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Justin Mikulka

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Justin Mikulka is a research fellow at New Consensus. Prior to joining New Consensus in October 2021, Justin reported for DeSmog, where he began in 2014. Justin has a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.

us/The Secret of the Great American Fracking Bubble
ByJustin Mikulka
onApr 18, 2018 @ 10:28 PDT

In 2008, Aubrey McClendon was the highest paid Fortune 500 CEO in America, a title he earned taking home $112 million for running Chesapeake Energy. Later dubbedย โ€œThe Shale King,โ€ย he was at the for...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
us/Aliso Canyon Disaster Highlights Risks, Inadequate Safety Rules Governing Natural Gas Storage
ByJustin Mikulka
onMar 23, 2018 @ 10:54 PDT

A recent report spearheaded by researchers at the University of Southern California blames theย largest greenhouse gas leak in U.S. historyย on dysfunctional management and poor regulatory oversight....
us/Canada's Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail
ByJustin Mikulka
onMar 18, 2018 @ 06:31 PDT

The Motley Fool has beenย advising investors on โ€œHow to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canadaโ€™s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.โ€ย But what makesย transporting Canadianย crude oil by rail attractiveย toย investo...
Series: Oil By Rail: Following the Bomb Trains
Series: Oil Bomb Trains
us/The Manhattan Institute's Joke of a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
ByJustin Mikulka
onMar 14, 2018 @ 03:56 PDT

A new report by Oren Cass of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research dismisses predictions of the impacts of a warmingย world with a simple solution: When climate change turns up the heat, peopl...
us/Yes, Exxon Is Accusing Local Governments of Misleading Investors on Climate Change
ByJustin Mikulka
onMar 10, 2018 @ 06:25 PST

In January, ExxonMobil filed a legal petitionย seeking to depose more than a dozen city and county government officials in California, claiming that the municipal officials are defrauding investors ...
us/Exxonโ€™s Fantastical Vision of the Future and Climate Change
ByJustin Mikulka
onMar 8, 2018 @ 09:04 PST

There really is little need to read past the cover of ExxonMobilโ€™sย 2018 Energy and Carbon Summary, a report purportedly meant to offer insights to shareholders on how the company manages climate-re...
us/'Keep It In the Ground' Approach to Fossil Fuels on US Public Lands Would Cut Climate Emissions, Study Confirms
ByJustin Mikulka
onFeb 26, 2018 @ 17:50 PST

Limiting fossil fuel production on U.S. federal lands would reduce both global oil consumption and overall carbon emissions, according to a new study by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), a...
us/Safety Officials Order Partial Shutdown of Sabine Pass LNG Export Facility After Discovering 10-Year History of Leaks
ByJustin Mikulka
onFeb 18, 2018 @ 05:36 PST

Sabine Pass, for now the only liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in the country, has reportedly been experiencing safety issues for the past decade, and yet federal safety officials were o...
us/Is This New Tar Sands Technology a Game Changer for Exporting Canada's Bitumen?
ByJustin Mikulka
onFeb 18, 2018 @ 05:02 PST

A new technology has the potential to transform the transportation of tars sands oil.ย Right now, theย already thick and slow-flowing oil, known as bitumen, has to be diluted with a super-light petro...
us/EPA Chief Downplays Global Warming as Unexpected Climate Impacts Stack up
ByJustin Mikulka
onFeb 8, 2018 @ 19:06 PST

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is well-known for his comments denying the established science of climate change,ย and this week he touted yet another ...