January 3rd, 2011

PESD study on China's effort to restructure its coal market featured by Bloomberg and Platts

Platts and Bloomberg News highlighted key findings from the recent PESD report, "Remaking the World's Largest Coal Market: The Quest to Develop Large Coal-Power Bases in China".

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December 3rd, 2010

New PESD research examines China's efforts to remake its coal and power sectors

PESD's new research analyzes China's coal-power base reforms and how they will impact Chinese and global coal markets. Read more »

November 29th, 2010

PESD to be at the United Nations Climate Change Conference Cancun

Through an invitation by the International Emissions Trading Association, PESD researcher Richard Morse will be presenting PESD research findings on carbon markets. 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.

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• » Bloomberg Article: Coal Imports into China Increased 17% in May, Driven by Rebounding Economy

May 10th, 2010

PESD Director Frank Wolak travels to the White House for the Energy Innovation Conference

At the request of the Kauffman Foundation, PESD director Frank Wolak compiled a list of state and local regulatory barriers that restrain the commercialization of technologies that would reduce the carbon content of energy services consumed in the United States.

• » Regulatory Barriers to Lowering the Carbon Content of Energy Services
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• » Kauffman Foundation: State and Local Regulatory Hurdles Can Slow Clean Energy Innovations
• » Department of Energy Announces $60 Million for Small Business Clean Energy Innovation Projects

March 15th, 2010

Bloomberg features PESD's research on Chinese wind CDM controversy

Bloomberg News features PESD's newest release, "Making Carbon Offsets Work in the Developing World: Lessons from the Chinese Wind Controversy" by researchers Gang He and Richard Morse. The article highlights Richard's comments on key findings and CDM reform options as the UN prepares to address the controversy in the coming weeks. Read more »

February 23rd, 2010

Should oil-producing countries emulate the "Norwegian Model"?

PESD Associate Director Mark Thurber presented a paper on oil governance at the 2010 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) held from February 17-20th in New Orleans. Read more »