Bureau Media Coverage 2025

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August
8/4/2025UT researchers test firefighting droneFox7 Austin; News Bites; Yahoo! News
8/4/20251st Meeting of the Network of National CCUS Centres of Excellence in the Global SouthGulf Oil & Gas (Egypt)
8/4/2025MEDIA ADVISORY: Critical Minerals WorkshopTexas Geosciences
8/5/2025Galveston reviews new dune conservation area project at 12716 Bermuda Beach DriveCitizen Portal
8/5/2025$8,400,000,000 mine found in America — It will smash Russia and ChinaThe Pulse; Click Petroleo e Gas
8/11/2025Hot Rocks, Cool Tech: The Geothermal Frontier Geothermal Unleashed Podcast
8/13/2025DIU expands, updates geothermal initiativeInside Defense SITREP; Inside the Pentagon; Inside the Air Force; Inside the Navy; Inside the Army; Energy Monitor Worldwide; Defense Innovation Unit; Bidsinfo News
8/13/2025US Department of Defense expands geothermal development effort in military installationsThinkGeoEnergy
8/14/2025Alternative Carbon Carrier Technology Could Improve Oil Production — and Carbon Storage TooTexas Geosciences; Tech Xplore; Business Energy Daily
8/24/2025WTGS symposium to center on 'the next barrel' Fort Worth Star-Telegram
8/27/2025Montana Tech to host 2025 Energy and Critical Materials Summit Montana Technological University
8/29/2025University of Texas at Austin; Alternative carbon carrier technology could improve oil production - and carbon storage tooEnergy Weekly News; Fort Worth Star-Telegram
July
7/1/2025Coal Ash Holds Unexpected Wealth in Rare Earth ElementsOil Price; Yahoo! Singapore web News
7/1/2025University of Texas Austin Details Findings in Environmental Impact
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7/7/2025The 89th Legislature Delivered for All TexansGeorgetown View
7/11/2025Studies from University of Texas Austin Reveal New Findings on Applied Sciences Science Letter
7/11/2025Carbon sequestration and the Mahomet Aquifer: scientists break down what you need to knowIPM News
7/18/2025Recent Research from University of Texas Austin Highlight Findings in EnergyEnergy Weekly News; Energy Daily News
7/22/2025The University of Texas at Austin - VIDEO: “Texas In Depth” – Lorena Moscardelli and UT’s Bureau of Economic GeologyScience, Education and Non-profit Organizations News via PUBT; News Bites; US Fed News; UT News
7/23/2025Texas startups make products from the carbon in fossil fuels News from the States; The Texas Tribune; Inside Climate News; Green Source DFW
7/28/2025Michael Young Named 2025 Halbouty Distinguished LecturerTexas Geosciences; UT News
7/31/2025Texas Island in Corpus Christi Bay Boasts Serene Coves and WildlifeWe3Travel.com
June
6/2/2025PMDD signs historic 110-megawatt geothermal power purchase term sheetGulf Oil & Gas (Egypt)
6/13/2025Groundwater in the Colorado River basin won't run out — but eventually we won’t be able to get at it, scientists warnLive Science; MSN UK
6/23/2025Energy at UT NewsUT Energy Bulletin
6/23/2025Governor Abbott Appoints Hussenoeder To TexNet Technical Advisory CommitteeOffice of the Texas Governor; Hoodline; Dallas Express; Targeted News Service; Mena Report; TendersInfo - News; States News Service; Yahoo! News; Al Bawaba Business
6/25/2025Rare earth minerals discovered on Brewster County ranch The Big Bend Sentinel
6/26/2025Major bills Greg Abbott vetoed, from Texas' THC ban to summer food programsHouston Chronicle
6/26/2025University of Texas Austin Details Findings in Environmental Impact (Lithium Supply Chains: Environmental Impacts and Trade-offs Analysis Using Life Cycle Assessment and Multi-criteria Decision Making)Ecology Daily News; Daily Asia Business
6/30/2025Oil majors turn to lithium in diversification pushKallanish Power Materials Weekly
6/30/2025Trafficking, teacher bills among those Abbott axedAustin American-Statesman
6/30/2025How a Volcano Shaped the South Texas LandscapeTexas Highways
May
5/1/2025Switch Energy Alliance is Raising ‘Energy IQ,’ Fighting Energy Poverty at URTeC AAPG Explorer
