June 6th, 2011

PESD paper helps frame conference session on Asian natural gas

PESD Associate Director Mark Thurber and Research Associate Joseph Chang wrote "The Policy Tightrope in Gas-Producing Countries: Stimulating Domestic Demand Without Discouraging Supply" that helped frame the discussion at the 2011 Pacific Energy Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia. The study explores and assesses the policy options that gas-rich governments can use to develop domestic gas markets, with a focus on major Asian gas-producing countries.

• » The Policy Tightrope in Gas-Producing Countries: Stimulating Domestic Demand Without Discouraging Supply

April 7th, 2011

PESD Working Paper #101 on Australia's black coal industry featured in Platts Coal Trader International

Platts' 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

March 1st, 2011

Thurber quoted in Jakarta Post

In order for Indonesia to meet its increasing domestic demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG), the country (one of the largest LNG producers) is gearing up to start importing up to 4.5 million tons of LNG annually. Read more »

July 21st, 2010

PESD releases Dr. Bart Lucarelli's cutting edge analysis of one of the world's fastest growing and most important coal markets

In PESD's Working Paper #93 - The History and Future of Indonesia's Coal Industry: Impact of Politics and Regulatory Framework on Industry Structure and Performance, Dr. Lucarelli tells the story of how Indonesia created this world-scale industry over two decades despite challenges created by widespread government corruption, a weak legal system, the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997, and the fall of the Soeharto government in 1998. Read more »

June 22nd, 2010

Research by PESD researchers Richard Morse and Gang He cited in Bloomberg News

As China's coal imports soar, Bloomberg News cites recent research by PESD's Richard Morse and Gang He to explain the dramatic new trend.

• » 16th Annual Coaltrans Asia
  
• » Bloomberg Article: Coal Imports into China Increased 17% in May, Driven by Rebounding Economy

September 8th, 2009

The Boston Review releases Victor and Morse's "Living With Coal"

David 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. Their piece is also featured in Engineering World's October/November 2009 issue.

• » Living With Coal: Climate Policy's Most Inconvenient Truth

June 22nd, 2009

David Victor on the need for more research and international protocols governing geo-engineering

As the threat of global warming grows more urgent, a few scientists are considering radical and possibly extremely dangerous schemes for re-engineering the climate by brute force. Their ideas are technologically plausible and quite cheap. So cheap, in fact, that a rich and committed environmentalist could act on them tomorrow. And that's the scariest part. Read more »