Bericht einer 1989 vom Landtag eingesetzten Enquête-Kommission, die die zukünftige Energieversorgung unter ökonomischen und ökologischen Gesichtspunkten untersuchen sollte. So werden nicht nur die Ausgangslage und eine Prognose unter Status-Quo-Bedingungen skizziert, sondern auch...

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was passed by an original collection of 10 northeastern states and is the first cap-and-trade policy in the United States to specifically target carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector. We exploit the introduction of this policy and...

Shore power has been developed as a port green technology. However, China's electricity is still mostly coal-fired, which produces many carbon emissions. Coupled with regional differences, shore power is by no means certain to lower carbon emissions compared with fuel throughout China. This...

For more than forty years, scientists have expressed concern about growing carbon concentrations in the atmosphere and resulting global climate change. Public concern has lagged behind the scientific evidence, and political leaders have been even slower to recognize the magnitude of the climate...