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A comparison between shale gas in China and unconventional fuel development in the United States : health, water and environmental risks
Farah, Paolo D.; Tremolada, Riccardo - 2013
of water pollution deriving from mismanaged drilling and fracturing, absence of adequate regulation framework and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010203405
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Capturing economic and social value from hydrocarbon gas flaring and venting : evaluation of the issues
Romsom, Etienne; McPhail, Kathryn - 2021
production. Most premature deaths from air pollution in 2016 were in developing countries. Most natural gas losses and emissions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423091
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Fracking, globale Energiemärkte und die zukünftige Klimapolitik
Delzeit, Ruth - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009779121
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The impact of climate change on mortality in the United States : benefits and costs of adaptation
Deschênes, Olivier - 2022
This paper reviews and extends the recent empirical literature on the impact of climate change on mortality and adaptation in the United States. The analysis produces several new facts. First, the reductions in the impact of extreme heat on mortality risk previously documented up to 2004 have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013329615
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The Impact of Climate Change on Mortality in the United States : Benefits and Costs of Adaptation
Deschênes, Olivier - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper reviews and extends the recent empirical literature on the impact of climate change on mortality and adaptation in the United States. The analysis produces several new facts. First, the reductions in the impact of extreme heat on mortality risk previously documented up to 2004 have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334499
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To Starve or to Stoke? : Understanding Whether Divestment vs. Investment Can Steer (Green) Innovation
Pless, Jacquelyn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
16 pollution-intensive sectors are on track for meeting the Paris Agreement emissions targets ("carbon performance"). I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226139
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Assessing the energy-efficiency gap
Gererden, Todd D.; Newell, Richard G.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2015
Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and environmental damages associated with energy use, but these technologies appear not to be adopted by consumers and businesses to the degree that would apparently be justified, even on a purely financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513986
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Reforms for a cleaner, healthier environment in China
Hill, Sam - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767753
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Natural gas transmission project and air pollution in China
Hu, Kaiyin; Wu, Wenhao - 2021
In this paper, we examine the effect of China's Natural Gas Transmission Project (NGTP) on air pollution. The NGTP is … connecting to natural gas pipeline significantly reduces a city's air pollution by 8% …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012602634
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Does agricultural value added induce environmental degradation? : empirical evidence from an agrarian country
Agboola, Mary Oluwatoyin; Bekun, Festus Victor - 2019
This study empirically investigates the agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in an agrarian framework. Annual time series data from 1981−2014 was employed using Augmented Dickey−Fuller and the Phillips−Perron (PP) unit root test complemented by the Zivot and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030517