David Victor Quoted in Business Week
China and U.S. Energy Giants Team Up for 'Clean Coal'
11/14/2009
Adam Aston,
Business Week
For now, market forces are motivating big coal-burners on both sides of the Pacific to compare notes. After all, utilities in China and the U.S. face the same problems. They are highly dependent on coal—China creates 80% of its electric power from coal, the U.S. about 50%—and anticipate not just tougher environmental rules but more costly coal. "They share a common imperative: to develop ways to use the fuel more cleanly and more efficiently," says David Victor, director of the Laboratory on International Law & Regulation at the University of California at San Diego.
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David Victor is director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, based at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
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