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Water resources in Germany : increasingly polluted and regionally overused
Cullmann, Astrid; Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 49/50, pp. 307-315
pollution as a result of contaminants released into water bodies by households, industry, sewage treatment plants, and … agriculture, which further reduces the clean water supply. In particular, nitrate pollution due to intensive fertilization in …
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Is Germany becoming the European pollution haven?
Graevenitz, Kathrine von; Rottner, Elisa; Richter, … - 2023
has increasingly become a pollution haven …
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Are Emission Performance Standards Effective in Pollution Control? Evidence from the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive
Singhal, Puja - 2019
This paper explores the extent to which emissions limits on stack concentrations under the Large Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive succeeded in mitigating local air pollutants from thermal power stations in the European Union. We take advantage of the discontinuities in regulation status to show...
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Information as an environmental policy instrument : a case study for the economics of Eco-Labeling
Henke, Jan Michael - 2007 - Als Ms. gedr.
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Towards a national indicator for urban green space provision and environmental inequalities in Germany : method and findings
Wüstemann, Henry; Kalisch, Dennis - 2016
Action 5 of the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy explicitly mentions that member states will map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their national territory by 2014 with the assistance of the Commission. Access to urban green is a key contributor to social and ecological...
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Green Public Procurement : climate provisions in public tenders can help reduce German carbon emissions
Chiappinelli, Olga; Gruner, Friedemann; Weber, Gustav - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 51/52, pp. 433-441
This report estimates that government consumption and investment are responsible for at least 12 percent of German greenhouse gas emissions, mostly arising from the provision of public services and construction. Climate-friendly Green Public Procurement (GPP), which takes into account the carbon...
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Verkehrslärm: Beeinträchtigungen und Minderungsstrategien
Jäcker-Cüppers, Michael - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79 (2010) 2, pp. 77-93
Verkehrslärm ist nicht nur belästigend, sondern führt auch zu gesundheitlichen Risiken und damit zu hohen externen Kosten. Seine Bekämpfung ist daher ein dringendes Gebot der Umweltschutzpolitik. Dabei sind sowohl ordnungsrechtliche Instrumente zur Begrenzung der Emissionen und Immissionen...
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Dieselfahrzeuge und Stickoxide machen den Städten erneut großen Kummer
Dudenhöffer, Ferdinand - In: ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 06, pp. 13-16
In seinem Kommentar plädiert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, Universität Duisburg-Essen, für die Einführung des Energiesteuervorschlags der EU-Kommission, nach dem jeder Energieträger nach seinem Energieinhalt besteuert und somit Dieselkraftstoff gegenüber Ottokraftstoff nicht mehr bevorteilt wird.
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Dieselfahrzeuge und Stickoxide machen den Städten erneut großen Kummer
Dudenhöffer, Ferdinand - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 06, pp. 13-16
In seinem Kommentar plädiert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, Universität Duisburg-Essen, für die Einführung des Energiesteuervorschlags der EU-Kommission, nach dem jeder Energieträger nach seinem Energieinhalt besteuert und somit Dieselkraftstoff gegenüber Ottokraftstoff nicht mehr bevorteilt wird.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010662627
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Internalizing negative environmental impacts from wind power production : Coasian bargaining, offsetting schemes and environmental taxes
Greaker, Mads; Hagem, Cathrine; Skulstad, Andreas - 2022
On the one hand, wind power production is necessary for decarbonizing the electricity sector. On the other hand, we risk replacing one environmental problem with other environmental problems, that is, stopping climate change in exchange with increased loss of pristine land and biodiversity. The...
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