Books
The Presidents And The Planet:
Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush
The Presidents and the Planet was released on August 5, 2024. For more information, see the LSU Press Fall Catalog, Amazon, or your favorite bookstore.
Energy Crises -
Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s
Energy Crises provided fresh perspectives on the domestic and international ramifications of energy challenges during a critical decade.
A Declaration of Energy Independence
A Declaration of Energy Independence offered a viable plan to curb American dependence on foreign oil.
News
Join Jay at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, March 27-29, 2025.
On November 14, Jay keynoted Tulane University’s Future of Energy Forum 2024.
The Louisiana Book Festival added Jay to its lineup for this year’s November 2 event.
Public television station WNET included an interview on The Presidents and the Planet in its October series “Voices for Change: Democracy and Climate Action.”
On October 9, Jay finished his San Diego schedule with a lecture, “Roger Revelle’s Genius in La Jolla and the Wider World," part of the Celebration Series for the 60th Anniversary of The Colleges of the UC San Diego.
On October 7, Jay began three days in San Diego, the birthplace of modern climate science, with a campus-wide talk at the UC San Diego library. The next night, he appeared at the iconic Warwick’s bookstore.
Errol Laborde’s podcast “Louisiana Insider” of September 26 discussed The Presidents and the Planet.
Jay’s take on “Electric Vehicles and Election Consequences” appeared in Real Clear Energy on September 18, 2024.
A book signing at New Orleans’ Octavia Books hosted Jay on September 5.
Tom Raftery’s interviewed Jay about November’s presidential election on his internationally popular podcast “Climate Confident” on September 4, 2024.
View Jay and other guests on Peggy Scott Laborde’s lively guide to New Orleans culture, “Steppin’ Out,” on WYES-TV. The initial airing was Thursday, August 29.
On August 27, the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast, with host energy journalist extraordinaire Bill Loveless, featured Jay in a discussion of “The Untold History of Climate Change Science and Politics.”
On August 12, A Capella Books and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library hosted an in-person discussion of Jay’s latest book, The Presidents and the Planet. Later that week, Jay traveled to the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The LSU Press fall 2024 catalog announced the August publication of Jay’s new book, The Presidents and the Planet: Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush.
Jay delivered a University of Southern Mississippi (USM) University Forum lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at the USM Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach.
Real Clear Energy published Jay’s “Energy Independence and Presidential Politics.” June 2, 2023.
Jay joined the leadoff panel at the Nixon National Energy Conference held at the Nixon Presidential Library on April 18, 2023.
Rebecca Leber at Vox wrote about Jimmy Carter’s impact on energy efficiency. March 29, 2023.
The Institute for Energy Efficiency at the University of California Santa Barbara hosted Jay for two lectures on March 9, 2023.
Jay talked about Jimmy Carter’s energy policy legacy with Bill Loveless on the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast on February 28, 2023.
Jay spoke in Golden, Colorado, on April 27, 2022, at an energy symposium sponsored by the Colorado School of Mines and Carnegie-Mellon University.
Heather Richards cited Jay in her E&E New Energy Wire story “What the 1970s Teaches about Today’s Energy Crisis.” April 12, 2022.
Ghida Fakhry of Turkish Radio and Television interviewed Jay about gasoline prices and U.S. energy policy. April 6, 2022.
Canada’s CTV News talked with Jay about President Biden’s release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. April 1, 2022.
At the Washington Post, Steve Mufson and Amber Phillips featured comments from Jay about President Biden’s announcement of a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. April 1, 2022.
In the New York Times, Catrin Einhorn and Lisa Friedman analyzed the potential for U.S. energy conservation, with historical perspectives by Jay. March 18, 2022.
Akshat Rathi and John Ainger interviewed Jay for their March 8 article “How to Persuade Europeans to Shun Russian Fossil Fuels” in Bloomberg Green.
Library Journal ranked Energy Crises as an academic best-seller in environmental sciences. March 2022.
Steve Mufson’s “How the Invasion of Ukraine Scrambles U.S. Energy Policies” in the Washington Post included an interview with Jay. February 25, 2022.
Lois Parshley interviewed Jay for her New York Times article “Predictions Favored Solar Over Wind Power. What Went Wrong?” January 20, 2022.
Eric Roston at Bloomberg Green put Energy Crises on his list of essential climate change books for 2021, December 7, 2021.
Jay chatted with Rochester News 8 meteorologist James Gilbert about weather, climate, and the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, August 14, 2021.
Jonathan Alter, author of this year’s His Very Best - Jimmy Carter a Life, provided an insider’s view of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s 75th wedding anniversary, July 11, 2021.
“Climate Change is a Global Challenge that Requires a Global Perspective,” The Hill, July 12, 2021.
The AMSE Cast from the American Museum of Science and Industry, June 14, 2021.
The American POTUS podcast features Energy Crises, May 24, 2022.
Jay took questions on his new book at the Gerald Ford Presidential Foundation, Library, and Museum, a virtual event, May 19, 2021.
C-SPAN2’s Book TV covers Jay’s event at the Carter Presidential Library, May 16, 2021.
Veteran energy journalist Bill Loveless talked with Jay about his new book for the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast, April 6, 2021.
A Cappella Books/Carter Presidential Library Author Event. Historian Steve Hochman interviewed Jay on his new book, April 5, 2021. (Archived event.)
Launch date for new book Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970s, April 1, 2021.
Editor Aaron Larson’s interview with Jay for Power magazine on lessons of 1970s energy crises, including the Three Mile Island accident, March 25, 2021.
Jay’s historical perspective on climate in “Is Climate Change an Unstoppable Freight Train or a Ship about to Turn?” in The Hill, March 22, 2021.
The Hill published Jay’s article “Will Biden Allow Too Much or Too Little Drilling?” March 15, 2021.
Published article “Challenges for Climate Candidates and Climate Voters” on Real Clear Energy – the fourth of the year in RCE providing historical perspective on current issues, September 2019.
Keynote speaker for Carnegie-Mellon University’s gigantic and always stimulating Energy Week, run by super organizer Anna Siefken, March 2019.
Testimony on “The Foundations of Modern Energy Policy” before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, chaired by Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. Where should the United States invest its energy research dollars? February 7, 2019.
Speaker, Dedication of Solar Farm on Land of Jimmy Carter, Plains, GA, February 8, 2017.
Valuable Web Sites
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is the world’s leading source for nonpartisan, high quality, and readily available information and analysis.
The Columbia Energy Exchange podcast features interviews with the top experts in the field of energy.
Visit the archives of C-SPAN with Jay talking to some of our nation’s historic figures.
The country’s presidential libraries, run by the National Archives, are a treasure trove of information for historians and the general public.
Jay’s YouTube videos.