5/5/2025Rare earth element extraction tech may give US a new edge in China trade warT-SPAN
5/5/2025Swarm of earthquakes rocks Texas with largest nearly 4 magnitudeDaily Mail; NewsBreak US; MSN NZ; capitalcitydaily.com
5/15/2025Texas Railroad Commission shuts down defiant oilfield operation after West Texas earthquakeHouston Chronicle; MSN.com
5/16/2025Mining and rare earth minerals: A mining and minerals giantSite Selection
5/20/2025New Research Program Promotes Sustainable Data Center Growth in TexasTexas GeoSciences
5/20/2025The United States Energy Association (USEA) - DiscussionDC Daybook; The Washington Daybook
5/27/2025Hidden TreasuresTexas Highways
5/28/2025UT Austin Researching Energy Options for Growing Data CentersPublic CIO; Star-Telegram WebNews; Government Technology
5/28/2025PMDD signs historic 110-megawatt geothermal power purchase term sheet The Big Bend Sentinel; Gulf Oil & Gas; Renewable Energy Magazine
5/30/2025Exceed GeoEnergy Signs 110-MW Geothermal PPA with Presidio, TexasEnergy Monitor Worldwide; Contify Energy News; Think GeoEnergy
April
4/1/2025Groundwater gains show Arizona's policies are working, yet climate risks still threaten water supplyPhys.org; Science Daily; Smart Water Magazine
4/4/2025Growing Central Texas preparing for water needsRound Rock Leader
4/9/2025Shell starts production at Dover field in US Gulf, the second tieback to Appomattox hubPlatts Gas Daily
4/18/2025UT’s Oldest Research Institution Focused on Oil Gets a New LeaderThe Austin Chronicle
4/22/2025Earthquake or Something Else?The GeoScientist
4/25/2025Texas rocked by earthquake swarm in less than five hoursDaily Mail; fidaily.news; KLAX.news; Clear Story News; bayoucitycrier.com; NewsBreak-US
4/11/2025Jackson School of Geosciences Researchers Publish New Studies and Findings in the Area of Environmental Science (Multidecadal drought impacts on the Lower Colorado Basin with implications for future management)Ecology, Environment & Conservation; Ecology Daily News
4/11/2025Data on Geology Described by Researchers at University of Texas Austin [The Role of Refluxing Deep Hypersaline Brines and Evaporite Precipitation Dynamics In the Castile Formation and Marginal Carbonate Strata (Delaware Basin, Usa)]Science Letter; NewsRx Science Daily
4/17/2025$8.4 Billion Cache of Rare Earth Elements Discovered in AmericaManchester Times; Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
4/18/2025University of Texas Austin Researchers Detail Research in Earth Sciences (Diagenesis is key to unlocking outcrop fracture data suitable for quantitative extrapolation to geothermal targets)Science Letter; Health & Medicine Daily
4/25/2025UT Austin and NTOU Partner on Taiwan GeothermalThinkGeoEnergy, Newsbase Daily News; Asia Power Monitor Today; World-Energy
March
3/1/2025Mars ‘Square Structure’ Fuels Renewed Interest in Aliens, AstrogeologyAAPG Explorer
3/3/2025UT Names New Leader of Bureau of Economic GeologyJSG News; The Daily Texan; UT Austin News; US Fed News; University Wire
3/5/2025The Texas Hydrogen Industry Needs Water, New Study Provides Details on How MuchJSG News; Hydrogen Central; Circle of Blue; Life Science Weekly; ScienceMag Science Magazine; The Globe; Climate Change Daily News; Enerzine; Energy Capital HTX
3/7/2025Inside the fight over what — and who — is causing earthquakes near Texas oilfieldsHouston Chronicle
3/9/2025Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces GLO's Coastal Management Program Grant Cycle 30 Funding AwardsUS Official News
3/10/2025Boomtown tremors: the link between oil production and earthquakes in TexasKXAN
3/10/2025Opinion: Carbon Capture Scale Up Brings New Problems to the MidwestThe Good Men Project
3/14/2025Lorena Moscardelli Makes History as First Female Director of Texas Geological SurveyThe Way Ahead
3/17/2025$8.4 Billion: Enormous Cache of Rare Earth Elements Discovered in AmericaSciTechDaily; The Daily Galaxy; Newstex Blogs; MSN.com; Coal News; OilPrice.com
3/17/2025Energy @ UTNewsUT Energy Bulletin
