, technology, and economic progress have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and the New York Post. He writes regularly for National Review and the American Spectator and he has been cited by the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, the Congressional Research Service, and the U.S Defense Department’s Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs.

Travis Fisher:  Travis is the director of energy and environmental policy studies at the Cato Institute. He has nearly 20 years of experience in energy policy, including leadership roles at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Institute for Energy Research, Department of Energy, Electricity Consumers Resource Council, and Heritage Foundation.

Links:

A Nuclear Plant's Closure Was Hailded As A Green Win. Then Emissions Went Up:  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/20/nuclear-plant-closure-carbon-emissions-new-york

How the Inflation Reduction Act Bankrolls EPA Overreach:  https://www.cato.org/blog/how-inflation-reduction-act-bankrolls-epa-overreach 

Biden Administration Releases Its Electric Truck Mandate:  https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/biden-administration-releases-its-electric-truck-mandate/

Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/climate/climate-change-carbon-capture-ccs.html

#104:  April FIER (Friends of IER) Podcast 4/11/24

#105:  Pierre Desrochers on population and climate change (4/22/24)

Pierre Desrochers is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto Mississauga. His main research interests are economic development, technical innovation, business-environment interface, and energy policy and food policy. He has published over 50 academic articles on these and other subjects in a wide range of academic disciplines. Desrochers has been the recipient of several awards for his work on environmental policy issues, including the 2017 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award (Competitive Enterprise Institute). He is the author of over 200 op-eds on a variety of subjects in major international media including the Wall Street Journal and Le Monde. He is the author of The Locavore’s Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-mile Diet, arguably the broadest case made on behalf of the economic, social and environmental virtues of the modern agri-business and transportation industries.

Book website:
https://populationbombed.com

Buy on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/0993119034/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1538048671&sr=1-1&keywords=Population+Bombed%21+Exploding+the+Link+Between+Overpopulation+and+Climate+Change

Op-eds:  https://populationbombed.com/op-eds/

#105:  Pierre Desrochers on population and climate change (4/22/24)

#106:  Andrew McConn on tech in energy and offshore drilling (5/8/24)

Links:

Enverus website:  https://www.enverus.com

Defying peak oil predictions:  https://www.enverus.com/newsroom/defying-peak-oil-predictions/

Andrew's testimony at the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oversight hearing titled “Assessing Solutions to Secure America's Offshore Energy Future” on Thursday, April 18, 2024:  https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415851

#106:  Andrew McConn on tech in energy and offshore drilling (5/8/24)

The IER team discusses changes to management of federal lands proposed by the Bureau of Land Management and the possible impacts to the greater sage grouse and American energy production.

Read more: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/are-we-finally-free-of-fowl-folly-and-frog-foolery/

#14: IER’s Hunter Pearl on wildlife management reforms (1-10-19)

The team sits down with Chris Brown, director of policy & research at Common Sense Policy Roundtable, to discuss what the passage of SB-181 could mean for energy producers in Colorado and consumers around the country.

Links:
•	More about CSPR: 
https://commonsensepolicyroundtable.org/

•	A comprehensive study on the effects of SB-181:
https://commonsensepolicyroundtable.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/REMI-Partnership-SB-181-Study.pdf

#21: Chris Brown, of the CSPR, on the economic impacts of SB-181 in Colorado (3-20-19)

Mark P. Mills, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins the show to discuss his recent report on the so-called "new energy economy" and the realities that make plans like the Green New Deal completely unrealistic.

Links:
•	Full Report: "The 'New Energy Economy': An Exercise in Magical Thinking"
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/green-energy-revolution-near-impossible

•	Learn more about the Manhattan Institute:
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/

•	IER' report on the levelized cost of electricity:
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/existing-generating-resources-are-less-costly-than-new-generating-resources/

#26: Mark P. Mills, of the Manhattan Institute, on the new energy economy (6-5-19)

Robert Bryce, n Austin-based journalist and author of six books on energy, joins the show to discuss his new documentary Juice: How Electricity Explains The World which explores how electrification has dramatically changed the standard of living for people around the world.

Links:

• Juice: How Electricity Explains The World:
juicethemovie.com/

• Get a copy of A Question of Power:
www.amazon.com/Question-Power-El…ons/dp/1610397495

• Follow Robert Bryce on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/pwrhungry?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

#53: Robert Bryce on Juice: How Electricity Explains The World (6-16-19)

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today’s global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society.

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