Greenhouse gas emissions from a hydroelectric reservoir (Brazil's Tucuruídam) and the energy policy implications

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 133, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 69-96

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Carbon dioxide; Dams; Energy policy; Greenhouse gases; Hydroelectric dams; Methane; Reservoirs; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

DAMS; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LAND USE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DAM; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CITY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXHAUST GAS; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING; POLICY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0036161362     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012971715668     Document Type: Article

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