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The Payne Institute for Public Policy @coschoolofmines. World-class insights informing policy on energy, extractives, space, security, and the environment.
The @payneinstitute Earth Observation satellite group has been developing & implementing cutting-edge algorithms for decades. We released v4.0 of our Nightfire product, utilizing 3 different satellites We welcome your collaboration! tinyurl.com/2s6bfby6
The new @WorldBank Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report is now live! The @payneinstitute provides the data each year for the Report using our satellite data algorithms, developed over decades. This flaring activity emitted 389 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, including 46…
Join the @payneinstitute on July 23, for a webinar as we discuss the state of critical minerals markets and implications for policy making to support critical minerals development. "Critical Minerals Markets" calendar.mines.edu/event/11193-cr…
Here are two informative research papers from the @payneinstitute and the Mining Engineering Department @coschoolofmines on critical minerals mining. Terrific work! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… and sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Our @payneinstitute latest in @TheNatlInterest follows the big energy and data center event in Pennsylvania yesterday, from Director @MBazilian. “How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Energy Playbook” nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-wo…
Join the @payneinstitute next week, on July 23, for a webinar as we discuss the state of critical minerals markets and implications for policy making to support critical minerals development. "Critical Minerals Markets" calendar.mines.edu/event/11193-cr…
Our @payneinstitute Director @MBazilian is featured on this @Marketplace podcast discussing the big investment by the DoD into rare earths supply chains and magnets. "Department of Defense directly invests in U.S.-based rare earth mining company" marketplace.org/story/2025/07/…
Our @payneinstitute's Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Director, Dr. Richard Luarkie is featured in @tribalbiznews - plus a link to our essay - "Transcending Sovereignty: The Path to Significance" tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/sover…
Our @payneinstitute latest for the @WarInstitute looks at a key issue for national security: Minerals, Magnets, and Military Capabilities. mwi.westpoint.edu/minerals-magne…
Our @payneinstitute Macdonald Amoah looks at how Africa stands at a pivotal juncture in its energy trajectory, where bold aspirations for universal electrification by 2030 confront entrenched structural and institutional barriers. payneinstitute.mines.edu/bridging-the-e…
Our @payneinstitute latest commentary about selling low emissions LNG to the EU and others will require sophisticated, digitized systems to allow buyers to verify the environmental attributes of that gas. We look at the emerging ecosystem of providers. payneinstitute.mines.edu/tokenizing-the…
For your weekend enjoyment, the @payneinstitute presents our June newsletter - with all the our latest research in one place mailchi.mp/60f6508054a8/p…]
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Our @payneinstitute Accelerated Methane Reduction Director @simonrlomax and Bob Stout look at the compelling reasons to reduce methane emissions. "The Market Case for Methane Reductions" barrons.com/articles/metha…
Our @payneinstitute Director @MBazilian on @Marketplace talking Iran and oil price volatility: "Despite Iran conflict, oil companies are unlikely to heed the president’s call to “drill, baby, drill” marketplace.org/story/2025/06/…
Our @payneinstitute satellite researchers are monitoring the conflict between Israel and Iran. "Rapid Conflict Monitoring of Israeli Strikes on Iran in June, 2025 using VIIRS Nightfire Data" payneinstitute.mines.edu/rapid-conflict…
The latest from the @payneinstitute Satellite Conflict Tracker. On the night of June 22, prior to the deep penetration bombing of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, an infrared anomaly was detected approximately 3 kilometers north of the facility. payneinstitute.mines.edu/infrared-anoma…
The @payneinstitute hosted our first London Critical Minerals Symposium yesterday, 6/23! To coincide with the event we put together a compendium features work from just a few of our panelists. payneinstitute.mines.edu/wp-content/upl…
Our @payneinstitute Director @MBazilian contributed to the new edition of the Energy Index: Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025 released by @wef. weforum.org/publications/f…
The @payneinstitute releases our a Critical Minerals Markets Primer! Learn about how critical minerals trade, how exchange trading works, the impact of technology on price discovery, steps being taken to foster green premia for critical minerals and more! payneinstitute.mines.edu/payne-introduc…
The Good Samaritan Act is a rare opportunity opened by Congress to clean up and stop pollution from abandoned mines. There is also the potential to recover #criticalminerals as these mines are remediated. mining.com/good-samaritan…
