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Justin Mikulka

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  • Writer and Video Producer, Freelance
  • None, DeSmogBlog
Albany
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Investigating the best solutions and policies to facilitate the energy transition. All opinions my own.

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Lifting Ban On U.S. Crude Oil Export Would Enable Massive Fracking Expansion

Lifting Ban On U.S. Crude Oil Export Would Enable Massive Fracking Expansion

In a recent Washington Post editorial supporting oil industry efforts to lift the existing ban on exporting c…

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For FERC's Sake, Regulate

For FERC's Sake, Regulate

The most important government agency you've never heard of has never met a fracking lobbyist it didn't like. …

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Obama Admin's Year-End Gift to the Oil Industry Quietly Allows Light Oil Exports - NationofChange

Obama Admin's Year-End Gift to the Oil Industry Quietly Allows Light Oil Exports - NationofChange

NationofChange is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides free news and activism to the public. Withou…

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Enhanced Geothermal: Don’t Believe the Hype

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By Justin Mikulka Verified
| Powering The Planet
Enhanced geothermal is a hot technology in 2026 and the recent initial public offering (IPO) of enhanced geothermal start-up Fervo is a big reason why. The IPO drove a lot of media attention and hype for the technology with headlines saying, “Forget SpaceX. This might be the hottest IPO of the year.” Along with the IPO, we learned this technology has bi-partisan political support in U.S. politics with AOC leading the charge.
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Supply and Demand Destruction

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By Justin Mikulka Verified
| Powering The Planet
The energy markets are causing a lot of head-scratching these days. Why aren’t oil prices higher? What aren’t natural gas prices higher? What is going on with U.S. shale gas being so cheap? Will oil demand growth recover from these oil and gas wars or will it kick the energy transition into overdrive and will oil demand growth is a thing of the past? I’m confident no one really knows the answers to all of this but if you are in the oil and gas business it has to be unsettling.
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The Simple Math of US Oil Exports

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By Justin Mikulka Verified
| Powering The Planet
President Trump and many of the traditional oil industry cheerleaders and propagandists are selling a very big lie right now about the U.S. oil industry.
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How is social media changing news?

Obviously it can drive a story until more traditional media picks it up. Used right it is an amazing research tool.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Have wealthy parents. And just start working until someone starts paying you. Be as self sufficient as possible.