Interviews & Media Features

• Quoted in “Trump has vowed to gut climate rules. Oil lobbyists have a plan ready.“ Washington Post, October 2024.

• Quoted in “Solar-Powered Oil Drilling?“ Sierra, July 2024.

• Quoted in “Canada is still backing the fossil fuel industry with billions, report finds.“ CBC News, March 2024.

• TV interview for “COP28 Summit: Draft deal drops calls for fossil fuel phaseout.“ CNN, December 2023.

• Radio interview for “Oil firms are out in force at the climate talks. Here's how to decode their language.“ NPR All Things Considered, December 2023.

• Radio interview for “ExxonMobil makes a $60 billion oil deal, doubling down on fossil fuels.“ NPR Morning Edition, October 2023.

• Radio interview for “Carbon accountants help firms keep their climate pledges.” Marketplace, June 2023.

• Quoted in “Biden Wants Crypto Mines to Pay Power Bills.“ Newsweek, March 2023.

• Featured in “Market Driving Power: A Greener Future Through Trade.” The Storke, January 2023.

• Radio interview for “Five companies win leases for California's offshore wind projects in Morro Bay and Humboldt County.“ KCBX / NPR San Luis Obispo, December 2022.

• Radio interview for “Newsom Wants to Penalize Oil Companies for Excessive Profits. But Would It Help or Hurt Consumers?” KQED / NPR San Francisco, December 2022.

• Radio interview for “UCSB study on political leadership and fossil fuels has lessons for local, state, national leaders.“ KCBX / NPR San Luis Obispo, November 2022.

• Quoted in “Alaska voters say they’re worried about climate change. Here’s where the candidates stand.” Alaska Public Media, November 2022.

• Quoted in “Sweeping budget package could give Senate Democrats a midterm boost.” Courthouse News, August 2022.

• Radio interview for “What are the connections between Inuit language learning and community engagement in Alaska?” KNOM Radio, August 2022.

• TV interview for “Russia-Ukraine War: Energy Politics.“ The Scope - British Muslim TV, August 2022.

• Quoted in “Alternatives to Russian energy leave Europe dependent on countries ‘with a terrible record of violating human rights.’” Expresso, July 2022. (written in Portuguese)

• Quoted in “Oil and Gas, and Bitcoin: An ‘Inevitable Intersection’?“ American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Explorer, July 2022.

• Quoted in “Supreme Court ruling passes climate change fight off to a hobbled Congress.“ Courthouse News, July 2022.

• Quoted in “Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Power to Limit Climate-Warming Emissions.“ Truthout, June 2022.

• Radio interview for “Study connects language with community involvement.“ KNOM Radio, June 2022.

• Featured in “Removing fuel subsidies without political backlash: An alternative to the present approach in Ecuador.“ The Bulletin, May 2022.

• Quoted in “Why fossil fuel companies see green in Bitcoin mining projects.“ The Verge / Vox, May 2022.

• Quoted in “This is what politicians mean when they talk about 'clean oil' from Newfoundland's offshore.“ CBC News, April 2022.

• Radio Interview for “Crypto miners use natural gas ‘stranded’ in wells to power energy-hungry rigs.“ Marketplace, March 2022.

• Quoted in “Just How Bad of an Idea Is a Gas Tax Holiday?” VICE Motherboard, March 2022.

• Quoted in “House moves to sanction Russian oil, review trade relations in wake of war in Ukraine.” Courthouse News, March 2022.

• Quoted in “Why $100 oil could hurt the energy transition more than it helps.“ NASDAQ / Reuters, March 2022.

• Quoted in “Biden has promised to fight the climate crisis. Congress is on its way, time is running out.“ Seznam Zprávy, February 2022. (written in Czech)

• Quoted in “US faces a ‘time crunch’ to reach Biden’s offshore wind target.” Financial Times - The Energy Source, February 2022.

• Quoted in “Biden’s petrol problem: president eyes gas tax cut as pump prices soar.” Financial Times, February 2022.

• Quoted in “So What the Heck Is Net Zero, Anyway?” Sierra Magazine, February 2022.