3/17/2025Central Texas towns, counties prepare for water demand amid growthAustin American-Statesman; Lake Travis View
3/18/2025Interim Jackson School Dean and USGS Director Chip Groat Passes AwayUTAustin News
3/18/2025Fracking makes the Texas oil and gas industry possible; it may also be harming the stateKTSM 9 News
3/24/2025New Energy Conversion and Management Findings from University of Texas Austin Discussed (Enabling Low-carbon/low-cost Electrified Ammonia Decomposition Reaction for Hydrogen Supply Applications: a Multi-step Assessment Approach)Global Warming Focus; Climate Change Daily News
3/29/2025U.S COAL ASH LANDFILLS HOLD ENOUGH RARE EARTHS TO BOOST RESERVES EIGHTFOLDImpact News Service
3/31/2025Study Shows Groundwater Gains in Arizona Yet Climate Risks Still Threaten Water SupplyJSG News; Science Daily; UR All News
February
2/6/2025Why oil and gas companies want state oversight for carbon dioxide injectionThe Texas Tribune
2/7/2025Expert reaction to Public Accounts Committee report on Carbon Capture, Usage, and Storage (CCUS) Technologies Science Media Centre; ForeignAffairs.co.nz
2/10/2025Number One Element: Geologic HydrogenAlaskaBusiness
2/11/2025Delay in Federal Permits Hinders Texas Oil Companies' Carbon Capture ProjectsInsurance Journal
2/12/2025E & Ps’ Subsurface Wizardry Transforming Geothermal, Lithium, HydrogenHart Energy
2/13/2025Texas could be Trump’s one clean energy bright spot—as oil drillers turn to geothermal Fast Company
2/18/2025Texas rocked by major earthquake after experiencing three others in less than 12 hoursDaily Mail; MailOnline; Internewscast Journal
2/19/2025Quakes raise concern in already-geologically stressed Culberson CountyMidland Reporter-Telegram
2/20/2025A West Texas pipeline explosion was reported minutes after an earthquake. Here's what to knowHouston Chronicle; La Prensa de Houston; The Courier of Montgomery County
2/20/2025Minister of Environment of the State of Japan - CCS International SymposiumGlobal Government News and Documents
2/20/2025German Cement Works Association (VDZ) 9th International Congress: Decarbonization, digitalization and energy efficiency were key topicsZKG International
2/21/2025UT-Austin researchers ordered to halt work due to Trump ordersAustin American-Statesman
2/24/2025Energy at UT NewsUT Energy Bulletin
2/24/2025HETI Members Drive Key Discussions at CERAWeek 2025Greater Houston Partnership
2/26/2025The Energy Choices We Face and the Tradeoffs Too Many Wish to IgnoreSubstack
2/26/2025Carbon Capture Scale Up Brings New Problems to the MidwestUndark
January
1/1/2025Immersive Experience: VR Revolutionizing Oil Workflows Journal of Petroleum Technology
1/2/2025Stratos and Microsoft: A green dream or a PR disaster in the making?Techfinitive
1/3/2025UT Researchers Find Key Ingredient for Phones and Other Tech in Coal AshAustin Chronicle
1/11/2025A Look at BEG’s Center for Injection and Seismicity ResearchAAPG Exploprer
1/11/2025Understanding Induced SeismicityAAPG Exploprer
1/13/2025Houston-area middle schoolers to learn about carbon capture through new grassroots initiativeHouston Public Media
1/17/2025UT Joins Forces with Industry for Legislative Report on Texas’ Hydrogen FutureIndia Education Diary
1/17/2025University of Texas Austin Researcher Yields New Findings on Machine Learning (Photoelectric Factor Characterization of a Mixed Carbonate and Siliciclastic System Using Machine-Learning Methods: Pennsylvanian Canyon and Strawn Reef SystemsChemicals & Chemistry; Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News
1/17/2025Study Results from University of Texas Austin in the Area of Geoscience Published (The Effects of Facies Variability and Bioturbation Intensity on Permeability in a Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Core from the Upper Strawn Group, Katz FieldScience Letter; Science Daily
1/23/2025Texas Groundwater Protection Committee calls on state Legislature to conserve statewide groundwater resourcesThe Daily Texan; U-Wire
1/29/2025Energy at UTNewsUT Energy Bulletin

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