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Economic Analysis of Selected Environmental Issues in China

Zhou, Yuan - 2005

This thesis investigates several selected environmental issues in China from an economic perspective. It consists of … of air pollution. Chapter 2 analyses the potential application of desalination in China from an economic perspective …. Concerned with water shortage in China, the study aims to assess the potential of desalination as a viable alternate water …

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Sportfinanzierung – Spannungen zwischen Markt und Staat

Büch, Martin-Peter; Maennig, Wolfgang; Schulke, … - 2008

Sport wird einerseits wie jede andere Tätigkeit in der Gesellschaft mit öffentlichen Abgabelasten beschwert … steuerlichen Behandlung des Sports hat wiederholt Fragen nach der öffentlichen Finanzierung des Sportes aufgeworfen: Inwieweit sind …

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To mitigate or not to mitigate: Regulatory treatment of emissions trading and its effect on marketplace incentives

McDermott, K.A.; South, D.W. - 2008

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (hereafter CAAA) have created a market-based mechanism that is designed to employ a profit-oriented incentive to enable electric utilities to reduce SO{sub 2} emissions at the least cost. One of the most important challenges facing state regulatory utility...

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A two-period model of emission abatement and allowance banking under uncertainty

Hanson, D.A. - 2008

This paper deals with the effects of uncertainty and risk aversion on market outcomes for SO{sub 2} emission allowance prices and on electric utility compliance choices. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) provide about twice as many SO{sub 2} allowances to be issued per year in Phase I...

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Outlook and challenges to coal in Asia: 1994--2015

Johnson, C.J.; Li, B. - 2009

deterioration of the environment in Asia for another one to two decades. China will remain the largest polluter in Asia, but it … way, which suggests that increasing economic wealth in China is the most important factor in solving China`s coal …

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India's cement industry: Productivity, energy efficiency and carbon emissions

Schumacher, Katja; Sathaye, Jayant - 2008

Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's cement sector vary from indicating an improvement to a decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and type of indices and econometric specifications used for...

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Advanced in-duct sorbent injection for SO{sub 2} control. Topical report No. 6, Task 5: Conceptual commercial process design and economic evaluation

Deluliis, N.J.; Maskew, J.T. - 2009

The objective of this research project is the development of a second generation in-duct sorbent injection technology as a cost-effective compliance option for the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. Research focused on the Advanced Coolside Process, which has shown the potential of exceeding the...

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FY 1997 congressional budget request: Budget highlights

2009

This is an overview of the 1997 budget request for the US DOE. The topics of the overview include a policy overview, the budget by business line, business lines by organization, crosswalk from business line to appropriation, summary by appropriation, energy supply research and development,...

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Forecasting the market for SO sub 2 emission allowances under uncertainty

Hanson, D.; Molburg, J.; Fisher, R.; Boyd, G.; Pandola, G. - 2008

This paper deals with the effects of uncertainty and risk aversion on market outcomes for SO{sub 2} emission allowance prices and on electric utility compliance choices. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), which are briefly reviewed here, provide for about twice as many SO{sub 2}...

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Allowance trading: Market operations and regulatory response

Bailey, K.A.; South, D.W.; McDermott, K.A. - 2008

The use of the SO{sub 2} allowance system as defined by Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments offers utilities greater compliance flexibility than EPA technology standards, State Implementation Plan (SEP) performance standards, or EPA bubble/offset strategies. Traditional methods at best...

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