What happens if the US stops new coal mine development?
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Report summary
Table of contents
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Approach to analysis
- Case descriptions
- Potential mine development
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Findings
- Case 1a: The effects in a CO 2 -constrained future
- Case 2a: New mine development possibilities without a federal CO 2 policy
- The effects on the broader North American energy market of no new mine development
- Conclusion
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Mine expansion in the base case (Mstpa)
- Change in basin production – base case vs base case with no new mines (Mst)
- Mine expansion in the no federal CO2 policy case (Mstpa)
- Change in basin production: no federal CO2 policy case vs no federal CO2 policy case with no new mines (Mst)
- Change in ILB coal prices compared with Case 1
- Change in PRB coal prices compared with Case 1
- Change in NAPP coal prices compared with Case 1
- Increase in natural gas demand (bcfde)
What's included
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