February 18, 2026 · 29 min · Season 1 · Episode 71
About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of legal scholarship in energy technology development with experts from the JOULE research group.
In this episode of Energy Frontier: The Wyoming Landscape, Dr. Erin Phillips, Acting Senior Director of Research at the School of Energy Resources, sits down with legal scholars Tara Righetti and Scarlett Forrest in SER’s Jurisprudence of Underground Law and Energy (JOULE) research group to talk about why the accompanying legal scholarship is so critical in emerging energy technology development and opportunities, and delve into a prime example, spent fuel storage.
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Erin Phillips
Guests: Tara Righetti, Scarlett Forrest
Topics covered
energy technology
legal scholarship
spent fuel storage
interdisciplinary research
emerging energy opportunities
Keywords
energy
law
research
technology
spent fuel
JOULE
interdisciplinary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: School of Energy Resources, Jurisprudence of Underground Law and Energy (JOULE)
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