Refined Coal: The Billion-Dollar Subsidy You've Never Heard Of, with Brian Prest

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English - June 07, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
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Host Daniel Raimi talks with RFF postdoctoral fellow Brian Prest about a little-known topic: refined coal. Brian and coauthor Alan Krupnick have published a new RFF working paper that takes a close look at a $1-billion-a-year federal subsidy for refined coal. So, what is refined coal? What's the purpose of the subsidy? And does the subsidy deliver?

References and recommendations:
"How Clean is Refined Coal?" by Brian C. Prest and Alan Krupnick; https://www.rff.org/publications/reports/how-clean-is-refined-coal/
"The Last Lobster: Boom or Bust for Maine's Greatest Fishery" by Christopher White; https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250080851