• Quoted in “Exxon pledges to cut emissions — but not from its oil.“ Grist, January 2022.

• Quoted in “ExxonMobil aims for net zero greenhouse gas emissions from operations by 2050.“ The Washington Post, January 2022.

• Quoted in “Exxon pledges net-zero goal for its operations by 2050 - but target won’t include customer usage.” Daily Mail, January 2022.

• Quoted in “A ‘false solution’? How crypto mining became the oil industry’s new hope.“ The Guardian, December 2021.

• Radio Interview for “Methane: Its big impact on climate change, how humans create it and can reduce it.” KCRW / NPR Los Angeles, November 2021.

• Featured in “Fossil fuel subsidies: If we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions we should not pay people to burn fossil-fuels.“ Our World In Data, November 2021.

• TV Interview for “Saudi Arabia’s Net Zero by 2060 initiative.” BBC World News, October 2021.

• Radio Interview for “What’s left in Biden’s climate agenda, what’s ahead at Glasgow climate conference.” KCRW / NPR Los Angeles, October 2021.

• Quoted in “Big Oil wants to be Big Wind. Can drillers be trusted?” E&E News Climate Wire, October 2021.

• Quoted in NPR and WBUR Boston Series on Offshore Wind, October 2021.

• Featured in “Authoritarianism and Nationalizing Natural Resources.” War on the Rocks, September 2021.

• Quoted in “Oil Companies’ Claims About Going Green Just a Drop in Bucket.” Noozhawk Santa Barbara, September 2021.

• Quoted in “An Examination of What Oil Companies Say and What They Do.” Santa Barbara Independent, September 2021.

• Featured in "Going nowhere: the offshore industry’s methane problem." Offshore Technology, March 2021.

• Quoted in "Can OPEC Rescue the Planet?" The New Republic, March 2021.

• Quoted in ''Chevron Gave More Than $1 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn the Presidential Election.'' KQED, February 2021.

• Interview for "CALPIRG `Gasland II’ Documentary Screening" January 2021.

• Featured in “How America’s oil drilling boom threatens the world.“ Engineering & Technology, October 2020.

• Featured in "Capture the fugitive gas: Two ideas to design more effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" Phys.org, May 2020.

• Quoted in "Daily on Energy" Washington Examiner, May 2020.

• Quoted in “Sneaky Leaks” The UCSB Current, May 2020.

• Quoted in "Falling oil prices breathe new life into an old idea: Nationalize the industry." Grist, April 2020.

• Quoted in “Rigged States” The UCSB Current, April 2020.

• Quoted in "Strong California Gas Demand Unlikely to Return, as Even Refineries Go Renewable." KQED, September 2020.

• Featured in "Oil, war, and corruption in Brazil: understanding Curitiba’s conspiracy" Open Democracy, September 2019.

• Radio Interview for "Petrol taxes and subsidies" BBC World Service, January 2017.

• Featured in "Energy subsidies and the politics of reform" Brookings, January 2017.

• Featured in "China emerges as green reformer in vast petrol tax study" Climate Home News, January 2017.

• Featured in "Most of the World Is Still Subsidising Oil" VICE, January 2017.

• Featured in "Globally, fossil fuels subsidies are sticking around" ars Technica, January 2017.

• Featured in "Petrol taxes drop globally despite climate change: study" Yahoo!Finance and AFP, January 2017.

• Featured in "World is ‘backsliding’ on gasoline subsidies, finds study" Carbon Brief, January 2017.

• Quoted in "Study Finds State Oil Cos More Prone to Corruption" Wall Street Journal, June 2016.

• Quoted in "Law Firm’s Files Include Dozens of Companies and People Blacklisted by U.S. Authorities" International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, April 2016.

• TV Interview for "Corruption in the oil industry" Globo News (Brazil), December 2014.

• Featured in "Pemex reform: is Mexico getting it right?" Financial Times, July 2014.

• Featured in "US oil firm prosecutions show need for transparency - activists" Thompson Reuters Foundation, May 2014.

• Radio Interview for "Oil Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran" NPR Tulsa, March 2013.