{"id":140,"date":"2014-01-26T19:16:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T19:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:42:14","slug":"career-overview-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentions in the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Mentions in the Media<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\">The oil and gas industry \u201cloves crises from an economic standpoint, but also to force policy changes,\u201d said Justin Mikulka, an energy industry analyst and communications director at the environmental watchdog group, Oilfield Witness. The global economics of the LNG market\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/powering-the-planet.ghost.io\/lng-update-a-rising-tide-sinks-all-boats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">do not support investing<\/a>\u00a0in more U.S. gas exports, \u201cso this is an emergency situation for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmog.com\/2026\/03\/25\/as-war-on-iran-continues-a-european-climate-law-could-be-at-risk\/\"><em>Desmog<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\">\u201cThe Permian is a methane disaster,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/yaleclimateconnections.org\/2025\/11\/how-satellites-can-help-us-find-and-clean-up-methane-super-polluters\/\">Mikulka said.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yaleclimateconnections.org\/2025\/11\/how-satellites-can-help-us-find-and-clean-up-methane-super-polluters\/\"><em>Yale Climate Connections<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Mikulka<\/a>\u00a0from Oilfield Witness explains that for decades nothing has been done to avoid gas venting because, in many cases, the potential revenues from capturing, transporting and processing the gas don\u2019t justify the capital expense required to build this infrastructure. \u201cThe industry in the US and Canada has made it very clear that they do not care about climate or the environment if it cuts into profits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-11.30.43-AM-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1627 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-11.30.43-AM-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-11.30.43-AM-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-11.30.43-AM-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-11.30.43-AM-1536x634.png 1536w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-11.30.43-AM.png 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 49%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>To unpack these critical questions, we\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/199-the-lng-mirage-oct25\/id1439197083?i=1000731528867\">invited Justin Mikulka <\/a>to explore what he calls the \u201cLNG Mirage.\u201d He\u2019ll walk us through hard-hitting facts and trends that investors are currently overlooking. At events like CERAWeek and Gastech, the fossil fuel industry often seems to talk only to itself \u2014 echoing reassurances while ignoring warning signs. But winter is coming.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/redefining-energy-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1626 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/redefining-energy-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/redefining-energy-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/redefining-energy-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/redefining-energy.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 29%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billmckibben.substack.com\">From Bill McKibben:<\/a> &#8220;To understand why the White House is quite so frantic, reflect that their buddies in the oil patch know their only possible source of growth is exporting liquefied natural gas to the rest of the world, and as Justin Mikulka&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/powering-the-planet.ghost.io\/as-solar-dominates-the-sun-sets-on-the-lng-boom\/\">writes<\/a>&nbsp;that\u2019s looking increasingly problematic. The whole piece is well worth reading&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-tf-not-load=\"1\" title=\"#233 \u201cThe Methane Backdoor: Is Europe Undermining Its Green Deal to appease Trump?\u201d (EN)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3vuhqv6uCL0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe know the Permian is one of the worst hotspots for oil and gas methane emissions globally,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmog.com\/2025\/05\/28\/green-goals-dirty-fuel-europe-fertiliser-industry-shale-yara\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.desmog.com\/2025\/05\/28\/green-goals-dirty-fuel-europe-fertiliser-industry-shale-yara\/\">says Mikulka.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-at-12.49.13\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1577 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-at-12.49.13\u202fPM.png 578w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-at-12.49.13\u202fPM-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 43%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelongstory.substack.com\/p\/the-best-longform-journalism-we-consumed-f7d\">The Oil Industry\u2019s Big Bluff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The oil companies know that much of their future profits will need to go toward cleaning up their drilling sites, so they&#8217;re trying to cash out now, basically by borrowing against those future profits and distributing the money as dividends. The idea is that they&#8217;ll all just eventually declare bankruptcy, leaving the government \u2014 ie taxpayers \u2014 to pay for all the cleanup. [<a href=\"https:\/\/powering-the-planet.ghost.io\/the-oil-industrys-big-bluff\/\">Powering the Planet<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-08-at-6.29.36\u202fAM-1024x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1553 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-08-at-6.29.36\u202fAM-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-08-at-6.29.36\u202fAM-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-08-at-6.29.36\u202fAM-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-08-at-6.29.36\u202fAM.png 1526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/billmckibben.substack.com\/p\/we-interrupt-the-ongoing-crisis-for\">The Crucial Years:<\/a> &#8220;The head of the Saudi state oil company is insisting that the renewable energy transition is failing. But they\u2019re also investing heavily in\u2026renewable energy. As Justin Mikulka points out, something has to keep the cash flowing so that Saudi princes can buy soccer teams and golf leagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-8.22.36\u202fAM-1024x269.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1542 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-8.22.36\u202fAM-1024x269.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-8.22.36\u202fAM-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-8.22.36\u202fAM-768x202.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-8.22.36\u202fAM-1536x403.png 1536w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-8.22.36\u202fAM.png 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Despite this, U.S. oil majors have not written down or retired Permian assets or otherwise disclosed assumptions about project breakevens in their SEC filings. Instead, as analyst&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/rG70X\/https:\/\/powering-the-planet.ghost.io\/the-media-is-helping-spread-oil-industry-myths-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Mikulka<\/a>&nbsp;has shown, they have effectively used the media to disseminate an unsupported claim that their Permian assets will be among the world\u2019s low-cost producers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-26-at-2.06.41-PM-1-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1480 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-26-at-2.06.41-PM-1-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-26-at-2.06.41-PM-1-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-26-at-2.06.41-PM-1-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-26-at-2.06.41-PM-1.png 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Seb Kennedy is a must read on LNG markets. If you want to sign up for my newsletter he recommends, you can do that for free right here. <a href=\"https:\/\/powering-the-planet.ghost.io\/#\/portal\/signup\">https:\/\/powering-the-planet.ghost.io\/#\/portal\/signup<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-03-at-7.22.09-AM-2-1024x263.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1463 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-03-at-7.22.09-AM-2-1024x263.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-03-at-7.22.09-AM-2-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-03-at-7.22.09-AM-2-768x197.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-03-at-7.22.09-AM-2.png 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>And, Justin Mikulka in \u201cGreat News for Clean Power and Storage\u201d at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2024\/5\/14\/2240624\/-Great-News-for-Clean-Power-and-Storage\"><em>The Daily Kos<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;can probably relate as much as anybody and perhaps understands more than most. He writes: \u201cThere is a lot of great news in the clean energy space. We have the tools and technologies we need to transition to clean energy and eliminate carbon dioxide and methane emissions. That said, it isn\u2019t enough yet. Emissions are still rising, including the potent greenhouse gas methane, and climate impacts are getting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/persistent-brazil-floods-raise-specter-climate-migration-2024-05-13\/\">impossible to ignore<\/a>. We need to get our politicians to do a lot more, a lot faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I second that.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-11.04.52-AM-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1444 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-11.04.52-AM-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-11.04.52-AM-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-11.04.52-AM-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-11.04.52-AM-1536x587.png 1536w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-11.04.52-AM.png 1642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Justin Mikulka<\/strong>&nbsp;writes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/flight.beehiiv.net\/v2\/clicks\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5saW5rZWRpbi5jb20vcHVsc2UvYmlkZW4tYWRtaW4tc2hvdWxkLXNjcmFwLXBsYW5zLWJ1cm4taHlkcm9nZW4tcG93ZXItanVzdGluLW1pa3Vsa2EtbnRqcGUvP3RyYWNraW5nSWQ9YVlpOE9PUEklMkZXRiUyRkJNNzBhQmdpalElM0QlM0QiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoiODEzMzkzOWMtYWMwZi00MjY1LTg3NmUtNzYwNmI2OTEzMjYzIiwicHVibGljYXRpb25faWQiOiIyMzE5ZWRhOS1kNmFjLTRkZWItOWRlYS0zZTU4NjAyYjNhNTIiLCJ2aXNpdF90b2tlbiI6IjA5YjVjOWJmLWJlZDAtNDdmOC05Zjk1LWU5MGNjODU2NzYxMiIsImlhdCI6MTcxMzg5MjgyMSwiaXNzIjoib3JjaGlkIn0.tigDjS5OsjSgIhV-CBVxLmlArzUwGadwHewRU7X-KgE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how great it is that the Biden administration is considering scrapping its plans&nbsp;<\/a>to encourage natural gas plants to burn hydrogen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-1.35.56-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1426 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-1.35.56-PM.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-1.35.56-PM-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-1.35.56-PM-768x317.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Justin Mikulka is a great reporter who&#8217;s been on the energy beat for more than a decade and this piece draws attention to the incredibly important point that in addition to using the atmosphere as its dumping ground, the fossil fuel industry uses the literal earth as its dumping ground too, leaving taxpayers to clean up the mess of abandoned and idle wells that dot the country.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/drilled.ghost.io\/whats-wrong-with-the-fossil-fuel-industrys-climate-solutions\/\"> Amy Westervelt, Drilled<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-6.23.07-AM-1024x261.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1378 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-6.23.07-AM-1024x261.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-6.23.07-AM-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-6.23.07-AM-768x196.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-6.23.07-AM.png 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\u201cWhile the trains are still burning, they\u2019re rebuilding the rails,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/accountability\/train-derailments-business-usual-railroad-industry\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/accountability\/train-derailments-business-usual-railroad-industry\/\">Mikulka told Grist<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s again an excellent example of how they put profit over public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-10-at-12.59.51-PM-1024x516.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1320 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-10-at-12.59.51-PM-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-10-at-12.59.51-PM-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-10-at-12.59.51-PM-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-10-at-12.59.51-PM-1536x774.png 1536w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-10-at-12.59.51-PM-2048x1032.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Getting the world to use blue hydrogen made from natural gas gives the oil and gas industry a way to lock in decades of natural gas demand via blue hydrogen,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/gasoutlook.com\/analysis\/why-is-the-oil-industry-hyping-blue-hydrogen\/\">Mikulka said.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-10.56.23-AM-1024x638.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1269 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-10.56.23-AM-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-10.56.23-AM-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-10.56.23-AM-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-10.56.23-AM-1536x957.png 1536w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-12-at-10.56.23-AM.png 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was on Democracy Now to discuss my Intercept op-ed on the need for the U.S. to build a green steel industry and stop relying on imports from Russia and Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-tf-not-load=\"1\" title=\"As Ukraine War Disrupts Steel Imports, Will U.S. Break Free from Dirty Steel?\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GYzb_0pLhzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/09\/13\/blueleaks-railroad-industry-oil-environmental-journalist-terrorist\/\">The Intercept writes <\/a>about how the rail lobbying group (Association of American Railroads) targeted me and my work and submitted it to security agencies. The truth is apparently a real threat to them.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"http:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.11-AM-1024x541.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.11-AM-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.11-AM-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.11-AM-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.11-AM-1536x811.png 1536w, https:\/\/justinmikulka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.11-AM.png 1826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My articles and op-eds have also appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/methanes-climate-crisis-needs-more-than-satellites-to-stop-emissions\/\">Scientific American<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/17740\/for-fercs-sake-regulate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In These Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/04\/19\/russia-steel-pig-iron-green-energy\/\">The Intercept<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmog.com\/user\/justin-mikulka\/\">DeSmog,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drillednews.com\/post\/bankers-and-investors-finding-fracking-industry-s-underlying-models-prove-overly-optimistic\">Drilled News,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/keep-it-in-the-ground-2540389052.html\">EcoWatch,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearmarkets.com\/2020\/08\/14\/the_bakken_boom_goes_bust_541941.html\">Real Clear Markets,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/author\/itemlist\/user\/49724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Truthout<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/energypost.eu\/author\/justin-mikulka\/\">Energy Post (Europe<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationofchange.org\/author\/justin-mikulka\/\">) and Nation of Change<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> mikulka@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentions in the Media The oil and gas industry \u201cloves crises from an economic standpoint, but also to force policy changes,\u201d said Justin Mikulka, an energy industry analyst and communications director at the environmental watchdog group, Oilfield Witness. 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