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This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European trading system of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
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specific approach for the implementation of these relatively new concepts (e.g. sustainable development, pollution, ecological … thing which should be mentioned is that with the increasing energy demand, pollution levels will increase too. But we must … not forget that the worldâ€(tm)s population is growing rapidly and the level of pollution per capita increased we might …
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The interaction between environmental, economic and social factors influences the ecological balance and generates the change of living conditions and those of socio-economic development. One of the essential conditions for building a sustainable economic development is the identification and...
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The paper considers monitoring of environmental change as the central element of environmental regulation. Monitoring, as each kind of principal-agent relations, easily gives rise to corruptive behavior. In the paper we analyze economic models of environmental monitoring with high costs,...
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development. However, massive air pollution in tourist hotspots such as Beijing was an important factor impeding tourists¡¦ inflow …¡¦s smog as a ¡§health crisis.¡¨ Though the Chinese government has undertaken numerous pollution-curbing measures, myriad … challenges hinder this exercise. Against this backdrop, this article provides a critique of the impact of pollution on China …
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China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental … pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels … other costs and reduce well-being. The 12th Five Year Plan aims at further reducing pollution and at other environmental …
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Abstract The current paper addresses the relationship between trade and endogenous pollution levels, with a focus … different from the previous literature. The mechanism linking pollution and trade here is that trade policy provides the home …. In that sense, the existence of trade helps reduce domestic pollution compared to what would prevail in a situation of …
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For fossil fuel power plants to be built in the future, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies offer the potential for significant reductions in carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions. We examine the break-even value for CCS adoptions, that is, the critical value in the charge for CO<sub>2</sub> emissions...
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Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and … air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and … nitrogen dioxide. The most successful air pollution regulation is associated with a modest and statistically insignificant …
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