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Greenhouse gas emission reductions and the phasing-out of coal in Germany

Oei, Pao-Yu - In: Energiewende "Made in Germany" : low carbon electricity …, (pp. 81-116). 2018

shutdown of Germany’s nuclear power plants. The German government's Energy Concept 2010 already aimed at a 80–95% reduction of … objectives in Germany (and elsewhere) implies phasing out both hard coal and lignite. This chapter provides an overview of … Germany’s GHG emission reduction targets in the electricity sector and the progress achieved so far. The electricity sector …

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Transportation and the environment : a review of empirical literature

Li, Shanjun; Xing, Jianwei; Yang, Lin; Zhang, Fan - 2020

In urban areas around the world, increasing motorization and growing travel demand make the urban transportation sector an ever-greater contributor to local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The situation is particularly acute in developing countries, where growing metropolitan regions...

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EU air pollution regulation : a breath of fresh air for Eastern European polluting industries?

Bagayev, Igor; Lochard, Julie - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 83 (2017), pp. 145-163

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Environmental rail charges in Europe : a review

Pons-Rigat, Aleix; Turró, Mateu; Sauri, Sergi; Ubalde, … - In: Transport reviews : TR 37 (2017) 5, pp. 667-684

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Are we fracked? : the impact of falling gas prices and the implications for coal-to-gas switching and carbon emissions

Knittel, Christopher R.; Metaxoglou, Konstantinos; … - In: Oxford review of economic policy 32 (2016) 2, pp. 241-259

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Profiting from regulation : an event study of the EU carbon market

Bushnell, James B.; Chong, Howard; Mansur, Erin - 2009

"Tradable permit regulations have recently been implemented for climate change policy in many countries. One of the first mandatory markets was the EU Emission Trading System, whose first phase ran from 2005-07. Unlike taxes, permits expose firms to volatility in regulatory costs, but are...