I’m an energy and climate analyst with over a decade of experience studying the fossil-fuel industry and the stakes of the energy transition.

I’m the Associate Director at Global Energy Monitor, an international nonprofit, based out of San Francisco, California. I hold a Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University, and held fellowships with the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming and the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado.

I’ve written essays and provided commentary for a number of popular outlets, including the Washington Post, TIME, the Economist, The Progressive, Sydney Morning Herald, Times of India, South China Morning Post, and elsewhere. In 2025, I’m publishing my first book on coal development in the Powder River Basin.

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I co-hosted a podcast about the American West for the New Books Network and regularly speak with interviewers.

Black Snake with Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys
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Carbon County USA with Christian Wright
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Our History is the Future with Nick Estes
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Copper Stain with Elaine Hampton and Cynthia Ontiveros
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American Zion with Betsy Gaines Quammen
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Port of Missing Men with Aaron Goings
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Race and the West with Laura J. Arata
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Imagining Seattle with Serin Houston
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Beyond the Rebel Girl with Heather Mayer
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Empire of Timber with Erik Loomis
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Red Meat Republic with Joshua Specht
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Chemical Lands with David Vail
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Subduction with Kristen Millares Young
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Assembling the Dinosaur with Lukas Rieppel
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