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Stanford Energy Q&A: Why do we burn so much coal?
December 2019
PESD associate director Mark Thurber recently spoke with Stanford Energy about the findings of his recent book on why the world continues to burn so much coal despite its major contribution to air...
Thurber talks at UBC about coal
September 2019
On September 17, PESD Associate Director Mark Thurber spoke at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, BC about findings from his new book Coal (available on Amazon). Coal burning...
Thurber featured on CSIS podcast
June 2019
On June 17, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) Associate Director Mark Thurber talked with Nikos Tsafos from CSIS (Center for Strategic & International Studies) on the CSIS...
Thurber speaks in DC on coal-gas competition
June 2019
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) Associate Director Mark Thurber was a panelist at the 2019 Energy Security Workshop in Washington, D.C., where he spoke about why LNG (liquefied...
Thurber launches book, talks coal in Germany
April 2019
In no other developed country is the role of coal in the energy mix more hotly debated than in Germany.
Thurber: Why it's difficult to reduce gas flaring
February 2019
Flaring of natural gas that can't be utilized represents both an economic loss and a major environmental problem.
PESD runs workshop for Brazil's electricity regulator
January 2019
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) Director Frank Wolak and Associate Director Mark Thurber conducted a workshop on December 3-4 in Brasília, at the offices of Brazil's...
Wolak recommends "cost based" market for Hawaiian Electric Company
November 2018
On November 2 at the University of Hawaii, PESD Director Frank Wolak gave a special seminar "How Should the Public Utilities Commission Regulate Hawaiian Electric Company for Better Integration of...
PESD workshop tackles electricity market challenges in a highly-renewables world
October 2018
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) Director Frank Wolak, Associate DIrector Mark Thurber, and doctoral candidate Trevor Davis led an Electricity Market Simulation Workshop as part...
Building 'Risky' Energy
October 2015
6th Annual PESD ConferenceTuesday, December 15th, 2015Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research/Gunn Building366 Galvez Street, Stanford UniversityG7 leaders committed this summer to phasing...
Stanford course provides opportunity for students to see textbook methods in action
October 2015
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) and Office of International Affairs (OIA) launched a pilot collaboration last year to provide a rigorous, immersive teaching and...
PESD Releases New Book on Global Coal Market
August 2015
Coal is the leading energy-related cause of climate change and creates serious local air pollution; it also remains, for now, an essential energy source for many growing economies.
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