Payne Institute for Public Policy

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Zubin Bamji, Program Manager, Energy & Extractives Global Practice, World Bank, presenting a virtual seminar titled Towards Zero Routine Global Gas Flaring on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 from 10:00am – 11:00am (MT). TOPIC:  TOWARDS ZERO ROUTINE GLOBAL GAS FLARING SPEAKER: ZUBIN BAMJI, […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Christopher Higgins, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Forever Chemicals in our Water? The Growing Importance of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Environmental Contaminants on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Kathleen Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Srinivas Parinandi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder, and Dr. Jonas Nahm, Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment at Johns Hopkins SAIS, […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Advisory Board Member Dr. Carole Nakhle, Founder and CEO Crystol Energy, presenting a virtual seminar titled Energy Crisis: How Did We Get Here, and What’s Next? on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 from 9:00am – 10:00am (MT). TOPIC: ENERGY CRISIS: HOW DID […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Mines Rick Tallman ’85, MS ’93 Founder and Partner Renova Capital, presenting a hybrid seminar titled An Unconventional Way to Drive the Energy Transition on Monday, October 24, 2022 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm (MT). TOPIC: AN UNCONVENTIONAL WAY TO DRIVE THE […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Sara Vakhshouri, Founder and President at SVB Energy International and SVB Green Access, presenting a virtual seminar titled Russia War: Energy & Food Security, Energy Transition, and Energy and Safe Water Access on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from 11:00am […]

Please join Jeffries and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Brad Handler, Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager, presenting a virtual seminar titled The Financial Mechanisms Around Coal Retirement on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 from 9:00am – 10:00am (MT). TOPIC: THE FINANCIAL MECHANISMS AROUND COAL RETIREMENT SPEAKER: BRAD HANDLER, PAYNE INSTITUTE SUSTAINABLE […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Chris Clack, Founder and CEO of Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC., presenting a hybrid seminar titled Economy-wide Decarbonization of the United States & Europe on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 from 11:00am – 12:00pm (MT). TOPIC: ECONOMY-WIDE DECARBONIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES & […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City as we welcome Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Shifts in Energy Geopolitics – Clean Energy on Thursday, November 10, 2022 from 8:05am – 9:20am (MT). TOPIC:  SHIFTS IN ENERGY […]

Please join the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Director Dr. Christopher Elvidge, presenting a virtual seminar titled Monitoring Economic Activities Using Night Time Light Imagery: Innovation Over the Last 10 Years on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. TOPIC:  MONITORING ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES […]

Please the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dr. William Nuttall, Professor of Energy, The Open University, presenting a virtual seminar titled Nuclear Renaissance – Second Addition on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 9:30am MT. TOPIC:  NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE – SECOND ADDITION SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE FELLOW DR. WILLIAM NUTTALL, PROFESSOR OF ENERGY, THE […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Gregory Brew,  Postdoctoral Fellow, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University, presenting a virtual seminar titled Petroleum and Progress in Iran: Oil, Development, and the Cold War on Thursday, January 26, 2023. TOPIC:  PETROLEUM AND PROGRESS IN IRAN: OIL, […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome John Dowd, CEO, and Govind Friedland, COO, GoGreen Investments, presenting a virtual seminar titled Unleashing Wall Street to Invest in Critical Mineral for the EV Battery Supply Chain and the Policy Challenges on Thursday, April 27, 2023. TOPIC:  UNLEASHING WALL STREET […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Maris Densmore, Director, Industrial Solutions, American Carbon Registry – Winrock International and Staci Taruscio, CEO, Rebellion Energy Solutions, presenting a virtual seminar titled Prioritizing Sustainability: The ACR Methodology Putting Methane Emissions Reductions through Orphan Well Plugging Within Reach on Wednesday, May […]

The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru (UNSA) are co-hosting the seminar series, “Managing Conflict in Extractive Environments.” The three-part series will feature globally renowned speakers and panelists discussing trends, causes, and approaches to manage conflicts in mining and extractive industries. TOPIC: MANAGING CONFLICT IN […]

The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru (UNSA) are co-hosting the seminar series, “Managing Conflict in Extractive Environments.” The three-part series will feature globally renowned speakers and panelists discussing trends, causes, and approaches to manage conflicts in mining and extractive industries. TOPIC: MANAGING CONFLICT IN […]

The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru (UNSA) are co-hosting the seminar series, “Managing Conflict in Extractive Environments.” The three-part series will feature globally renowned speakers and panelists discussing trends, causes, and approaches to manage conflicts in mining and extractive industries. TOPIC:  MANAGING CONFLICT IN […]

Please join the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (seai) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting at the 2023 SEAI National Energy Research and Policy Conference titled Achieving Sustainable Energy Security on Thursday, September 14, 2023. TOPIC: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECURITY SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR DR. MORGAN BAZILIAN […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Oğuzhan Kiran, Head of Department, Republic of Türkiye – Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Energy Outlook of Türkiye in the Light of Regional and Global Dynamics on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 in Golden, CO. […]

Please join Network 20/20 and  the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian on a virtual seminar presenting the Geopolitics of Critical Mineral Supply Chains on Monday, October 2, 2023. TOPIC:  THE GEOPOLITICS OF CRITICAL MINERAL SUPPLY CHAINS SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR DR. MORGAN BAZILIAN HOSTED BY: NETWORK 20/20 AND THE PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR […]

Please join The Polycrisis and Phenomenal World and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian on a virtual seminar presenting Oil and Politics in the Mid-Transition on Thursday, October 5, 2023. TOPIC:  OIL AND POLITICS IN THE MID-TRANSITION SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR DR. MORGAN BAZILIAN HOSTED BY: THE POLYCRISIS AND PHENOMENAL […]

Please join the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Dorit Hammerling and Fellow Dr. Arvind Ravikumar presenting at the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab – 2023 Annual Hybrid Event on Wednesday, October 11 and Thursday, October 12, 2023 from Austin, TX. […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Levi Patterson, Mines Alumni, Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Energy and Science Policy: A Staff Perspective from the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at the Colorado School of […]

Please join the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler presenting a virtual seminar Exploring How Carbon Credits are Evolving in the Oil and Gas Sector on Thursday October 12, 2023. TOPIC:  EXPLORING HOW CARBON CREDITS ARE EVOLVING IN […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Joel Gratz, founding meteorologist at Open Snow, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Chasing Powder and Finding Weather Windows for Outdoor Adventures on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at the Colorado School of Mines. TOPIC: CHASING POWDER AND FINDING WEATHER WINDOWS FOR OUTDOOR ADVENTURES […]

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Pedro Lagrava Burgoa, Bolivian Senator for Potisi, presenting a hybrid seminar titled the Scenario for Bolivian Mining and Lithium on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 in Golden, CO. TOPIC:  THE SCENARIO FOR BOLIVIAN MINING AND LITHIUM SPEAKER: PEDRO LAGRAVA BURGOA, BOLIVIAN SENATOR FOR […]