I’m an energy and climate analyst with over a decade of experience studying the fossil-fuel industry and the stakes of the energy transition.
I’m the Associate Director at Global Energy Monitor, an international nonprofit, based out of San Francisco, California. I hold a Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University, and held fellowships with the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming and the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado.
I’ve written essays and provided commentary for a number of popular outlets, including the Washington Post, TIME, the Economist, The Guardian, The Progressive, Sydney Morning Herald, Times of India, South China Morning Post, and elsewhere. In 2026, I’m publishing my first book on coal development in the Powder River Basin.
What follows is a mix of research, essays, and talks — analysis drawn from professional and academic work, and commentary written in my own capacity.
Research & Analysis
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Bright Side of the Mine
Global Energy Monitor
Solar’s opportunity to reclaim coal’s footprint: Abandoned coal mines offer vast solar potential, turning liabilities into clean power assets.
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Scraping By: Global Coal Miners and the Urgency of a Just Transition
Global Energy Monitor
Global coal mine employment report: nearly half a million jobs at risk by 2035, highlighting urgent need for just transition initiatives.
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Bigger than Oil or Gas? Sizing up Coal Mine Methane
Global Energy Monitor
Global coal mine methane mapped: country emissions, climate risks, and priority mitigation strategies for the energy transition.
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Coal’s Gambit
World Coal
Nearly 400 new coal mines planned worldwide—tracking climate impacts, stranded-asset risks, and transition obstacles
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Colombian Coal Mining at the Crossroads
Global Energy Monitor
Colombia’s coal plans could double methane, challenging climate targets and reshaping communities and transition efforts.
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Methane Corporates
Global Energy Monitor
Corporate methane emissions ranked—exposing gaps and charting actions for a cleaner energy future.
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Why India’s New Coal Mines Won’t Solve its Power Crisis
Global Energy Monitor
India’s coal mines mapped: active and proposed projects, local impacts, and pathways toward cleaner energy.
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U.S. Coal Producers Eye $5 Billion for Asian Steel Markets
Global Energy Monitor
US–Canada metallurgical coal expansion: $4.8B in new mines face export volatility and net-zero pressure.
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Deep Trouble: Tracking Global Coal Mine Proposals
Global Energy Monitor
Global tracker charts coal mines worldwide, spotlighting expansion zones and climate risks.
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Coal Mine Methane on the Brink
Global Energy Monitor
New high-methane coal mines could rival U.S. coal CO₂ emissions.
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Covid-19 on the Rise in Coal Mines
Global Energy Monitor
COVID-19 disruptions exposed coal’s fragility—job losses, supply chain shocks, and pressure to pivot to clean energy.
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Why China’s Coal Boom Jeopardizes Short Term Climate Targets
Global Energy Monitor
China’s coal surge lifts production and methane emissions, complicating climate and transition goals.
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Coal-project financing outside of China hits 12-year low
Carbon Brief
Coal project financing outside China falls to 2010 lows—banking stopped $7.7B, projects canceled, transition momentum accelerating
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Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’
Carbon Brief
Hundreds of planned coal mines clash with the 1.5 °C target, putting climate pledges at risk.
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Carbon Bombs - Mapping Key Fossil Fuel Projects
Energy Policy
Global “carbon bombs”: 425 mega-projects mapped, exceeding 1.5 °C carbon budget.
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Rural Revolt: A History of Power Line Protests in the United States
Technology and Culture
How rural communities in the US challenged utility giants, and fueled alternative energy politics.
Essays & Commentary
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The Federal Government Subsidized the Carbon Economy. Now it Should Subsidize a Greener One
Washington Post
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How Climate Activists Benefit from Solidarity with Kentucky Coal Miners
The Progressive
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Politics of the Public Domain
Chicago Review of Books
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An Affront to Justice
Cleveland Review of Books
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Why Are Federal Workers Selling Oil Drilling Rights in the Midst of a Shutdown?
In These Times
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Moneyfest Destiny
Los Angeles Review of Books
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Of Coal Mines and Coal Slurry
Contingent Magazine
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‘This is the Third World:’ Coal Fired America in Montana and Powwow Highway
Book: American Energy Cinema
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The Work of Strip Mining in the American West
Book: Violence of Work
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Places of Overburden
Book: The Greater Plains
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Hard Hat Cowboys: Energy Workers in the American West
Book: New Energy Histories
Featured Talks
I hosted podcast about the American West for the New Books Network in the early 2020s with highlights on energy: