Jason Scorse, director of the Institute’s Center for the Blue Economy and David Helvarg, executive director of Blue Frontier, argue that sanctioning Russia’s oil and natural gas exports is crucial to the U.S. response to the crisis in Ukraine.
As the world witnesses Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. has been reluctant to sanction Russia’s fossil fuel exports, which are the core of the Russian economy.
Jason Scorse, program chair of International Environmental Policy and Director of the Center for the Blue Economy, as well as Center for the Blue Economy Senior Fellow David Helvarg recently co-authored an article published in the San Francisco Chronicle. In the article, Scorse and Helvarg write that the U.S. should sanction Russia’s natural gas exports and wean itself off oil and natural gas in order to support Ukraine.
Master of Arts in International Environmental Policy
Center for the Blue Economy
Jason Scorse
David Helvarg
Middlebury Institute’s Anna Vassilieva provided commentary to the Boston Herald about the Russia-Ukraine crisis and escalating tensions among the United States, European countries, and Russia.
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Director of the Center for the Blue Economy Dr. Jason Scorse contributed to a new report on ocean-based climate solutions published by the Economist Group.
International Environmental Policy professor Jeff Langholz recently was interviewed by KSBW Action News 8 about the Colorado Fire, the Central Coast’s first winter wildfire in recorded history.
