Justin Mikulka

About

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.

onApr 22, 2020 @ 13:21 PDT

This story is a part of Covering Climate Nowโ€™sย week of coverageย focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration co...
onApr 13, 2020 @ 11:47 PDT

The finances of the oil and gas industry are so dismal that the major banks that have funded the money-losing fracking boom are now exploring taking the unusual step of taking over the oil companie...
onApr 4, 2020 @ 07:58 PDT

There are only two things that have made any real difference in protecting the public from the dangers of oil trains:ย activism that has stopped new infrastructure, and low oil prices. While activis...
Analysis
onApr 3, 2020 @ 12:43 PDT

At the same time a price war is raging in the global oil markets, a regional price war is playing out in the shale fields of Texas. The Texas oil warย is between the major oil companies ExxonMobilย a...
onMar 27, 2020 @ 17:02 PDT

The Washington Post reportedย March 10 that the Trump administration was considering some type of financial help for the failing U.S. shale oil and gas industry, โ€œas industry officials close to the ...
onMar 16, 2020 @ 12:13 PDT

ExxonMobil is a company capable of contradictions. Itย has been lobbying against government efforts to address climate changeย while running ads touting its own efforts to doย so. And while the oil g...
onMar 11, 2020 @ 15:37 PDT

Last year,ย the financial prospects for the North American natural gas market were looking grim, as nervous investors started pulling back and producers announced big spending cuts andย layoffs. Tod...
Analysis
onMar 5, 2020 @ 03:01 PST

In a 2016 interview with Fraud Magazine, former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow explained what he thought made him so successful while at theย former energy corporation that's now infamous for financial sca...
onFeb 21, 2020 @ 12:29 PST

As oil prices plummet,ย oilย bankruptcies mount, and investors shun the shale industry, Americaโ€™s top oil field โ€” the Permian shale that straddles Texas and New Mexico โ€” faces many new challenges tha...
onFeb 12, 2020 @ 12:13 PST

With growing evidenceย that the climate impacts of natural gasย are comparable toย coal, the European Commission is planning to study ways to reduce methane emissions across the life cycle of natural ...