Today I am starting up a new feature here at THB — Five Figures. Every month, I will share five (or so) of the most provocative, interesting, or challenging figures to…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 22, 2025
Twenty-five years ago this month, Dan Sarewitz and I published a widely read and discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock (unpaywalled version here). Today I quote extensively from it…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 16, 2025
There is a cynical trick being played by some climate activists to promote misinformation and undercut the assessments of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as they lobby for…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 14, 2025
Key Points Read the full report here. Download the crosstabs and topline here.
By Roger Pielke Jr. | Ruy Teixeira | July 10, 2025
Right before the 2024 election, my AEI colleague Ruy Teixeira and I engaged YouGov to conduct a survey of how Americans view various topics of energy and climate. Today at AEI, the full…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 10, 2025
“This is the most dangerous river valley in the United States. . . We do not have a warning system.” — Judge Rob Kelly, Kerr County, Texas, 4 July 2025 As…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 8, 2025
Any moment now, we will be releasing the full results of the AEI Energy/Climate Survey of the American public that my AEI colleague Ruy Teixeira and I conducted right before the election.…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 2, 2025
Today, in cool and cloudy Washington, DC, I’ll wrap up my AEI Summer Honors Course (THB Pro subscribers have access to the syllabus and the reading packet here). The students have…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | June 27, 2025
Markets as Minds Man, it’s been hot this week, and hot all over. Heat waves are like petri dishes for observing power systems and electricity markets. Every evening, just after…
By Lynne Kiesling | June 26, 2025
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By Benjamin Zycher | June 26, 2025
Ten years ago today I published a post at my sport governance blog, The Least Thing, that explored who had a greater chance of “going pro” — the men’s NCAA Division…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | June 25, 2025
Two snapshots, one static institution In 1915, Kansas City Power & Light convinced regulators that stringing copper wires across the prairie would bring “abundant, cheap light for every home”. Today,…
By Lynne Kiesling | June 20, 2025
You’d be hard pressed to find a more fascinating straight line. The figure below is one of the most amazing graphs in all of climate policy.1 It shows the decarbonization of the U.S.…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | June 16, 2025
The title of today’s post comes from an excellent recent talk in London given by my AEI colleague (and University of Pennsylvania professor), Jesús Fernández-Villaverde. Today I look at the simple math…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | June 16, 2025
In an op-ed yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that he was sacking all of its members…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | June 11, 2025