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.

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At a recentย natural gasย industry conference in Houston,ย Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman warned his colleagues to avoid the fate of another fossil fuel, according to trade publication Natural G...
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This story is part ofย Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of theย climateย story.ย ย  According to climate scientists, limiting the worst ...
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In August, the French news service AFP revealed that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has been drafting new climate action guidelines forย businesses that raiseย concerns abou...
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This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climateย story.ย ย  In 2019, I think it's safe to say that humans are ca...
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Senator and Democratic presidential hopefulย Bernie Sanders has releasedย anย ambitious climate proposal,ย one which champions of the status quo were quickย to criticize.ย One line of attack, coming from...
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Six yearsย after the oil train derailment and explosionย in Lac-Mรฉgantic, Quebec โ€” which claimed 47 lives and destroyed the downtownย of this small lakeside town โ€” The New York Times reviewed what pro...
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Four years after New York announced the state was banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking),ย Tioga Energy Partners, LLC has filed an application with the state to frack for natural gas, but there's a...
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In early 2018 when major financial publications like the Wall Street Journal were predicting a bright and profitable future for the fracking industry, DeSmog began a series detailing the failing bu...
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While fracking for oil and gas in the U.S. has contributed to record levels of fossil fuel production, a critical part of that story also involvesย water. An ongoing battle for this precious resourc...
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Last week, the Heartland Institute was again trumpetingย climate science denialย at its 13th โ€œInternational Conference on Climate Changeโ€ย at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C.ย But by a number of mea...