Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford Health Policy
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Forum on Contemporary Europe
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Program on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language StudiesOctober 26th, 2009
China Dialogue features PESD research on China CCS
In the News: China Dialogue on October 23, 2009PESD's Research Associate, Gang He, discusses the energy dilemma of doing CCS in China and sets out his technical and policy recommendations for China's adoption of this important technology. Read more »
October 16th, 2009
Morse and Carl argue that governments are set to transform the coal trade in World Coal Magazine
In the News: World Coal Magazine on October 15, 2008Jeremy Carl and Richard Morse explore a set of major catalysts that are about to dramatically change how the world trades and consumes coal. Read more »
PESD researchers consider obstacles to technology adoption by the poor
Xander Slaski and Mark Thurber introduce a framework for understanding why the poor often fail to adopt seemingly beneficial technologies like improved biomass cookstoves. Read more »
September 28th, 2009
PESD CCS research featured in Science Magazine
In the News: Science Magazine on September 28, 2009Science Magazine's special CCS issue features PESD researcher Richard Morse, who discusses the state of CCS in China. Read more »
September 17th, 2009
Michael Wara speaks at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
In the NewsWhile the Treasury Department goes on the offensive against media reports of cap-and-trade costs, Michael Wara testified in a Senate hearing that the House climate bill would more than pay for itself.
Thurber discusses decline of Mexico's Cantarell oil field in The Wall Street Journal
In the News: Wall Street Journal on September 17, 2009David Luhnow of The Wall Street Journal quotes PESD assistant director Mark Thurber on the failure of Mexican politicians to engage the crisis presented by the stunning decline of the country's principal oil field. Read more »
September 8th, 2009
The Boston Review releases Victor and Morse's "Living With Coal"
Op-ed: The Boston Review on September 9, 2009David Victor and Richard Morse explain why coal, the world's fastest growing fossil fuel and leading source of greenhouse gas emissions, is here to stay and how climate policy can tackle this problem. 
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PESD's China CCS research in Point Carbon News
In the News: Point Carbon News on September 8, 2009Point Carbon reports on PESD's discussion of the potential role carbon markets might play in paying for CCS in China. 
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September 4th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal features PESD's new China CCS research
In the News: Wall Street Journal on September 4, 2009The WSJ calls PESD's new China CCS paper, The Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy, "fascinating" and considers its analysis of the obstacles for deploying CCS in China. Read more »
September 3rd, 2009
Bloomberg News highlights PESD's research on CCS in China
In the News: Bloomberg News on September 3, 2009Bloomberg discusses PESD's publication The Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy and how its conclusions impact the debate ahead of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. Read more »
August 19th, 2009
"Cash for clunkers" not cost effective for carbon dioxide emissions reduction
In the News: New York Times on August 14, 2009PESD affiliated faculty Michael Wara's assessment of the popular "cash for clunkers" program is cited in The New York Times. While the government's cash payments for replacing old cars with more fuel efficient new ones may have value as an economic stimulus, Wara calculates that they are an expensive way to fight climate change, at an estimated $200-400 per ton of avoided carbon dioxide emissions.
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