Over recent decades, Mexico has increasingly run on natural gas — shifting its economic center of gravity from domestic oil to a fuel mostly imported from Texas. What are the implications for the federal government’s goal of energy sovereignty? What does it mean for renewable energy projects and Mexico’s ability to realize a lower-carbon future? And how are whole regions being reshaped through the evolution of Mexico’s energy sector?

Isidro Morales, an external fellow at the Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico, and Adrian Duhalt, a nonresident fellow at Southern Methodist University, joined Tony Payan to explore these key themes of  their new co-edited volume, “New Geographies of Energy in Mexico” (Springer, 2026). They discussed Mexican energy sovereignty, Mexico’s reliance on Texas shale gas, and what is needed  to build energy resilience in a rapidly changing political and ecological landscapes.

This conversation was recorded on Aug. 24, 2026. 

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