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Global Coal Markets
PESD's coal research examines the political economy of national and global coal markets. Coal is the world's fastest growing fuel source, and how the world trades and consumes the carbon-intensive fuel will have large impacts on climate change and energy security issues.
April 27th, 2012
Six new U.S. coal export sites in the works
FSI Stanford, PESD in the news: ClimateWire on April 27, 2012Facing 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.)
April 7th, 2011
PESD Working Paper #101 on Australia's black coal industry featured in Platts Coal Trader International
FSI Stanford, PESD AnnouncementPlatts' most recent issue of Coal Trader International features PESD Working Paper #101 by Bart Lucarelli. The paper sketches the development of Australia’s export coal industry, from its shaky start in the aftermath of the Second World War amid a glut of cheap oil, to the "phenomenal success story" of today.
- » Australia's Black Coal Industry: Past Achievements and Future Challenges
- » Platts International Coal Report
April 4th, 2011
PESD researcher Gang He presented at the ESI international conference
PESD AnnouncementGang He traveled to Singapore this past month to present for the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) at the National University of Singapore’s conference on "Policy Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security Post-Cancun: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region's Energy Security". Read more »
PESD paper on the future of South African coal featured in Bloomberg
FSI Stanford, PESD in the news: BloombergIn the Bloomberg news article "Zuma's Quest for India Ties Threatens S. Africa Power Supply," PESD Working Paper #100 by Anton Eberhard titled "The Future of South African Coal: Market, Investment, and Policy Challenges" was cited in the estimation of the price Africa's utility Eskom Holdings Ltd. pays for coal.
March 28th, 2011
PESD releases cutting-edge study on the future of Australia's coal market
FSI Stanford, PESD NewsCritical challenges now facing the industry are poised to determine whether Australia will continue to be the globe's largest coal supplier.
February 9th, 2011
Morse speaks at State Department seminar on global development and climate change
FSI Stanford, PESD NewsRichard Morse discussed how to reconcile global development goals -- which often rely on coal -- with US climate objectives at a US Department of State event on February 10th. Read more »
January 3rd, 2011
Wolak and Morse's op-ed in the UK Guardian argue that China's record coal imports are actually helping the climate
FSI Stanford, PESD Op-ed: Guardian.co.uk on December 30, 2010PESD Director Frank Wolak and Research Associate Richard Morse's op-ed in the UK's Guardian, "China's green gift to the world", argues that China's record coal imports actually contribute to reductions -not increases- of global CO2 emissions.