Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Stanford University



Conference
Join us at our conference on "The New U.S. Role in Global Fossil Fuel Markets"

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development will host an all-day conference on "The New U.S. Role in Global Fossil Fuel Markets". This conference will feature a presentation by an academic or industry expert summarizing the state of knowledge on the topic and pointing out major unresolved issues for each session. Then followed by discussants from the policymaking and stakeholder communities will then provide their perspectives on the presentation, with an opportunity for audience comment and discussion. Read more »


Coal-Fired Future
The Climate Problem is a Coal Problem: PESD in Foreign Affairs

In the current issue of Foreign Affairs, Richard Morse argues that the climate problem is a coal problem, and that coal is not going away anytime soon. Any pragmatic strategy for confronting climate change therefore has to directly confront coal use in the developing world. Articulating new strategies for delivering emission reductions in the coal sector that don’t depend on a carbon price, Morse argues that coal may represent one of the largest and most cost effective opportunities for near-term emissions mitigation on a global scale.


Trade Ports
Six new U.S. coal export sites in the works

Facing flagging domestic demand, US coal producers are pushing hard for rail and port infrastructure that would enable exports to China from the Pacific Northwest, says PESD researcher Richard Morse in Climate Wire. (PESD's upcoming annual conference will consider the environmental impacts of such developments.)

June 13, 2012
Risk attitudes shapes national oil company strategies

May 15, 2012
Wolak presents at Energy Risk USA Conference

April 17, 2012
Thurber quoted on Argentina's planned re-nationalization of YPF

April 9, 2012
US on the verge of becoming major coal exporter



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