Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Center on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Health Policy
The Europe Center
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Rural Education Action Program
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies
Center for Innovation in Global Health
Stanford Center at Peking UniversityThe following is a collection of commentary about members (current or former) of PESD found on various external, unaffiliated websites via an automated process:
January 15, 2013
Reduce greenhouse gas by exporting coal? Yes, says Stanford economist
Mention of Frank Wolak via Stanford University NewsWestern U.S. coal companies looking to expand sales to China will likely succeed, according to Stanford University economist Frank Wolak. But, due to energy market dynamics in the United States, those coal exports are likely to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases. 
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December 18, 2012
Export American natural gas? Not so fast, says Stanford economist
Mention of Frank Wolak via Stanford University NewsStanford economics Professor Frank Wolak warns of betting against the international spread of shale gas technologies by attempting to export domestic natural gas. Read more »
January 13, 2012
Stanford Nobel Laureate wins top US science honor
Mention of Burton Richter via The Stanford DailyFormer director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Burton Richter was awarded the Presidential Enrico Fermi Award on Thursday. The award is one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology distinctions granted by the U.S. Government. Read more »
January 12, 2012
Stanford's Burton Richter wins top science award
Mention of Burton Richter via San Francisco ChronicleBurton W. Richter, a Stanford Nobel Prize-winning physicist, and Mildred Dresselhaus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have won the Presidential Enrico Fermi Award, the White House announced Wednesday. Read more »
December 28, 2011
Stanford physicist Burton Richter's moderate approach to climate change gaining supporters
Mention of Burton Richter via Stanford ReportStanford physicist's prescriptions include more natural gas and nuclear power, doubts about renewable energy goals, and a new way to gain political support. (Interview) Read more »
December 8, 2011
As Coal Use Declines in US, Coal Companies Focus on China
Mention of Richard Morse via Yale Environment 360With aging coal-fired U.S. power plants shutting down, major American coal companies are exporting ever-larger amounts of coal to China. Richard K. Morse, the director of research on coal and carbon markets at Stanford’s Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, comments. Read more »
April 15, 2011
New U.S. nuclear reactors unlikely soon: physicist
Mention of Burton Richter via PhysOrg.comStanford physicist and Nobel laureate Burton Richter told a Stanford audience that he expects the worldwide impact of the Fukushima disaster to be small. (PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese officials increased the nuclear crisis level at the Fukushima plant on ... Read more »
April 14, 2011
New US nuclear reactors unlikely soon, say Stanford physicist
Mention of Burton Richter via Stanford ReportStanford Nobel laureate Burton Richter and New York Times journalist Matthew Wald were on campus to talk about how radiation leaks at Japan's Fukushima plant could impact the future of nuclear energy in the United States and abroad. Read more »
February 24, 2011
RI to import 4.5m tons of LNG starting in 2013
Mention of Mark Thurber via Jakarta PostAn energy expert from Stanford University in the United States, Mark C. Thurber, said Indonesia needed to gradually increase the price of gas for industrial users in order to encourage gas exploration activities. "A strategy that some companies have ... Read more »
January 27, 2011
Prof says future of US energy technology lies in regulation, not production
Mention of Frank Wolak via The Stanford DailyOn the tail of recent research by Stanford's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) examining China's evolving coal and power sectors, ... Read more »
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