Department of Agricultural Economics: Undergraduate Research
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
2023
Sound energy could change the world, Tyler Bugiel
Navigating the Green Skies: Why SAF is the Wrong Path to Take, Cameron Cannon
Why We Should Have More Walkable Cities, Alexander Huddleston
The Essential Role of Fossil Fuels in Combating Climate Change, Ivye Meyer
Eminent Domain: Unconstitutional, Unjust, and Unnecessary, Ashley Norris
2022
Stop Methane Emissions, Jacob Anderson
Nuclear Energy, Evan Detina
Carbon Capture is not Climate Action, Bella Devney
Puerto Rico Left in the Dark, Again, Eulices Garcia
Bridgeport Poised to be Site of Nebraska’s Next Environmental Catastrophe, Kjersten Hyberger
Why energy efficiency is needed in Rwanda, Jean Ishinzibigwi
New natural gas pipeline benefits Europe and Africa, Victor Moreno Lozano
ARE ELECTRIC CARS A SOLUTION IN RWANDA?, Elysee Ndayishimiye
Big Blue Wind Project: Why Solar May Be a Better Solution for Nebraska's Energy Future than Wind, Page Nippert
2021
30 by 30, LaRon Core
It's About Time Nebraska Ditches Coal, Riley Johnson
Solar Panels: Are Aesthetics More Important Than the Environment?, Madison Kinkaid
Rwanda to phase out polluting vehicles by 2040, an efficient strategy to mitigate global warming effects?, Josue Kwizera
The EICDA: What is it, and Why is it Right for Nebraska?, Samantha Markus
Biden’s “Blue” Hydrogen Plan is not the Answer, Ryan Martz
“Developing Nations Should Not Rush to Renewable Energies”, Alisson Ntwali
Loss and Damage: The $100 billion promise ‘the leaders’ failed to keep, Abbie Williams
2020
Save the Tax Break, Megan Bilstein
Nebraska’s Need for a Renewable Standard Portfolio, Trevor Cutsor
Public Power’s Addiction to Coal, Drew Havens
The U.S. should rejoin the Paris Agreement. Moral, economic, and political reasons why rejoining Paris Agreement is right, Libert Niyonkuru
Climate Change in Rwanda, Mig Shyaka
Lincoln’s brightest policy on solar energy, Jerin TeKolste
Heigh-Ho, They Blow, Husker Balloons Have Got to Go, Zowie Vincent
2019
The Wind Energy Adaptation of Nebraska, Samuel Bogert
Wind is the First Step to Winning, Martin Brannaman
Don’t Give up on Nuclear Energy, Daniel Gertner
PEOPLE AND PLANET FIRST—time permitting, Jennifer Gilbert
Answering Global Warming’s Hottest Debate: A Better Way to Tax Carbon, Saleh Husseini
Is more investment needed in Solar & Biogas Energy Sources in Rwanda?, Herve Christian Kabanda
The Dirty Clean Fuel, Sawyer Krivanek
Making renewables profitable for Lincoln Electrical System, Jack Mensinger
Positive Points of Bernie's Green New Deal, Bailey Mullins
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, Pascal Ntaganda
Facts, Not Feelings, Gannon Rush
Subsidize or Suffer, Dallas Smith
Neglecting a Wind Energy Portfolio Leaves Nebraska Behind Its Neighbors, Conner Vokoun
2018
Social Change for a Global Problem, Isabella Catalano
Recycling Just got More Expensive. Can it be Done Better?, Zachery Homolka
Why the Endangered Species Act Shouldn’t be Endangered, Ryan Kendall
Why Lincoln Needs to get Ahead of the Emerald Ash Borer Outbreak, Bryce Meyer
Nebraska’s Public Power is Proof that Renewables are (Literally) in the Public’s Best Interest, Jacob Monti
“Renewable Energy Implementation”, William Newcomb
Looking at the True Costs of Environmental Degradation, Zachery Sehnert
Wave Energy in America, Chris Sukstorf
“On-Bill Financing: A Bright Idea for Nebraska”, Lauren Taylor
Lift on E15 Ban: Should Nebraskan Farmers be Cheering?, Samantha Wattier
2017
Fossil Fuel Subsidies in America, Jackson Cutsor
GMO Regulations are Killing Biofuels, Megan Franklin
Palm Oil: The Hidden Costs, Rachel Goehring
The Tax That Will Actually Do Something Is Not In The Current Bill, Steven Kirchner
Energy Star Tax Holiday Simply Advertising Gimmick, Lauren Klaasmeyer
Lithium-Ion Batteries: It’s Not About the Lithium., Jace Kranau
Anaerobic Digestion in Nebraska, Anthony Leapley
Recent increase in deadly storms, Westin Longacre
Eliminate the Carbon Externality, Connor Mcfayden
How Innovative Companies Gain from a Cap and Trade Agreement, Lucian Montgomery
Wind is Nebraska’s Future, With or Without the Clean Power Plan, Megan Pamperin
A Forgotten Resource: Thorium, Daniel Rico
Cardboard ban is an investment opportunity, John Schwaninger
Building Our Way to a Better Future, Brad Shaner
Recycling Clean Energy, Amanda Vaughn
The Fossil Fuel Energy Industry vs. The Endangered Species Act, Cody Willnerd
Crop Productivity in the Ag Belt on Borrowed Time, Logan Winters
2016
The Clean Power Plan and How it Will Change History, Abbie Andersen
LES To Increase Fixed Price, Nathan Blazek
A Dynamic Power Grid for a Dynamic Age Introducing LES to a pricing mechanism that assesses demand, and changes every hour, Marvin Christopher Cunningham
The Great Plains: America’s Carbon Vault, William Davidson
Why we should keep worrying about the atomic bomb, Eric Davis
Independent Energy, Ian Hall
Solar, why not?, Emily Hergenrader
Willingness to Pay Today for a Cleaner Tomorrow, Yukihira Naoe
Fracking Chill, Nick Nardone
Trump is right, except for a “small” detail, Lucas Palamim
Is Nebraska Really “The Good Life”?, Sarah Porath
Calculating the Methan-matics of Our Future, Victoria Salinas
Fossil Fuel Subsides Will Keep the US in the Stone Age, Alexander Stejskal
Stop Fighting It Nebraska: Clean Energy is Here to Stay, Nicholas Underwood
2015
U.S. Vehicle Efficiency Standards, Derek Baylog
The Clean Power Plan Needs to be a Law, Mitchell Frischmeyer
Energy Subsidies and the Future of Power, Christian Jewett
When Addressing Climate Change, Don’t Forget Animal Agriculture, Aaron Matzke
Incentives Critical to Full Wind Power Potential in Nebraska, Michael Neale
Confusing CAFE Standards, Logan Neal
The Tax of the Century, Anna Wistrom
Making Walkable Communities, Katie Zuehlke
2014
Why Keystone Pipeline XL Construction Doesn’t Matter Either Way, Melissa Allen
Potential Biogas production on livestock operations, Mariana Baia
Great economic growth versus sustainability., Maria Brandao
Say No to Natural Gas, Alex Bruening
Iowa does it better: Necessary role model needed to up Nebraska’s poor recycling diversion rates, Brian Burris
One Tragedy, One Action, Amy Fosler
Nuclear Power Gateway to a Sustainable Energy Sector, Tyler Glewwe
Corn Ethanol, A Bad Idea, Taylor Hackbart
A Call for Congressional Climate Action, Calvin Harman