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| May 9, 2006 |
PESD Director David Victor addresses chaotic world of energy policyThe world's energy system seems to have come unhinged. Oil is trading at record high prices because demand keeps rising even as supplies become unreliable. Oil exporters from Iran to Russia and Venezuela are using their petrocash to pursue agendas that undercut western security and interests. Supplies of natural gas also seem less secure than ever.
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| April 17, 2006 |
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PESD director David G. Victor advises how to manage our oil addiction The Brazilian government is declaring victory in its decades-long struggle to become self-sufficient in the supply of oil. The milestone is cause for celebration in a country that has long paid a high price for imported energy.
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| April 6, 2006 |
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Recent price increases in the former Soviet Union republics are not political, but reflect worrisome economic and geological facts about Russian gas fields, says PESD research fellow Nadejda Victor. Victor's opinion piece in the Washington Post highlights the difficult choices the Russian energy giant Gazprom must make in the future to meet the upcoming gas crunch in Russia.
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| March 17, 2006 |
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Nuclear power for India is good for us all, says PESD director David Victor Victor's opinion piece supports, on environmental grounds, the recent deal to expand India's commercial nuclear program. He argues that country's carbon emissions will be lowered by allowing India to opt for nuclear power instead of coal. However, care is still needed to tame the risks of proliferation and also to fix the chronic financial troubles of India's electricity sector.
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| February 7, 2006 |
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Brazil is best in class in production of ethanol from sugar cane, says Victor Brazil's sugarcane industry produces about 160,000 barrels of oil-equivalent a day, assisting the country in achieving self-sufficiency in oil sometime this year, notes PESD program director David G. Victor in February 2, 2006 New York Times article. Still, unlike Japan and China, which have plans to import Brazilian ethanol, the Bush administration has retained a 54 cent tariff on every gallon of imported ethanol.
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| January 4, 2006 |
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David G. Victor's "Recovering Sustainable Development" published in Foreign Affairs Sustainable development -- the notion that boosting economic growth, protecting natural resources, and ensuring social justice can be complementary goals -- has lost much appeal over the past two decades, the victim of woolly thinking and interest-group politics. The concept can be relevant again, but only if its original purpose -- helping the poor live healthier lives on their own terms -- is restored.
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| April 28, 2005 |
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How to Stop Conservation Donors From Cheating on Their Taxes In an April 28, 2005 editorial, CESP research fellow Jon Christensen warns abuses of conservation easements may put at risk a cost-effective, private effort to conserve land.
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| March 31, 2005 |
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Landowners are misusing conservation easements Jon Christensen, CESP research fellow, and Terry Anderson, Hoover senior fellow, respond to the Feb. 26th story "Charities Fight for Easement Donors; Preservation Groups Target Legislators in Move to Save Tax Breaks" in the Washington Post.
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| September 27, 2004 |
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Electricity market structure matters, says Prof. Anton Eberhard South Africa's looming power shortages will probably be averted, but at what cost to the economy? In an article appearing in Business Day, PESD affiliate Anton Eberhard writes that decisions made about the structure of the electricity market will impact South Africans for years to come.
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| August 31, 2004 |
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Electricity reform in South Africa is at a critical juncture, says Anton Eberhard Anton Eberhard writes that South Africa will experience routine electricity blackouts in a few years unless new electricity policy and investment decisions are formulated and implemented this year.
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| August 23, 2004 |
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In op-ed, Victor and House advocate independent management of U.S. oil reserve In an Aug. 22 op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times and an Aug. 25 commentary on Marketplace on NPR, CESP researchers David G. Victor and Joshua C. House argue that an independent panel should be given control of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The power to buy and sell the stockpiled oil currently rests with the Department of Energy, which passes the decision on to the president, effectively politicizing oil supply decisions.
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| June 29, 2004 |
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At climate symposium, Kennedy posits global warming as most serious worldwide threat Speaking at a June 24 joint conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, CESP senior fellow Donald Kennedy warned of the pressing need to address global warming now.
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| March 11, 2004 |
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Vantage Point: Science editor-in-chief warns of PLoS growing pains New scholarly publication, PLoS Biology, seeks to disseminate results of publicly supported research to all who wish to read them. The "open access" movement means that neither individuals nor institutions will pay to receive the journal.
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| May 15, 2003 |
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The brewing trade battle over GM crops will cost America dear, say Victor and Runge In an article appearing in The Financial Times, David Victor and C. Ford Runge argue that the pending WTO case over genetically modified foods will do the U.S. more harm than good.
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A Trade Battle That Will Cost America Dear "A Trade Battle That Will Cost America Dear. U.S. vs. European Union on genetically modified crops" by CESP Senior Fellow David Victor, Financial Times, May 15, 2003.
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| February 19, 2003 |
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Even though the Bush Administration backed down from its trade dispute over GM food, the effects have been palpable Having backed down from its trade dispute with the EU over GM food, the Bush administration will find it hard to make the threat of going to the trade organization credible again and to continue the momentum toward removing Europe's ban.
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In Op-ed, Victor and Victor argue that nuclear energy should fuel U.S.-Russia relations Since the fall of communism, the U.S. and Russia have been searching for areas for mutually beneficial cooperation. While oil has historically taken center stage, David and Nadejda Victor argue that diplomats should consider nuclear energy as well.
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